What can I use Collective Minds Research for Academia for?
Collective Minds Research for Academia is designed to support a variety of imaging-based research projects, including:
- Medical imaging research
- Reader studies
- Clinical trials
- Research consortia
- Clinical audits
- AI-validation studies
Why should I use Collective Minds Research for Academia?
Collective Minds is a clinically robust platform, supporting secure data collection and collaboration across multiple sites. Whether you’re organizing a multi-institution research consortium or need a flexible tool for managing imaging data, Collective Minds provides the features and compliance framework needed for academic research.
See also: What are the benefits of using Collective Minds Research for Academia?
What specialties can it be used for?
Collective Minds is suitable for any medical specialty or modality to facilitate your research within medical imaging. The clinical grade dicom viewer supports all clinical imaging modalities, providing all the commonly used tools normally available in a hospital PACS
What are the benefits of using Collective Minds Research for Academia?
Whenever you want to collect data from multiple institutions or make a data set available to project members around the world, Collective Minds is the perfect platform to facilitate your project.
The platform also facilitates project steering through roles, tasks, and permissions, allowing you to manage the activities and members of your project effectively.
The versioning and logging of all activities ensures compliance with regulatory requirements and saves you a lot of documentation work!
How fast can I start to use Collective Minds Research for Academia?
As soon as you are a customer of Collective Minds Research you will have your own repository and can start setting up your project(s) right away.
If you are not a customer yet, but curious to see for your self how it works, send an email to support@cmrad.com, and we will provide you with access to our Customer Playground, to get the "look-and-feel" for yourself
Are there customizable privacy settings to control access to sensitive information?
Access to the data in your project/repository is controlled through roles and permissions, ensuring full control over what the different members can access. In addition all activities are logged and versioned, ensuring full transparency. Personal sensitive information is not stored on Collective Minds.
What are the financial options available for purchasing and maintaining your platform?
The most common financial option is a subscription-based model, i.e., a monthly cost for the platform access. Payments can be made on a yearly, quarterly, or monthly basis.
In some cases, a project cost is more suitable than a monthly fee.
Contact sales@cmrad.com for more information.
Do you offer flexible pricing plans based on our usage needs and budget constraints?
Yes, the pricing is based on the customer's needs. We offer various tiers of pricing based on the scope. Reach out to sales@cmrad.com for more details regarding pricing options.
Are there additional costs for scaling our usage or adding more users?
The pricing follows the price plan agreed with you upon initial signatures. If the usage is increased above the initial agreement, the pricing might be increased and follow the various tiers in our pricing table.
How does your platform handle collaboration among users and teams?
You have the ability to configure permissions for each project member, allowing you to grant access to shared tasks or to make results visible to all members of the project. Invitation to a project can be done directly through entering of email address and name.
Are there tools for real-time collaboration, such as video conferencing or shared document editing?
We don’t offer a built-in video conferencing tool, but you can utilize any third-party service of your choice. Real-time collaborative editing for documents is not available; however, you can store and share documents within the platform, controlling access in the same way you would for imaging data.
Can users from different institutions collaborate seamlessly on projects or research?
Absolutely. You can assign roles and site affiliations for collaborators from any institution, making multi-institutional research straightforward.
What integration options do you offer with other educational or research tools?
CMRAD can receive cases sent from the local PACS, provided that the CM Connect is installed. The results will be exported in .csv format, making them compatible for import into any system that supports this format. Collective Minds Research can also integrate 3rd party analysis tools, for example, for an AI validation study.
Is your platform compatible with our existing IT infrastructure and software?
CMRAD Connect is compatible with all PACS systems as long as they can add another destination/node.
CMRAD platform is cloud-based and accessible as long as you are connected to the internet."
How easy is it to migrate our current data and workflows onto your platform?
There are three methods available for uploading data into CMRAD:
1. Connect: This option allows you to push cases directly from your PACS system.
2. Web Upload: Upload cases individually and directly into the pipeline when stored locally on your computer.
3. Bulk Transfer via sFTP: As a premium service, we can handle ingesting your data into the platform through bulk transfer.
Existing workflows will need to build the pipeline directly within the system."
