• Regulatory Considerations for Using Social and Digital Media in Clinical Trial Patient Recruitment

    Clinical Informatics News | Contributed Commentary | Social and digital media can be powerful tools for recruiting clinical trial participants and speeding up enrollment, but there are several regulatory as well as operational considerations to keep in mind.

    Mar 26, 2015

  • Interactive Online Map Shares Cancer Projects Around the World

    Clinical Informatics News | Global Oncology (GO) this morning announced the launch of the Global Cancer Project Map, a first-of-its-kind online resource and virtual information exchange for connecting the global cancer community. Developed by GO in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Center for Global Health, the map enables worldwide access to cancer projects and expertise to improve cancer practices and patient outcomes, especially in low-resource settings.

    Mar 25, 2015

  • A University’s Handling of Clinical Trial Practices Raises ‘Serious Ethical Issues’

    WSJ | University of Minnesota research practices stemming from the suicide of a clinical trial participant a decade ago raised serious issues that have damaged its "credibility and reputation."

    Mar 23, 2015

  • Capitation and Cognitive Dissonance: The Economics of Models of Care

    Clinical Informatics News | Eric Liederman, Director of Medical Informatics at Kaiser Permanente, has spent his career as both a physician and a clinical informatics systems director. He speaks with Clinical Informatics News about the economic differences between fee-for-service and capitated models of care and how cognitive dissonance changes the care patients receive. 

    Mar 20, 2015

  • Clinical Ink, CentrosHealth Merger

    Clinical Informatis News Brief | Clinical Ink has merged with CentrosHealth, joining Clinical Ink’s eSource solutions with CentrosHealth’s mobile apps for clinical trial patient engagement and electronic patient reported outcomes (ePRO). The merger brings MPM Capital and F2 Ventures to Clinical Ink’s list of existing investors.

    Mar 18, 2015

  • New Products and Solutions at SCOPE

    Clinical Informatics News | While the sessions at SCOPE were packed, there was quite a bit going on in the exhibit hall as well. Here are some of the updates and product announcements we picked up on site from GoBalto, AiCure, ePharmaSolutions, Parallax, and more. 

    Mar 16, 2015

  • ACRES and HealthCarePoint Collaborate Through BlueCloud

    Clinical Informatics News | The Alliance for Clinical Research Excellence and Safety—ACRES—has announced a collaboration with HealthCarePoint to launch ACRES BlueCloud, an integration platform for parties across the global clinical research enterprise.

    Mar 11, 2015

  • Patients and Innovation at SCOPE 2015

    Clinical Informatics News | The Summit for Clinical Ops Executives moved to Orlando this year, but the new location didn’t dampen the buzz in the exhibit hall or the session rooms, where conversations centered on innovation, the patient perspective, and finding tools to address the industry’s bottlenecks.

    Mar 9, 2015

  • A Profile in the Art of Clinical Trial Analysis

    The Economist | Over a 40-year career as a biostatistician specializing in the design of clinical trials, Susan Ellenberg has helped to mainstream and refine such essential principles as full data retention, surrogate endpoints, partnerships with patient advocacy groups, and interim analyses.

    Mar 9, 2015

  • Wearables for Chronic Illnesses: Challenges and Opportunities in the Market

    Clinical Informatics News | Contributed Commentary | The U.S. spends more on healthcare than most other industrialized countries yet consistently ranks well below them in health outcomes. Nearly 85% of our health care dollars are spent on caring for chronic diseases, the most common, costly, and preventable of all health problems. These include diabetes, heart disease, and chronic pain from various causes; all of which require investments in monitoring, compliance, and behavioral change.  Could wearable technologies uniquely designed to help manage chronic disease provide a solution?

    Mar 5, 2015

  • Association for Molecular Pathology Releases Model for Pricing Genomic Tests

    Clinical Informatics News | The AMP has published a series of models estimating the cost and value of various testing procedures that involve broad next-generation sequencing of DNA samples and bioinformatics pipelines for analyzing the results.

    Mar 5, 2015