• Lawmakers Press Genetic Testing Companies For Privacy Policy Details

    STAT |  In a letter sent this week, Reps. Dave Loebsack of Iowa and Frank Pallone Jr. of New Jersey peppered 23andMe, AncestryDNA, Family Tree DNA, and National Geographic Geno with questions about their security systems and customer privacy. The Democratic lawmakers are hoping to work with the companies to identify and resolve any privacy and security issues.

    Jun 21, 2018

  • New Amazon-led Healthcare Venture Taps Surgeon, Author Gawande As CEO

    Xconomy |  The new, independent, healthcare-focused company Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase plan to launch made a big splash when it was first announced in January, but few details have emerged since. On Wednesday, the trio of American business heavyweights revealed a little more. They said Atul Gawande will serve as CEO of the still unnamed joint venture.

    Jun 20, 2018

  • TrialScope Selected By GlaxoSmithKline To Support Clinical Trial Disclosure, Transparency

    Clinical Informatics News Brief | TrialScope today announced that it has been selected by GlaxoSmithKline to facilitate clinical trial disclosure and transparency which amounts to disclosing more than 1,200 records per year from studies conducted in over 90 countries around the globe.

    Jun 20, 2018

  • Clinical Informatics News Announces New European Innovation Awards, Calls For Entries

    Clinical Informatics News | Clinical Informatics News is accepting entries to the inaugural Clinical Informatics News European Innovation Awards competition.

    Jun 19, 2018

  • Medidata Acquires SHYFT For $195 Million

    Clinical Informatics News Brief | Medidata announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SHYFT Analytics for $195 million. As part of the acquisition, the two companies will develop a combined platform, which both Medidata and SHYFT believe will deliver market-leading applications, services, and proven data science capabilities.

    Jun 18, 2018

  • CRF Health Looks To Simplify eConsent For Both The Patient And The Researcher

    Clinical Informatics News | The discussion surrounding eConsent and its replacement of paper-based solutions in clinical trials is one that’s been going on for quite some time. CRF Health’s solution, an electronic platform called TrialConsent, designs, collects, and manages the informed consent process all within the platform itself.

    Jun 14, 2018

  • Can Aparitos Wearable Tech Solve Big Pharmas Billion-Dollar Crisis?

    Forbes |  As many as 42% of pediatric clinical trials end up in failure and inconclusive results. Aparitos, a digital health startup, is looking to improve the success of clinical testing and the quality of life for patients by allowing patient data to be captured more accurately.

    Jun 12, 2018

  • NeuroBANK Banking On Collaboration, Compassion, Clinical Research

    Clinical Informatics News | A Harvard professor and Bio-IT World 2018 Best Practices Award winner is banking on old-fashioned collaboration and compassion, along with 21st century technology, to help principal investigators collect data for clinical research and to facilitate the development of new therapies and cures.

    Jun 11, 2018

  • It Turns Out Clinical Trial Participants Aren't That Worried About Data Sharing

    Healthcare Analytic News |  A new study out of Stanford found that clinical trial patients might not have the concerns about their data that experts think they do.

    Jun 11, 2018

  • Avoid Unintentional Unblinding In Clinical Trials

    Clinical Informatics News Contributed Commentary | Based on the ICH Guideline on Statistical Principles for Clinical Trials (E9), the most important design techniques for avoiding bias in clinical trials are blinding and randomization.

    Jun 8, 2018

  • Patients Are Now Consumers, But Is Health Care Ready?

    Forbes |  More and more patients want solutions like text, telemedicine and remote monitoring.

    Jun 7, 2018

  • How A Patient-Centric ePRO Solution Is Proving To Boost Study Compliance And Completion

    Clinical Informatics News | The industry is at a turning point where it has a unique opportunity to challenge the patient engagement status quo by harnessing the untapped potential for single mobile apps to support and engage trial patients from start to finish. Bracket has developed an ePRO solution with the aim of making patients feel like “partners” in their clinical trial, rather than “data cows."

    Jun 5, 2018