Decision Intelligence for
Regulated Research
IRB meetings, protocol reviews, and study design decisions get lost in meeting notes. IdeaLift creates an auditable decision ledger.
“If a team asks ‘Why did we decide this?’ more than once, IdeaLift belongs there.”
Sound Familiar?
Clinical research teams face unique challenges in documenting the “why” behind decisions.
Protocol modifications lack documented rationale
"Why did we drop that secondary endpoint?" Six months later, no one remembers the discussion that led to the change.
IRB decisions are scattered across meeting minutes
Approval conditions, amendments, and deferred items are buried in PDFs and email threads. Finding them takes hours.
Study team turnover loses institutional knowledge
When a PI or study coordinator leaves, critical context about past decisions walks out the door with them.
Audit prep is manual and stressful
Reconstructing decision history from emails, meeting notes, and memory takes weeks of preparation time.
How IdeaLift Helps
Build institutional memory without changing how your team works.
Decision Ledger
Every protocol decision captured with rationale, date, and who approved. A permanent, searchable record of what was decided and why.
Teams & Outlook Integration
Capture decisions directly from research team discussions. No new tools — just confirm captures from the conversations you're already having.
Audit-Ready Export
Generate decision history reports for regulatory review. Every decision timestamped, attributed, and exportable in formats auditors expect.
Human-in-the-Loop
No autonomous decisions. Every capture requires explicit confirmation from a team member. IdeaLift suggests, humans approve.
Built for Regulated Environments
These aren't limitations — they're features. Every guardrail is designed for audit-readiness.
Human-in-the-Loop
No autonomous decisions
Opt-in Capture
No silent monitoring
Full Audit Trail
Every action logged
Explicit Dismissals
"Not a decision" records
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions from clinical research teams about IdeaLift.
Is IdeaLift HIPAA compliant?
IdeaLift captures decision metadata, not patient data. We store the "what was decided" and "why" — not PHI. Your IRB protocols, study designs, and decision rationale are documented without touching patient-level data.
Can IdeaLift integrate with our IRB workflow?
IdeaLift captures decisions from wherever your team discusses them — Teams calls, Outlook threads, or Slack channels. When your IRB makes a decision, someone confirms the capture and it becomes part of your permanent decision record.
How does IdeaLift help with FDA audits?
Every decision in IdeaLift is timestamped, attributed to a person, and includes rationale. When an auditor asks "Why did you modify the protocol in Month 6?", you can pull up the exact decision record with context.
Does IdeaLift make clinical decisions?
No. IdeaLift is a memory system, not a decision-making system. It captures what humans decide and why — it never suggests or automates clinical decisions. Every capture requires explicit human confirmation.
How do we get the research team to adopt this?
IdeaLift works where your team already works. Someone reacts to a message in Teams with an emoji, confirms the capture, and the decision is logged. No new workflows to learn, no extra apps to open.
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