Jan 13, 2016, 11:20 by Michael Croft

STAT | Vice President Joe Biden wants to accelerate cancer research. Experts in the field recommend short-term strategies that could quickly make an impact, with an emphasis on data sharing.

Jan 12, 2016, 09:53 by Michael Croft

LA Times |  The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has found insufficient evidence that yearly mammograms benefit women in their 40s - but the recommendations run counter to what has become a tradition of American preventive care.

Jan 12, 2016, 09:14 by Michael Croft

PHILADELPHIA, PA, UNITED STATES - Jan 12, 2016 - ERT, the leading cloud platform solutions provider delivering clinical and scientific innovation through its patient-centric data collection and intelligence solutions, today announced that for the third consecutive year, over 50% of the compounds approved by U

Jan 12, 2016, 08:25 by Michael Croft

PRINCETON, NJ - Jan 12, 2016 - Certara®, the global biosimulation technology-enabled drug development company, today announced the launch of Certara Strategic Consulting China in Shanghai

Jan 8, 2016, 14:17 by Michael Croft

MedCity News |  People offered incentives of up to $550, in multiple disbursements typical of employer wellness programs, were no more likely to lose weight than a control group.

Jan 8, 2016, 14:15 by Michael Croft

Washington Post |  The experimental app uses IBM's Watson supercomputer to analyze information from Medtronic insulin pumps and glucose-monitoring devices, and suggest preventative actions.

Jan 8, 2016, 13:10 by Michael Croft

Clinical Informatics News | In partnership with Illumina, multinational diagnostics company bioMérieux has launched EpiSeq, the first commercial system to monitor outbreaks in hospitals by sequencing and analyzing the whole genomes of bacteria.

Jan 7, 2016, 11:35 by Michael Croft

WAYNE, PA, UNITED STATES - Jan 7, 2016 - DrugDev is honored to host an inspirational webinar, “Lessons from Alex: Fighting Childhood Cancer through Clinical Research” on January 14, 2016, featuring speaker Jay Scott, father of Alexandra (Alex) Scott and Co-Executive Director of Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation

Jan 6, 2016, 15:32 by Michael Croft

Wall Street Journal |  At the Consumer Electronics Show this week, developers are showing off personal health products connected to users' smart phones.

Jan 6, 2016, 10:05 by Michael Croft

Clinical Informatics News | Contributed Commentary | Governments and international medical associations are converging on higher standards of transparency in the disclosure of clinical trial data, a trend that may leave small and midsize sponsors of global clinical trials unprepared if they do not review and modernize their data management practices.

Jan 4, 2016, 12:43 by Michael Croft

NPR |  Some insurers are betting that lowering the barrier to seeing a doctor will encourage people to get needed care sooner. If it works, the health plans could save more than they spend on the benefit.

Jan 4, 2016, 10:51 by Michael Croft

FedScoop |  In a new survey, 25 CISOs largely blamed the "year of breaches" on poor security foundations, noting that basic best practices are still the first, often missing, line of defense.

Dec 30, 2015, 08:10 by Michael Croft

Clinical Informatics News | The latest announcements from around the industry, including a large genetic testing program at North Shore-LIJ Health System, and growth in the ACRES Alliance for improving clinical trials.

Dec 29, 2015, 10:29 by Michael Croft

ProPublica |  Regulators have logged dozens, even hundreds, of complaints against certain health providers for violating federal patient privacy law, but sanctions are imposed only rarely.

Dec 29, 2015, 10:27 by Michael Croft

New York Times |  The structure of American drug patents and clinical trials skews profit incentives to favor the development of drugs for late stage cancer, even when these drugs provide only very small survival benefits.

Dec 22, 2015, 10:35 by Michael Croft

Clinical Informatics News | With development partner University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, GE Healthcare is preparing to roll out the GE Health Cloud, where medical images can be stored, analyzed, and shared with a suite of in-house and third-party apps.

Dec 21, 2015, 09:06 by Michael Croft

PITTSBURGH, PA, UNITED STATES - Dec 21, 2015 - ERT, the leading cloud platform solutions provider delivering clinical and scientific innovation through its patient-centric data collection and intelligence solutions, today announced it has been named one of the 2015  20 Most Promising Data Integration Solution Providers by CIO Review

Dec 18, 2015, 16:20 by Michael Croft

Clinical Informatics News | UCB has selected the Sinequa Big Data Search & Analytics Platform for use with its clinical trial file share. Using the Sinequa Platform, UCB is able to more effectively find data sets needed to answer questions arising in the lifecycle of drug development.

Dec 17, 2015, 13:10 by Michael Croft

NEW YORK, NY - Dec 17, 2015 -  Sinequa, a leader in real-time Big Data search and analytics, today announced that UCB has selected the Sinequa Big Data Search & Analytics Platform to speed vital information discovery of its clinical trial file share

Dec 17, 2015, 08:22 by Michael Croft

PITTSBURGH, PA, UNITED STATES - Dec 17, 2015 - ERT, the leading cloud platform solutions provider delivering clinical and scientific innovation through its patient-centric data collection and intelligence solutions, today announced that it is donating approximately 1,200 tablet computers to Pittsburgh-based charitable organizations