What level of technical support do you provide, and what are the response times?
The deployment engineers will assist you with the installation of CMRAD Connect. The Customer Success team will support you with project configurations and platform features, tailored to the specifics of your agreement. Our office hours are Monday through Friday, from 9 AM to 5 PM. Collective Minds Service Level Agreement.
Are there training resources or support materials available to help onboard our team?
Yes, customer success will educate super users on the platform. We have help articles here:
help.cmrad.com
How frequently do you update your platform, and how do you handle feature requests?
Our platform undergoes regular updates, including major feature releases several times a year and ongoing critical patches and security enhancements.
We prioritize feature requests based on a structured process considering client feedback, market trends, and technical feasibility. Feature requests are evaluated based on their potential impact and alignment with our roadmap. Our release announcements and newsletters keep clients informed about major updates and new features.
Can we customize the platform to meet specific institutional or departmental needs?
The platform itself allows complex and customized configurations. New customized features can be developed if stated in the agreement. The cost and the timeline depend on the complexity of the feature
What analytics and reporting capabilities does your platform offer?
The results will be exported in .csv format, making it easy to import them into any statistical analysis software that supports this format, such as Excel. The results can also be stored as uneditable reports, where delivery is managed and logged through the platform. As of today, the platform does not offer built-in analytics tools.
How do you ensure the long-term reliability and sustainability of your platform?
We prioritize platform reliability and sustainability through a robust, multi-layered approach.
Our scalable cloud infrastructure enables dynamic resource allocation. Automated monitoring and alerting systems proactively identify and mitigate potential issues.
Regular code and infrastructure reviews, adherence to industry best practices, and rigorous testing and internal controls ensure platform stability. Our comprehensive business continuity and disaster recovery plan safeguards data integrity and platform resilience.
How does your platform comply with the GDPR or other laws and regulations regarding data protection and privacy?
Collective Minds is designed to empower healthcare and research institutions by providing a secure and compliant platform for data sharing. We address the critical challenges of safeguarding patient privacy and ensuring data protection while enabling collaboration. Rooted in privacy by design, our platform offers a secure processing environment that adheres to the highest privacy standards, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
As a dedicated Data Processor, we manage data strictly on behalf of healthcare and research institutions, ensuring it is used only for authorized research purposes and under their explicit instructions. Our platform incorporates a comprehensive framework of legal commitments, technical controls, and operational safeguards to maintain a trusted and compliant environment for data processing.
Our innovative solution, CM Connect (link), ensures that data is encrypted and pseudonymized within the institution or hospital before it is shared with our cloud. This guarantees that personal data remains protected during transfer and processing while aligning with local and EU-level privacy requirements. Once the data enters our secure cloud environment, it benefits from uniform, robust security measures that facilitate further processing in a legally compliant and ethically sound manner.
With Collective Minds, you can confidently collaborate and share data for your research projects while safeguarding patient privacy and personal data protection at every step.
What measures do you have in place to protect our data and intellectual property?
Before collaborating with Collective Minds, your institution must sign a Master Services Agreement (MSA) and a Data Processing Agreement (DPA). These agreements are essential to establish a secure and legally compliant framework that enables the delivery of our services in full alignment with all regulatory requirements.
Can you provide details on where our data will be stored and how it will be secured?
The Platform operates on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Germany GmbH servers located in Frankfurt, ensuring compliance with strict legal and data sovereignty requirements, including GDPR, while maintaining top-tier performance and IT security.
AWS was chosen for its unmatched security, scalability, and global data availability, essential for a multinational clinical data sharing platform. It holds globally recognized certifications, including ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, SOC 1/2/3, NIS2, GDPR, and HIPAA, ensuring robust security and data protection practices.
In Frankfurt, AWS employs server replicability across multiple Availability Zones, ensuring data remains secure and accessible even in the event of server failure. The platform is also designed to meet local legal requirements worldwide (e.g., Australia, Canada, India, the US, and Europe) while maintaining consistent, stringent compliance standards across the global platform.
Our infrastructure, which includes encryption, firewalls, and continuous monitoring, ensures high availability, low latency, and fault tolerance, making it ideal for secure healthcare collaboration.
