Yonalink

Yonalink is a clinical trial data collection and management platform serving sponsors, contract research organizations (CROs), and hospitals and investigators. The platform centers on AI-powered EHR-to-EDC data streaming, which automates the transfer of patient data from a site's electronic health record system directly into the appropriate fields of an electronic data capture system in real time, reducing reliance on manual data entry. Yonalink has since been acquired by Veeva Systems and its team and product expertise have been incorporated into Veeva Site Solutions, with the company continuing to support existing customers through the transition.

The platform is designed to address the growing volume, variety, and velocity of clinical trial data by automating manual transfer processes, improving data quality, reducing site burden, and shortening transfer times. Yonalink operates as a single end-to-end platform, consolidating multiple data collection and management functions that would otherwise require separate systems.

Core Platform Modules

• EDC (Electronic Data Capture): A robust, flexible, and easy-to-use system with features including powerful edit checks, display rules, auto-calculated fields, side-by-side visit views, and bulk CRF signatures by principal investigators.
• EHR-to-EDC Streaming: AI-driven data mapping that populates patient data from site EHR systems into the correct EDC fields in real time, without manual data mapping.
• eConsent: Electronic consent collection integrated within the same platform.
• ePRO (Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes): Patient-reported outcome data collection within the unified platform.
• eCOA (Electronic Clinical Outcome Assessment): Clinical outcome assessment tools available alongside other modules.
• eClinRO: Clinician-reported outcome functionality included in the platform.

Key Capabilities

• Real-time data streaming from thousands of medical centers globally.
• Simple and flexible protocol setup and amendments, with new studies configurable within one to two days rather than the weeks typically required by other EDC systems.
• Automatic CRF field calculations and display rules to reduce manual effort.
• IP allocation and randomization functionality.
• Seamless protocol amendments without disrupting ongoing trials.
• Bulk signature capabilities for principal investigators reviewing case report forms.
• Side-by-side visit views to support study coordinators in data review.

Deployment and Integration

• Integration into a hospital's existing IT infrastructure requires no new hardware or expensive software and can be completed in as little as two weeks.
• Yonalink connects to thousands of medical centers across the globe, and prospective hospital customers can check whether their facility is already part of the Yonalink network.
• The platform integrates into sponsor and site workflows across all study types, phases, therapeutic areas, and geographies.
• Designed to eliminate data silos by consolidating data collection, management, and transfer into one platform, reducing the need for multiple systems and lowering training times, costs, and operational complexity.

Customers and Use Cases

• Sponsors: Benefit from real-time EHR-to-EDC streaming, improved data oversight and quality, and greater trial efficiency without increasing site burden.
• CROs: Can offer sponsors a comprehensive data collection and management solution that integrates into existing workflows across all study types and phases, supporting expert guidance on cost-effective trial resources.
• Hospitals and Investigators: Study coordinators benefit from automated data transfer between medical centers and trial sponsors, reducing time spent on data copying and analysis and allowing staff to focus on higher-priority tasks. Hospitals joining the Yonalink network can attract more sponsors and researchers by providing connectivity and data management tools.

Following its acquisition by Veeva Systems, Yonalink's capabilities are being integrated into Veeva Site Solutions, with Veeva operating as a broad life sciences software provider covering clinical, regulatory, quality, safety, medical, and commercial functions for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry.