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Data Crisis Who Owns Your Medical Records?
San Diego Magazine | Electronic records are increasingly hard to keep secure and store, especially with the proliferation of patient-generated data.
Sep 26, 2016
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Advancing Health IT and Preventing Data Blocking through Model Contract Language
The Health Care Blog | Andy Slavitt and Vindell Washington together outline their efforts to make sure the technologies and infrastructures to support patients are on track.
Sep 26, 2016
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When “Actionable” Genomic Sequencing Results Cannot Be Acted Upon
JAMA Oncology | Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher recalls an interaction he had with a participant involved in genomic sequencing, in which the term “actionable” led to false hope and dashed expectations.
Sep 23, 2016
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Biotech School How to Spot Hidden Danger Signs in Clinical Trial Data
TheStreet | Adam Feuerstein gives his take on how to read clinical trial data to find red flags and secrets companies might be hiding.
Sep 23, 2016
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FDA Commissioner Calls For Sarepta Drug Study To Be Retracted
STAT | The study explored whether the Sarepta drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy can sufficiently produce higher levels of a protein that provides mobility.
Sep 22, 2016
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More Doctors To Retire As MACRA And Value-Based Pay Hit
Forbes | Nearly half of U.S. physicians plan to "accelerate" their retirements, cut back on patients or seek "non-clinical roles" as regulations like MACRA take hold, according to The Physicians Foundation.
Sep 21, 2016
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Mirna Therapeutics Halts Clinical Studies After Patients Get Sick
Austin Business Journal | The company's share price was already down 60% this year before this news on Tuesday caused its stock to fall even further.
Sep 21, 2016
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Joe Biden: The Next Step in Our Cancer Moonshot
TIME | As part of the Cancer Moonshot, we're announcing new steps to help cancer patients and their doctors find the right clinical trial.
Sep 19, 2016
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Major Push for Clinical Trial Transparency from HHS, NIH
Clinical Informatics News | The Department of Health and Human Services and the National Institutes of Health announced corresponding efforts on Friday to bring transparency to the clinical trials process. HHS released a final ruling on clinical trials registration and the results information submission process. NIH released a complementary policy on the dissemination of NIH-funded clinical trial information.
Sep 19, 2016
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Studies Link Cancer Patients Survival Time To Insurance Status
NPR | Research on patients with testicular cancer and on others fighting a brain malignancy finds that people who are privately insured are more likely to be diagnosed earlier and survive longer.
Sep 16, 2016
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After Setbacks A Pioneering Stem-Cell Technology Is Back in Human Trials
MIT Technology Review | Can cell therapy help spinal-cord injury? A long-running study hopes the answer is yes.
Sep 14, 2016
