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You may have noticed that all of SmartSimple’s product suites are named 360°. The reason is, SmartSimple provides an authentic and holistic approach to tracking and managing what's important to you. For instance, you can ensure that all information captured in your contacts profile is meaningful to your actual relationships. Grants applicants can upload meeting minutes and financial statements, and you can easily identify those who belong to a given organization (i.e. employer), and those who are associated (i.e. volunteers and board members). In the end, life is simplified because everything you need to capture is done as a by-product of your contact’s interaction with the system. Further to this, all relevant information is readily available in an integrated system and is online-accessible at any time. And, perhaps the most important aspect of our 360° product line is how an applicant’s profile and organizational profile are accessible at any time from within a grants ap...

Anyone who has followed the grants management software market over the last few years knows that in today’s marketplace, there are more vendors than you can shake a stick at. While increased options are appealing, they make the challenge of finding the right fit even more burdensome. When organizations seek out a solution to meet their specific needs, they should be aware of the following warning signs, which show potentially spell danger: " Sure, we can do anything " – This is a familiar statement from a software vendor who can provide functionality without any real understanding of the intricacies of grants management. Generally speaking, many software vendors produce products with great functionality, and can try to apply them to the grants management space. Unfortunately, they may not be aware of what they don’t know, and in this instance, their customers become guinea pigs. In time, they may realize that removing paper from the process and assigning roles are mer...

When looking at grants management and research management system vendors, one might believe that the differences between grants and research management are strictly semantic. Both systems are used to manage the funding lifecycle, which begins with the establishment of an award and often ends with a post-award report. Whether an organization uses a very simple approach, or conversely, a very sophisticated method for each type, there are indeed fundamental differences between the two systems. Integration with academic systems as well as third party databases like Pubmed, are frequently needed in research management systems and not grants management systems. To learn more about the differences between these two systems, visit our product page: http://www.smartsimple.com/product-guide.html .

Recently, SmartSimple was an attendee and exhibitor at the informative 2012 ARMA Conference in Southhampton, England. ARMA (the professional association for research managers and administrators in the UK) is an indispensable association which encourages professional development and networking in the realm of research administration. Members of the association—who work in universities, funding bodies, the NHS and independent research organizations—came together for the annual conference to network, gain insight about recent developments and exchange pertinent knowledge. Over 400 colleagues from across the UK and around the globe attended the informative 3-day event, which included plenary presentations, workshop sessions, discussions with sponsors and exhibitors, and a gala dinner. Each event contributed to this year’s theme of ‘Making a Difference’—an appropriate topic, as research continues to be identified as the essential link to rebuilding the economy. The conference provided ...

The Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) has issued new HCAI Guidelines for submitting OCF-21. According to the guideline, the OCF-21 invoice must indicate the OCF plan number to which it is associated. Please see the attached document release by HCAI and the HCAI May 2012 Update Release for a detailed description of changes effective July 1 2012 . HCAI System Unavailability The HCAI system will be unavailable from 5:01 p.m. (EST) June 29th, 2012 and is expected to resume active status at 8:00 a.m. (EST) July 3rd, 2012 . Every integrating Insurer and Health Care Facility must have all of their transactions successfully processed by 4:59 p.m. (EST) June 29th, 2012 if they are to be processed under the HCAI December 2011 Guideline. Summary of Changes HCAI key OCF21B_Plan_Document_Number is no longer in use. This key must be blank at all times. HCAI mapping to this key must be removed. HCAI Key OCF21B_PreviouslyApprovedGoddsAndServices_PlanNumber must be use...

SmartSimple was founded in 2003 with a vision around what B2B collaboration might look like in the future – the future being about now actually. We certainly got something right but when all is said and done it is our clients who turned our concepts into a viable business – thanks everyone ! As more people around the world have become interested in what we are doing they want to know who we really are so we’ve put together a small video – who we are :) Take a peep.

Healthcare providers and Insurers often find they need Transportation and Interpretation services to provide that extra level of care to their claimants and clients. SmartSimple Inc. is pleased to announce our new partnership with Rapid City Transportation enabling clients using SmartSimple's Claims Management system to arrange for Rapid City's services. SmartSimple recognizes that scheduling assessments is a difficult process. In addition to the assessment, supplementary services such as patient transportation and interpreting are also often required. Using multiple systems to arrange all of these services is inefficient and simply adds time and costs to your process. Developers at both SmartSimple and Rapid City collaborated to simplify the process, allowing providers to arrange for all services at the same time, through the same familiar system they already know and use! "We are very pleased to add Rapid City, a leader in their field, to our roster of Value Added P...