• Guys and St Thomas' NHS Trust Finds 'Right Data, Right Place, Right Time' With Information Retrieval Architecture

    Clinical Research News | Guys and St Thomas' NHS Trust addresses the significance of the modern information economy using CogStack, the foundation's structured and unstructured information retrieval and extraction architecture.

    Nov 14, 2019

  • Full-Circle Study Start Up and Site Payments Activities for Successful Sites and Studies

    Clinical Research News Contributed Commentary | Clinical trial success hinges on the commitment of the participating investigators and their clinical staff, and their enthusiasm is highest at study start. Sponsors and contract research organizations must leverage technology, people and systems to fuel the sites’ excitement—and to keep them engaged through the study’s duration. Yet the clinical development industry has not mastered early and sustained site engagement.

    Nov 13, 2019

  • Syneos, AiCure Announce Strategic Partnership

    Clinical Research News Brief | Syneos Health and AiCure have announced a novel strategic partnership to drive faster, smarter trials to optimize patient engagement. The collaboration amplifies a pre-existing relationship and responds to increasing customer demand for digital solutions that change behaviors and improve patients’ lives.

    Nov 12, 2019

  • Google Partners With Major Health System Gaining Access To Patient Data

    STAT |  Google has quietly launched "Project Nightingale," an initiative that gives the tech giant the ability to analyze personal health information from Ascension, a Catholic hospital system.

    Nov 12, 2019

  • How Accurate Are Real World Data?

    Clinical Research News | The 21st Century Cures Act, passed in 2016, placed additional focus on real world data to support regulatory decision making, including new indications for approved drugs. In the legislation, Congress defined real world evidence as data regarding the usage or the potential benefits or risks of a drug derived from sources other than traditional clinical trials. But how do we know if these data are accurate?

    Nov 11, 2019

  • TrialAssure Launches Document Anonymization Software

    Clinical Research News Brief | TrialAssure today launched the limited release of ANONYMIZE R, a first-in-class document anonymization software that uses machine learning, natural language processing, and artificial intelligence to protect patient privacy by automatically finding and removing personal information from text.

    Nov 7, 2019

  • Standardizing eClinical Terminology: Easing the Site Burden to Improve Quality, Compliance and Safety

    Clinical Research News Contributed Commentary | As in years past, the clinical trial industry declared 2019 “The Year of the Patient.” However, the phrase “Year of the Patient” raises an important consideration about clinical trial terminology: a growing number of trial volunteers also prefer to be called “subject” because the meaning of “patient” can have different connotations for everyone.

    Nov 5, 2019

  • Real-Time Data Analytics For Improving Care Quality

    Clinical Research News | Beth Israel Deaconess Care Organization (BIDCO) in Boston is using real-time electronic health record (EHR) data and insight-driven analytics to help keep healthy and rising-risk populations from dropping into the costly, high-risk top 5% group.

    Nov 1, 2019

  • Google To Acquire Fitbit For $2.1 Billion In Major Health Tech Deal

    STAT | Google announced on Friday it will buy Fitbit for $2.1 billion—a massive deal immediately transforms the market for fitness trackers and smartwatches, which are increasingly being seen as clinical tools for monitoring health and gathering reams of health data.

    Nov 1, 2019

  • FNIH, Parexel, Certara, and More: News From October 2019

    Clinical Research News | October was full of exciting news in the clinical trial and healthcare community, including partnerships, products, and promotions from FNIH, Parexel, Certara, and more.

    Oct 31, 2019

  • Sensors and Machine Learning: Glucose Monitoring with An AI Edge

    Clinical Research News | With over 15 years’ experience in modeling, bioinformatics, and engineering, Medtronic's Elaine Gee is driving machine learning algorithm development and analytics to support next-generation medical devices for diabetes management.

    Oct 30, 2019

  • AI in Imaging: A New Focus on Achieving Precision Medicine More Effectively and Less Invasively

    Clinical Research News Contributed Commentary | AI-enabled imaging presents a powerful opportunity to accelerate the identification and application of personalized treatments in ways that are often less invasive, faster, and potentially more cost effective.

    Oct 24, 2019