Clinical Research News | A wearable technology platform could extend the value of telemedicine to the treatment of mental health disorders—notably, PTSD, which is alarmingly prevalent among veterans.

Clinical Research News Contributed Commentary | AI can and has been seriously misused in several fields, including criminal justice where people have ended up wrongfully imprisoned thanks to AI, so it’s critical that life sciences organizations understand how to deploy AI without harming patients.

Clinical Research News | Guys and St Thomas' NHS Trust addresses the significance of the modern information economy using CogStack, the foundation's structured and unstructured information retrieval and extraction architecture.

Clinical Research News Contributed Commentary | Clinical trial success hinges on the commitment of the participating investigators and their clinical staff, and their enthusiasm is highest at study start. Sponsors and contract research organizations must leverage technology, people and systems to fuel the sites’ excitement—and to keep them engaged through the study’s duration. Yet the clinical development industry has not mastered early and sustained site engagement.

Clinical Research News | The 21st Century Cures Act, passed in 2016, placed additional focus on real world data to support regulatory decision making, including new indications for approved drugs. In the legislation, Congress defined real world evidence as data regarding the usage or the potential benefits or risks of a drug derived from sources other than traditional clinical trials. But how do we know if these data are accurate?

Clinical Research News Brief | TrialAssure today launched the limited release of ANONYMIZE R, a first-in-class document anonymization software that uses machine learning, natural language processing, and artificial intelligence to protect patient privacy by automatically finding and removing personal information from text.

Clinical Research News Contributed Commentary | As in years past, the clinical trial industry declared 2019 “The Year of the Patient.” However, the phrase “Year of the Patient” raises an important consideration about clinical trial terminology: a growing number of trial volunteers also prefer to be called “subject” because the meaning of “patient” can have different connotations for everyone.