Clinical Research News | Achieving the aims of value-based healthcare presumes the free flow of all kinds of data, something the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) draft standard is pushing towards.

Clinical Research News | April was full of exciting news in the clinical trial and healthcare community, including partnerships, products, and promotions from Mount Sinai, TrialAssure, Greenphire, and more.

Clinical Research News Contributed Commentary | Medication nonadherence leads to poor health outcomes, higher costs, frustrated providers, and needed medications left on the shelf. The key to reversing the trend may be the mobile devices in our pockets and purses.

Clinical Research News Contributed Commentary | It may be safe to say that many organizations are still perplexed about HIPAA audits, enforcements, and compliance. As a result, the number of organizations that fail to meet compliance each year remain the majority. To begin understanding compliance, healthcare organizations would be wise to consider three key recommendations.

Clinical Research News | Clinical trials are contingent upon investigational product being available at clinical sites on schedule, every time. Investigational product is highly regulated, and IRT offers vendors and sponsors a way to effectively monitor a drug’s passage from depot to shipment to receipt at clinical sites while also managing multiple aspects of the clinical trial process.

Clinical Research News | It's About Time | Clinical researchers must consistently invest in proper planning before launching major initiatives like starting a new research program, implementing a technology, or developing a research office. Planning takes time, but failed projects take a lot more.

Clinical Research News | For nearly 15 years now, study sponsors have had the option of making the informed consent process a multimedia experience for patients rather than a static paper form to be signed. Clinical research publications have been writing about the virtues of electronic informed consent (eConsent) for years, and the technology is broadly accepted even in the most tightly regulated regions of the world.