• Parker Institute For Cancer Immunotherapy And The Tesla Collaboration

    Clinical Informatics News Brief | Danny Wells, an informatic scientist at the Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, is featured on this podcast from Cambridge Healthtech Institute for the ImPACT Conference. Topics include scaling up personalized therapies, future clinical applications of neoantigens, and new frontiers in cancer immunotherapy.

    Sep 18, 2017

  • Blind Patients To Test Bionic Eye Brain Implants

    MIT Technology Review |  Second Sight is launching a clinical trial for a prosthesis that could help more people who have lost their vision than a device already on the market.

    Sep 18, 2017

  • Voice Interactions: A Channel To Better Health Outcomes

    Clinical Informatics News Contributed Commentary | More often than not, patients forget or lack the motivation to follow a care plan that requires frequent monitoring and documentation. For many diseases that can be self-managed, the tools that use traditional channels, such as web/mobile/text, fail to reach high adoption rates because using them is usually a complicated and cumbersome experience. In this context, voice, as a channel of communication, is positioned to be a game changer.

    Sep 14, 2017

  • Redox Inks Contract With Boston Hospital To Integrate Patient Data

    Xconomy |  Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston announced today a multiyear agreement with Redox to use the startup's tools to connect the Brigham's electronic health records system with outside software applications.

    Sep 13, 2017

  • FDA Is Advancing The Goals Of The Orphan Drug Act

    FDA Voice | Scott Gottlieb, commissioner of the Food & Drug Administration gives an update on their progress in meeting the goals initially established for the FDA’s Orphan Drug Act (ODA).

    Sep 12, 2017

  • It’s About Time: Sites Need To Stop Reinventing The Wheel

    Clinical Informatics News | It’s About Time | Terry Stubbs, President & CEO of ActivMed Practices & Research, thinks it’s time that more sites need to take advantage of industry standards. “Sites of excellence understand that using internal and industry-standard procedures, training, forms, checklists, metrics, certifications, etc., not only save time, but also improve quality,” she says.

    Sep 12, 2017

  • Suicide Data Incorrectly Reported In Drug Trials, Suit Claimed

    The New York Times |  Paxil was approved following large clinical trials. But two suicides recorded in the placebo group should not have been counted, an F.D.A. reviewer wrote.

    Sep 11, 2017

  • New Clinical Trial Might Change The Standard Treatment For Melanoma

    Washington Post |  A faceoff between two immunotherapy drugs showed a clear winner - and it wasn't the one most patients get.

    Sep 11, 2017

  • Patients Without Traditional Cancer Screening Find Allies In Maccabi And Medial EarlySign

    Clinical Informatics News | Maccabi Healthcare System is using Medial EarlySign’s clinical decision support tool to find colon cancer patients among individuals who didn’t go through traditional channels for screening.

    Sep 8, 2017

  • FDA’s Plan To Engage The Public

    FDA Voice |  Over the past few months, FDA has announced a number of broad policy efforts to address public health opportunities in areas such as regenerative medicine, tobacco products, and access to affordable medicines.

    Sep 7, 2017

  • 2017 Lasker Awards For Basic And Clinical Medical Research

    Clinical Informatics News Brief | The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation today announced the winners of the 2017 Lasker Awards: Michael N. Hall for basic medical research; and Douglas R. Lowy and John T. Schiller for clinical research.

    Sep 6, 2017