• The Rise of Real-World Evidence

    Clinical Informatics News | Real-world data sources and analytic technologies seek to answer what treatments work for whom, why, in what context, and at what cost. And everyone wants in.

    Oct 3, 2017

  • Nobel Prize Goes To Three U.S. Scientists For Work On Circadian Rhythms

    STAT |  The 2017 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded to Jeffrey Hall, Michael Roshbash, and Michael Young for their discoveries of circadian rhythms.

    Oct 2, 2017

  • The Intelligent Trial: AI Comes To Clinical Trials

    Clinical Informatics News | Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing health care and advancing the clinical trial process faster than any Hollywood AI robot could predict.

    Sep 28, 2017

  • Change Healthcare To Launch Blockchain Platform This Year

    Nashville Post |  Former Emdeon 'building from the inside out' but big questions still need answers.

    Sep 27, 2017

  • Rho, Bracket, Hearst, And More: News From September 2017

    Clinical Informatics News | September was full of exciting news in the clinical trial and healthcare community, including partnerships, products, and promotions from Rho, Bracket, Hearst, and more.

    Sep 26, 2017

  • Even At $500K Gene Therapy Could Be A Bargain For Some Diseases

    MIT Technology Review |  A one-time gene therapy that costs half a million dollars sounds crazy until you add up what it costs to treat some diseases over a lifetime.

    Sep 22, 2017

  • FDAs Woodcock The Clinical Trials System is Broken

    RAPS |  The clinical trials system is "broken" and there needs to be new ways to collect and use patient data, Janet Woodcock, director of FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, told a workshop on real world evidence on Wednesday.

    Sep 20, 2017

  • Adaptive Clinical Trial Designs Are Innovative Despite Unique Operational Challenges

    Clinical Informatics News Contributed Commentary | Adaptive clinical trial designs provide an innovative approach to drug and device development that can enhance efficiency and maximize portfolio value. However, adaptive trials also present unique operational challenges to ensure data quality and integrity, and maintain blinding of interim data analyses and adaptive changes.

    Sep 20, 2017

  • Bored With Your Fitbit? These Cancer Researchers Aren't

    WIRED |  Scientists are publishing more studies and enrolling more clinical trials using Fitbit devices than any other wearable fitness tracker out there.

    Sep 19, 2017

  • Parker Institute For Cancer Immunotherapy And The Tesla Collaboration

    Clinical Informatics News Brief | Danny Wells, an informatic scientist at the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, is featured on this podcast from Cambridge Healthtech Institute for the ImPACT Conference. Topics include scaling up personalized therapies, future clinical applications of neoantigens, and new frontiers in cancer immunotherapy.

    Sep 18, 2017

  • Blind Patients To Test Bionic Eye Brain Implants

    MIT Technology Review |  Second Sight is launching a clinical trial for a prosthesis that could help more people who have lost their vision than a device already on the market.

    Sep 18, 2017

  • Voice Interactions: A Channel To Better Health Outcomes

    Clinical Informatics News Contributed Commentary | More often than not, patients forget or lack the motivation to follow a care plan that requires frequent monitoring and documentation. For many diseases that can be self-managed, the tools that use traditional channels, such as web/mobile/text, fail to reach high adoption rates because using them is usually a complicated and cumbersome experience. In this context, voice, as a channel of communication, is positioned to be a game changer.

    Sep 14, 2017