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Entries Welcome For SCOPE’s 2019 Participant Engagement Award
Clinical Informatics News | Cambridge Healthtech Institute is welcoming entries for the SCOPE’s 2019 Participant Engagement Award, an annual award that recognize innovation, and change in how the industry communicates with participants in the fields of recruitment and retention in clinical trials.
Sep 10, 2018
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Rinse And REPEAT: Assessing Transparency In Database Research And Real World Evidence
Clinical Informatics News | Transparency has been an issue in database research and real world evidence, and REPEAT initiative is committed to improving the transparency, reproducibility and validity of longitudinal healthcare database research.
Sep 6, 2018
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Hospitals Are Fed Up With Drug Companies, So They’re Starting Their Own
Washington Post | Civica Rx, a not-for-profit generic drug company, is a response to shortages and price spikes. The goal is to force change in the marketplace overall.
Sep 6, 2018
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AI Scramble In Healthcare Well Underway
Clinical Informatics News | From point-of-care decision support tools to targeted tumor sequencing tests, artificial intelligence is causing some shakeups within the guarded healthcare industry.
Sep 4, 2018
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First CRISPR Clinical Trial Backed By US Companies Launches
STAT | The first clinical trial of CRISPR-Cas9, co-sponsored by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, will test the genome-editing technique in patients with the blood disorder beta thalassemia.
Aug 31, 2018
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Integra Connect Becomes CancerLinQ Platform’s First Certified Electronic Health Record
Clinical Informatics News Brief | CancerLinQ announced that Integra Connect’s EHR Solution for Oncology has been recognized as the first CancerLinQ Certified Electronic Health Record (EHR) System.
Aug 30, 2018
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Storytelling, Superstores, Search Engines Highlight Health:Further Festival
Clinical Informatics News | The first day of the Health:Further festival featured prominent figures in healthcare as they focused on listening to the patient and their story, sometimes in creative ways.
Aug 29, 2018
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ERT, Certara, Evidation, And More: News From August 2018
Clinical Informatics News | August was full of exciting news in the clinical trial and healthcare community, including partnerships, products, and promotions from ERT, Certara, Evidation, and more.
Aug 29, 2018
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Watchdog Group Calls For NIH To Halt Dangerous Study Of Sepsis Treatment
STAT | A watchdog group is calling on the NIH to stop a clinical trial of sepsis treatments, arguing that it is flawed and puts patients at risk of serious harm.
Aug 28, 2018
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Clinical Trials The St. Jude Way
Clinical Informatics News | An average of 7,500 young cancer patients are treated at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. each year. Clinical Informatics News sat down with the associate director of the hospital’s Clinical Research Cancer Center to learn more about how St. Jude runs its clinical research program.
Aug 27, 2018
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Sharing Is Caring: Why The Pharma Industry Must Work Together To Encourage Patients To Share Their Data
Clinical Informatics News Contributed Commentary | From who’s got it, to how is it being used, and who is sharing it without our permission, our personal data appears to be becoming less personal by the day. This has significant implications when it comes to personal patient, health, and fitness data, where the impact could be particularly worrisome.
Aug 22, 2018
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It’s About Time For Clinical Research Sites To Face Up To The Need For Part 11 Compliance
Clinical Informatics News | It’s About Time | Clinical research sites must recognize that certain electronic systems used in clinical investigations are subject to FDA Part 11 and require validation to ensure accuracy, reliability, consistent intended performance, and the ability to discern invalid or altered records.
Aug 21, 2018
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This Drug Is Safe And Effective. Wait. Compared With What?
The New York Times | Comparative effectiveness research may be the best way to answer questions that patients and physicians face every day.
Aug 20, 2018
