Say hello to our new logo. EDGE 3.

At the end of last year we announced that we plan to launch EDGE 3, a new version of EDGE (our Clinical Trials Management Progamme) by autumn of this year (ahhh exciting). A new version means a new look and feel of the application which also means a new logo!

Our EDGE 3 logo has already been shared in some past communications but we thought it would be a good idea to shout about it some more and get our users used to the new design and build up some excitement. Oh and because we are pretty damn proud of it. This is also a great opportunity to share with you our plans on our branding so you are kept in the loop as an important EDGE community member (that’s to those of you who are reading this and use EDGE at your organisation).

So, over the years you may have seen a few different logo variations knocking about. Most of you will know of the EDGE logo currently used on the database as well as our EDGE marketing logo used on a lot of our printed/digital media and at our well known EDGE user conference (you know you must remember that giant green spinning EDGE light in the main conference room). That’s the one! Well, to make things a little simpler and more cohesive, we are planning on using the one logo going forward from EDGE 3 launch date, so you will see the EDGE 3 logo on the system itself, our website, and on all branding and marketing materials, and of course at the future EDGE conferences (yep that means a new spinning light, banners, new merchandise, and a new outfit for our furry friend EDGEY, our very popular little hedgehog mascot).

The new EDGE logo was created by our one and only Creative Designer Gela Jenssen who designs all of our unit’s graphic materials, animations and creative pieces. Gela has created a more modern and sleek logo which not only represents the EDGE brand in a stronger, more up to date way, but also ties in nicely with the other service groups we supply here at CIRU. This was something that was very important to ensure we inline each of them together to build on the overall brand of our unit, the CIRU brand. When I asked Gela about her new logo design, she explained how it was about capturing and celebrating the unique qualities and values of the EDGE programme and EDGE team, full quote found below.

Your see we kept the EDGE green for the logo (of course) and plan to use this against a selection of on brand colours. The new logo design is more refined and is an evolution of previous logos, it can scale easily and work better in many more places. We hope you like the new logo, it is still very us, still very EDGE. We look forward to getting this rolled out across our print and digital platforms and of course on the new version of EDGE!

Keep a look out for more EDGE 3 updates and news from us coming soon.  

“For me personally as a designer, creating the EDGE 3 logo has been about capturing and celebrating the unique qualities and values of the EDGE programme and the EDGE team who is working incredibly hard to make it accessible to everyone and working well 24/7, here in the UK and globally.”

— Gela Jenssen, Creative Designer, CIRU

EDGE delegation log advances clinical trial management

It has been great to hear recently that lots of organisations are making use of the electronic delegation log that EDGE has to offer. Especially due to recent times with everything that is going on with COVID-19, it can be even harder to track down those wet ink signatures.

The EDGE delegation log was developed a few years ago now to reduce the burden of paper logs and to make the whole signature process a lot easier. Where the log is easily accessible via EDGE it saves staff a lot of time by being able to access the log anywhere with a computer or device, they could be in their office, in clinic, or even on the go. This already saves research staff valuable time in which they can spend elsewhere, for example seeing and treating their patients. Having the log online also means everyone is working from one version and there is no chance of it getting lost like a paper one sometimes can.

User feedback has included how monitoring visits are a lot easier as the latest version is always the one on EDGE which can be viewed online or a printed copy made available if the site monitor prefers.

The delegation log is also improving communication across different teams and helping provide a better patient experience. One of the CRUK nurses based at Southampton hospital has told us how previously with a paper log they would sometimes have to leave the clinic or unit where they are treating patients to go back to their office, collect the log from the site file and take it over to pharmacy. Now, the nursing team are able to remain treating their patients whilst the pharmacy team can simply log onto EDGE and access the latest version themselves, meaning better communication and no interruption is caused to the patients being treated.

We already know that the delegation log is helping lots of teams work more efficiently and we envision over time the usage which continue to increase as more clinical teams become engaged with using the online version.

If you’re an EDGE user and want to know more about the delegation log, then please get in touch as we have a user guide and video available for more information. Email edgecomms@soton.ac.uk