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May 27, 2015, 12:00
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Michael Croft
Clinical Informatics News | Symphony Clinical Research, based in suburban Chicago, is distinguishing itself as one of the few providers of in-home clinical trial visits. As the clinical trial sector faces perpetual challenges with patient recruitment, retention, and compliance, being able to conduct a study visit in the home tackles some of these intractable issues, and may accelerate enrollment.
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May 27, 2015, 00:00
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Michael Croft
NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES - May 27, 2015 - AMC Health, a leading provider of real-time patient management solutions, has announced that it has successfully undergone a third-party review of its Quality Management System to meet the requirements of 21 CFR 820 and 21 CFR 11 for its next generation telehealth platform, which will be one of the first of its kind for clinical trials
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May 27, 2015, 00:00
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Michael Croft
NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES - May 27, 2015 - AMC Health, a leading provider of real-time patient management solutions, has announced that it has successfully undergone a third-party review of its Quality Management System to meet the requirements of 21 CFR 820 and 21 CFR 11 for its next generation telehealth platform, which will be one of the first of its kind for clinical trials
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May 26, 2015, 10:00
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Michael Croft
Clinical Informatics News | Last fall, Mayo Clinic and IBM’s Watson group announced plans to use the Watson supercomputer to match Mayo oncology patients with the appropriate clinical trials. Earlier this month, Nicholas LaRusso, professor of medicine, biochemistry, and molecular biology at Mayo gave an update on the collaboration at the Clinical Research Informatics World event in Boston.
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May 22, 2015, 10:00
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Michael Croft
Clinical Informatics News | As precision medicine moves from
the bench to the bedside in the coming months and years, CIOs will become a key
link in the chain of people who help find cures and save lives. I call on you to
learn about the technology and make a plan to adopt it.
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May 21, 2015, 09:00
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Michael Croft
Clinical Informatics News | Boston Children’s Hospital is launching CLARITY Undiagnosed, a $25,000 competition to identify molecular diagnoses for five families with as-yet undiagnosed conditions. The Challenge kicks off in conjunction with a documentary film tracing the journeys of the patients and—possibly—the teams. Teams have until June 11 to register.
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May 21, 2015, 00:00
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Michael Croft
CHAPEL HILL, NC - May 21, 2015 - Rho Showcases
Clinical Services Expertise at OCT East
Coast WHAT:
Rho, a full-service contract research organization (CRO), will
highlight its continued success in drug development strategies and
services during the 6th annual Outsourcing in Clinical Trials (OCT)
East Coast conference, being held May 27-28 in King of Prussia,
Pennsylvania
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May 21, 2015, 00:00
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Michael Croft
BERLIN, GERMANY - May 21, 2015 - KCR, a Contract Research Organization (CRO), operating in 19 countries in Europe as well as the U.S., has recently validated the quality and accuracy of its operations receiving ISO 9001:2008 Certification for all its services
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May 19, 2015, 00:00
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Michael Croft
PRINCETON, NJ - May 19, 2015 - WIRB-Copernicus Group (WCG), the worlds largest provider of regulatory and ethical review services and software to support clinical research, and Certara®, the global biosimulation technology-enabled drug development consultancy, today announced that they are co-sponsoring the inaugural Lasker Lessons in Leadership, a series of one-day career-oriented workshops for postgraduate medical research students
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May 14, 2015, 11:20
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Michael Croft
Clinical Informatics News Brief | The 2015 annual survey of the Trial Master File (TMF) Reference Model initiative is now live. The survey is designed to provide year-over-year insights from sponsors, CROs, inspectors, and trial sites, for both paper and electronic TMF management.
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May 14, 2015, 00:00
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Michael Croft
WSJ | Amid accusations the drug maker misled
investors and patients about the safety of its drug, Orexigen
Therapeutics is now feuding with Takeda Pharmaceutical, its
marketing partner, over the cost of a clinical trial that was
required by the FDA.
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May 13, 2015, 09:00
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Michael Croft
Clinical Informatics News | ERT on Monday completed its acquisition of PHT Corporation. The acquisition was first announced in late February. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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May 11, 2015, 00:00
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Michael Croft
PHILADELPHIA, PA, UNITED STATES - May 11, 2015 - ERT, a leading global solution provider for high-quality patient safety and efficacy endpoint data collection, today announced it has completed the acquisition of Boston-based PHT Corporation (PHT), the eClinical innovator leading the adoption of patient-driven mobile apps for improved clinical research
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May 11, 2015, 00:00
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Michael Croft
mobihealthnews | Since IBM launched its Watson
Health business unit last month, the company has been busy,
announcing a flurry of partnerships and deployments of its
cognitive computing software in different sectors of the healthcare
industry.
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May 11, 2015, 00:00
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Michael Croft
PHILADELPHIA, PA, UNITED STATES - May 11, 2015 - ERT, a leading global solution provider for high-quality patient safety and efficacy endpoint data collection, today announcedan expansion to its Executive Management team
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May 11, 2015, 00:00
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Michael Croft
PRINCETON, NJ - May 11, 2015 - WIRB-Copernicus Group (WCG), the world's largest provider of regulatory and ethical review services for human research and a leading provider of software solutions designed to accelerate clinical trials safely, announced today that its New England Institutional Review Board (IRB) has been reaccredited by the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP)
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May 8, 2015, 16:00
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Michael Croft
Clinical Informatics News |Two months after announcing their first app built on Apple’s ResearchKit platform, LifeMap Solutions is sharing some of the earliest user-engagement findings from their Asthma Health app, a personalized tool that helps participants gain greater insight into their asthma, adhere to treatment plans, avoid triggers, and take charge of their health. The findings were published on the ResearchKit blog.
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May 8, 2015, 09:50
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Michael Croft
Clinical Informatics News | Over two days at the 2015 Medical Informatics World Conference in Boston, keynote speakers including American Medical Association President-elect Steven Stack, CIO Stephen Warren of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and CIO John Halamka of Beth Israel Deaconess addressed the rapid transformations in health IT, from opportunities like near-universal EHR adoption and mobile and telehealth, to obstacles like poorly designed quality metrics and growing cybersecurity threats.
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May 8, 2015, 00:00
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Michael Croft
MINNEAPOLIS, MN - May 8, 2015 - Regulatory and Clinical Research Institute, Inc. (RCRI), based in Minneapolis, MN and a leader in medical device strategic consulting, announced today that it has appointed Lisa Olson, MBA as President
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May 6, 2015, 00:00
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Michael Croft
mobihealthnews | Mountain View, California-based
Amiigo, which makes an activity tracker, has teamed up with online
patient community platform Alliance Health to launch a new study
looking at the combined effect of wearables and peer support on
heart failure patients. About 100 patients will participate in the
pilot, which will last 90 days.
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