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Turmoil at Zenefits and Silicon Valley’s Big Problem with Health Care
Washington Post | The health insurance broker Zenefits, now going through an executive shakeup, is just one example of a company with a Silicon Valley mindset failing to meet health regulations.
Feb 11, 2016
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Illumina to Build Interpretation Tools for Genomics England
Clinical Informatics News Brief | Illumina and Genomics England announced a partnership today to develop a platform and knowledge base that can be used to improve and automate genome interpretation. The tools will operate within the Genomics England secure database to enable researchers and clinicians to access information and reports more readily.
Feb 11, 2016
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FDA clears BioGamings Microsoft Kinect-based physiotherapy software
MobiHealthNews | In another health application for Microsoft's Kinect platform, BioGaming has received FDA clearance for its YuGo Microsoft Kinect-based physical therapy system.
Feb 10, 2016
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What You Need To Know About FDA’s Clinical Outcome Assessment Compendium
Clinical Leader | One of the goals of CDER is to foster patient-focused drug development. As part of that effort, the agency has published a compendium of clinical outcome assessments (COAs) to promote the use of patient-focused outcome measurement in drug development.
Feb 10, 2016
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HIMSS Assesses Senate Bill to Improve Electronic Health Records
Information Management | As the Senate debates a bill intended to support the security and interoperability of HIT systems, the Health Information and Management Systems Society considers the draft legislation's proposals.
Feb 8, 2016
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Watson the Pediatrician
Clinical Informatics News | IBM Watson Health and Boston Children’s Hospital have created a joint venture to apply Watson’s cognitive platform to help BCH clinicians diagnose and treat rare pediatric diseases.
Feb 5, 2016
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Big Pharma Spending Big to Push Patients to Take Their Meds
STAT | The drug industry loses tens of billions in global sales each year when patients don't fill or refill prescriptions. It's out to change that.
Feb 4, 2016
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Best Practices Finalists Announced
Clinical Informatics News | Clinical Informatics News today announced ten finalists in its 2016 Best Practices Awards. Three of the finalists will be named winners at SCOPE, the Summit for Clinical Ops Executives in Miami, Florida, on February 24.
Feb 4, 2016
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The Startup Tracking ‘Valuable’ Doctors for Big Pharma
Bloomberg | Zephyr Health says it can determine the value of a doctor's prescription pad.
Feb 3, 2016
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January Clinical News and Product Briefs
Clinical Informatics News | The latest products and announcements from around the industry, including wearable data in clinical trials for Parkinson's, and a new global service for post-marketing studies.
Jan 29, 2016
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Commonwealth Informatics to Provide Software for FDA Drug Safety Programs
Clinical Informatics News | The FDA has entered a partnership with Commonwealth Informatics, a healthcare analytics company based in Waltham, Mass., to create a platform for reviewing adverse events in new drug applications and postmarket surveillance studies.
Jan 28, 2016
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FDA Unveils Draft Guidance for Medical Device Interoperability
FierceHealthIT | The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday unveiled draft guidance it hopes the medical device industry will follow for including interoperability in the design and development of such tools.
Jan 27, 2016
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Massachusetts AG Calls on Gilead to Lower Price of Hepatitis C Medicines
Boston Globe | Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey warned that lawyers in her office are looking into bringing a commercial conduct complaint against the drug maker over its pricing of Sovaldi and Harvoni.
Jan 27, 2016
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Cedars-Sinai to use Fitbits in small trial of cancer patients
MobiHealthNews | Cedars-Sinai Medical Center is embarking on a small study to see if a Fitbit Charge HR can help oncologists assess whether their patients are active enough for chemotherapy.
Jan 22, 2016
