Sep 8, 2014, 00:00 by Michael Croft

CHAPEL HILL, NC, UNITED STATES - Sep 8, 2014 - Rho, a contract research organization (CRO) focused on bringing new products to market through a full range of product development services, has again been honored with the 2014 When Work Works Award

Sep 5, 2014, 09:15 by Michael Croft

Clinical Informatics News | The editors are pleased to announce that submissions are open for the second annual Clinical Informatics News Best Practices Awards, which recognize outstanding innovations in improving the clinical trials process from all members of the trial landscape.

Sep 4, 2014, 11:05 by Michael Croft

Politico | As electronic health systems make it easier for large hospitals to perform comparative studies of different courses of treatment, providers, patient advocates, and government alike worry that the patient consent process is too slow and unwieldy to support this needed research.

Sep 3, 2014, 09:55 by Michael Croft

Business Insider | In the run-up to the launch of Apple's HealthKit personal healthcare platform, the company has announced that app developers will be barred from storing customers' health-related data in iCloud.

Sep 3, 2014, 09:45 by Michael Croft

Clinical Informatics News | In an acknowledgement of the growing interest in point-of-care testing to expand access to diagnostics and control healthcare costs, the POC and mHealth Diagnostics Summit will premiere this November in Boston to address both technology and policy considerations needed to support these diagnostic tools.

Aug 29, 2014, 08:50 by Michael Croft

Clinical Informatics News | News and product releases from around the industry, including a large clinical trial of molecular targeting in diverse cancer treatments, and a novel reimbursement model from MolecularHealth.

Aug 26, 2014, 00:00 by Michael Croft

PRINCETON, NJ - Aug 26, 2014 - WIRB-Copernicus Group (WCG), the world’s largest provider of regulatory and ethical review services for clinical research, announced today that it has appointed David Borasky as vice president of quality management for the Copernicus Group Independent Review Board

Aug 25, 2014, 10:35 by Michael Croft

Forbes | In urgent care settings, alarms from patient-monitoring instruments may become background noise as devices compete for nurses' attention with often inconsistent emergency thresholds.

Aug 22, 2014, 11:40 by Michael Croft

Clinical Informatics News | At a conference in Washington, DC, two FDA representatives addressed the agency’s thought process when reviewing assays based on next-generation sequencing, especially in the form of companion diagnostics paired with specific drugs.

Aug 20, 2014, 00:00 by Michael Croft

BISHOP'S STORTFORD, UK - Aug 20, 2014 - ~~Dotmatics, a leading provider of scientific informatics solutions and services, announced today that Prof

Aug 19, 2014, 10:20 by Michael Croft

Clinical Informatics News Brief | The Health Initiative Coordinating Council (HICCup), a non-profit devoted to exploring new models and incentives in community healthcare, has announced the selection of five American towns to participate in its Way to Wellville challenge.

Aug 15, 2014, 08:50 by Michael Croft

Boston Globe | As greater numbers of women seek out genetic tests to predict their lifetime risks of developing breast cancer, moderate-risk mutations like those to the PALB2 gene are leading to difficult questions.

Aug 15, 2014, 00:00 by Michael Croft

BERGISCH GLADBACH, GERMANY - Aug 15, 2014 - Miltenyi Biotec announced today that it has acquired the lentiviral vector manufacturing business and related assets from US company Lentigen Corporation, a global leader in lentiviral technology for cell and gene therapy applications

Aug 14, 2014, 09:55 by Michael Croft

Reuters | As Apple prepares for the upcoming launch of HealthKit, the company is in talks with several large electronic health record providers and healthcare systems, seeking to integrate patient data stored in hospital networks with the customer-facing Health app.

Aug 13, 2014, 11:50 by Michael Croft

Clinical Informatics News Brief | When the Next Generation Diagnostics Summit convenes in Washington, DC, next week, attendees will have an opportunity to discuss the recent FDA move to regulate laboratory developed tests, as well as the growing role of next generation sequencing in clinical diagnostics.

Aug 13, 2014, 08:00 by Michael Croft

Clinical Informatics News | Beyond the simple paper versus digital debate, there is growing interest in what the electronic trial master file (eTMF) offers in terms of tracking and measuring operational efficiencies of clinical trials. That’s what a new survey of 252 TMF owners hoped to explore.

Aug 12, 2014, 13:00 by Michael Croft

Clinical Informatics News Brief | GenoSpace announced a strategic investment today by Thomson Reuters. GenoSpace plans to use the funds to accelerate expansion of its customer base in research, clinical development, laboratory medicine, and clinical care. The total investment was not disclosed.

Aug 12, 2014, 08:00 by Michael Croft

Clinical Informatics News | NASHVILLE—Sitting across a conference table from Elizabeth Holmes, what strikes me most is her level of control—of herself and the company. Theranos’ mission is to make actionable health information accessible to everyone at the time it matters. What “accessible” practically means is a question Holmes and Theranos have spent a great deal of time on.

Aug 11, 2014, 00:00 by Michael Croft

BISHOP'S STORTFORD, UK - Aug 11, 2014 - ~~Dotmatics is pleased to announce a new Academic Site License program that will provide ample access to the Dotmatics Platform for Universities and Schools around the world at a specially reduced subscription price

Aug 8, 2014, 08:00 by Michael Croft

Washington Post | Where do we stand on electronic health records? The goals that Presidents Bush and Obama set haven't been met, but maybe that's ok.