• FDA Proposes Changes to Informed Consent Rules

    RAPS |  On Tuesday, FDA proposed changes that would allow Institutional Review Boards to waive or alter requirements for obtaining informed consent for certain clinical trials involving minimal risk to participants.

    Nov 14, 2018

  • High-Profile Startup Seeking To Connect Patients With Clinical Trials Shuts Down

    STAT | Driver, an ambitious startup marketing an app to match cancer patients with clinical trials, has shut down after running out of money just weeks following its high-profile launch.

    Nov 12, 2018

  • Blockchain And Healthcare Convene In Nashville For Distributed: Health

    Clinical Informatics News | Leaders in the healthcare and blockchain spaces came together for the third annual Distributed: Health conference in Nashville, Tennessee. Investors, healthcare providers, and researchers in on a key question: Where are we in the integration of blockchain and distributed ledger technology into the healthcare space?

    Nov 8, 2018

  • Why Doctors Hate Their Computers

    The New Yorker |  Atul Gawande on the promise of digitization to make medical care easier and more efficient, and whether screens may be coming between doctors and patients.

    Nov 8, 2018

  • It’s About Time That Medicare Advantage Stops Being A Disadvantage For Clinical Research Participants

    Clinical Informatics News | It’s About Time | Norman Goldfarb discusses the problems and confusions surrounding Medicare Advantage plans and clinical trials with Kelly Willenberg, Manager of Kelly Willenberg & Associates.

    Nov 7, 2018

  • The VA Shadow Rulers' Signature Program Is "Trending Towards Red"

    ProPublica |  A $10 billion technology upgrade championed by Jared Kushner and the Mar-a-Lago trio is at risk of failing the VA's 7 million patients.

    Nov 2, 2018

  • New Head For Renamed Icahn Institute At Mount Sinai

    Clinical Informatics News | Mount Sinai has named a new head for its Icahn Institute, and renamed the effort the Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genomic Technology. Adam Margolin will lead the new enterprise-wide program, whose 10-year plan includes 55 new faculty and staff, new computational infrastructure, and an educational program to train master’s students and PhDs in biomedical data science.

    Nov 2, 2018