• New Partnership

    Feb 24, 2014, 00:00 by Michael Croft
    SEATTLE, WA, UNITED STATES - Feb 24, 2014 - NEW PARTNERSHIP DF/Net Research, Inc. is pleased to announce its sponsorship of the Consulting Services Program at the Washington Biotechnology & Biomedical Association (WBBA)
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  • LabAnswer Selects John F. Conway as Director of R & D Strategy

    Feb 24, 2014, 00:00 by Michael Croft
    SUGAR LAND, TX, UNITED STATES - Feb 24, 2014 - LabAnswer, one of the nation’s leading laboratory informatics consultancies, announces the formation of a new position, Director of R & D Strategy and names John Conway to the position
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  • At HIMSS ’14, Orchard Software Introduces Its Newest Product—Orchard® Sequoia™—An Enterprise-class LIS

    Feb 24, 2014, 00:00 by Michael Croft
    CARMEL, IN, UNITED STATES - Feb 24, 2014 - Come see the biggest tree in the Orchard at HIMSS ’14 booth #2283.  At HIMSS ’14 booth #2283, Orchard will showcase its newest lab system product designed for the enterprise-wide laboratory
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  • Georgia Medical Center Installs New Clinical IT Platform

    Feb 21, 2014, 14:00 by Michael Croft
    Clinical Informatics News Brief | Georgia Regents Medical Center (GRMC), a not-for-profit corporation in Augusta, Georgia that provides clinical operations as a cooperative organization for Georgia Regents University, has installed Philips IntelliSpace PACS v4.4 to serve as a single, integrated clinical IT platform.
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  • Laurence Burke joins Exco InTouch as Vice President of Operations

    Feb 20, 2014, 00:00 by Michael Croft
    NOTTINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM - Feb 20, 2014 - Exco InTouch, the leading provider of patient engagement and data capture solutions for clinical research and healthcare providers, today announced the appointment of Laurence Burke as Vice President of Operations
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  • eClipse CRO to exhibit and speak at Partnerships in Clinical Trials 2014 Las Vegas

    Feb 20, 2014, 00:00 by Michael Croft
    EXETER, NH - Feb 20, 2014 - Press Release 20 February 2014 eClipse CRO to exhibit and speak at Partnerships in Clinical Trials 2014 Las Vegas Exeter, N
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  • Elizabeth Holmes Shares the Theranos Story

    Feb 19, 2014, 09:50 by Michael Croft
    Wired | Elizabeth Holmes, the young engineer whose company Theranos is miniaturizing blood tests for rapid results and multiple assays, talks about how her tests could change the practice of medicine.
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  • Welcome to the Clinical Cloud – Are You Ready?

    Feb 19, 2014, 08:00 by Michael Croft
    Clinical Informatics News | Contributed Commentary | Market research studies trumpeting the dominance of cloud computing are a bit ho-hum by now. Even so, the cloud has seen slightly slower uptake in clinical. Overwhelmed with market pressures, many clinical leaders have been distracted but are still curious about cloud and its bearing on clinical processes. Here’s a look at five palpable ways the cloud can specifically impact clinical success.
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  • Accelovance Continues Expansion with Opening of Research Triangle Park, NC Office

    Feb 19, 2014, 00:00 by Michael Croft
    ROCKVILLE, MD, US - Feb 19, 2014 - Accelovance, a therapeutically focused clinical research organization (CRO), announced today the opening of a new office in Research Triangle Park (RTP), North Carolina
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  • eClipse Enterprise Solutions becomes ISO9001: 2008 certified continuing its commitment to high-quality service delivery

    Feb 17, 2014, 00:00 by Michael Croft
    EXETER, NH - Feb 17, 2014 - Press Release 17 February 2014 eClipse Enterprise Solutions becomes ISO9001: 2008 certified Exeter, N
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  • Collaboration and Competition in Clinical Trials

    Feb 14, 2014, 12:00 by Michael Croft
    Clinical Informatics News | Talking collaboration and competition, executives from Pfizer, Eli Lilly, and Sanofi closed the 2014 SCOPE summit with a candid conversation about what innovation is, and what they still need.
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  • Social Listening, Collaboration, and Data Management at SCOPE

    Feb 13, 2014, 13:00 by Michael Croft
    Clinical Informatics News | The 11 conference tracks at SCOPE cover everything from electronic data in clinical trials; site selection and feasibility assessment; spending and reporting; post-marketing; patient recruitment, retention, and engagement; and much more. This year common themes emerged including patient-centricity, cross-industry collaboration, efforts to ease study startup and feasibility assessment, and the prime role of data in all aspects of the clinical trial life cycle. 
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  • Medidata on Their SaaS Past and Future

    Feb 13, 2014, 09:00 by Michael Croft
    Forbes | Medidata's birth came from looking at Amazon, Glen de Vries told Forbes. If buying books on Amazon is a secure, easy service, couldn't clinical trials be done the same way?
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  • Patient Voices Kick Off Summit for Clinical Ops Executives

    Feb 12, 2014, 12:00 by Michael Croft
    Clinical Informatics News | Last week’s Summit for Clinical Ops Executives (SCOPE) in Miami, Fla., kicked off with a powerful session featuring Jamie Heywood of PatientsLikeMe and a panel of clinical trial participants speaking on behalf of the people that trials are designed to help.
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  • Viewics Lands Nationally Ranked Academic Medical Center and Raises Financing from Leading Silicon Valley Investors

    Feb 12, 2014, 00:00 by Michael Croft
    SUNNYVALE, CA - Feb 12, 2014 -   Viewics, Inc. is pleased to announce University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio is now live with Viewics Health Insighter (VHI) as a business intelligence solution to service their rapidly changing, data analytics needs
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  • SCOPE Summary: An Overview of the Summit for Clinical Ops Executives

    Feb 10, 2014, 13:00 by Michael Croft
    Clinical Informatics News | Last week’s Summit for Clinical Ops Executives (SCOPE) in Miami, Fla., was a packed three days of conversations, networking, new products, and brainstorming on the future and direction of clinical trials. We’ll be digging into the event more fully this week, but here is an overview. 
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  • Berry Consultants Gets the FACTS

    Feb 7, 2014, 13:45 by Michael Croft
    Clinical Informatics News Brief | Berry Consultants has gained complete ownership of the Fixed and Adaptive Clinical Trial Simulator (FACTS) the company developed and marketed in cooperation with Tessella.
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  • Paging Doctor Wikipedia

    Feb 6, 2014, 12:10 by Michael Croft
    CBS Connecticut | The IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics has released a report showing that physicians and patients alike consult Wikipedia for medical information more than any other source.
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  • A Study in Communicating Risk

    Feb 6, 2014, 11:40 by Michael Croft
    Clinical Informatics News Brief | A suggestive recent study tried to quantify the difference between telling patients their Framingham Heart Study risk score, versus reporting their "Heart Age."
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  • Best Practices Awards Recognize Excellence in Clinical IT

    Feb 6, 2014, 09:35 by Michael Croft
    Clinical Informatics News | The winners ofClinical Informatics News’ first annual Best Practices Awards were announced this morning at the 2014 Summit for Clinical Ops Executives in Miami.
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