• England Approves First eConsent for Clinical Trial

    Clinical Informatics News  | Mytrus is conducting what it believes is the first electronic informed consent for a clinical trial in England. Its software platform for electronic informed consent has received approval from the Health Research Authority (HRA), a division of Britain’s National Health Service (NHS).

    Sep 1, 2015

  • HoneyInsured Launching Data-Driven Insurance Brokerage

    Forbes |  HoneyInsured wants to make signing up for insurance just another quick task, promising to cut the process down to five minutes while fanning out beyond the ACA exchanges.

    Aug 28, 2015

  • MSK Releases Data from Clinical Trial It Calls 'The Future of Precision Medicine'

    FierceBiotech | Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have published the results of a Phase II trial to extend the indications for cancer therapy Zelboraf, in a "basket trial" protocol that divides patients by key biomarkers rather than broad disease types.

    Aug 26, 2015

  • Walgreens To Open New Clinics Staffed Owned By Hospital Partners

    Forbes | In a new twist on its retail health clinic model, Walgreens says it will open up to 25 new retail clinics in Oregon and Washington states that will be owned and operated by a Seattle-based health system.

    Aug 25, 2015

  • Katrina Shut Down Charity Hospital But Led To More Primary Care

    NPR.org | In a surprising improvement, access to primary care in New Orleans has improved since Katrina, even after much of the city's medical infrastructure collapsed. There are still holes, though, for mental health care and the poor.

    Aug 24, 2015

  • Rare Genomics Institute Announces Technology Winners

    Clinical Informatics News | Yesterday, the Rare Genomics (RG) Institute announced the winners of the 2015 BeHEARD (Helping Empower and Accelerate Research Discoveries) science challenge, a global competition that offers technology tools to rare disease researchers. Tools and technology were provided by Jackson Lab, Taconic Biosciences, Tute Genomics, Cypher Genomics, Maverix Biomics, Biovista, and more.

    Aug 20, 2015

  • Early Reports Back on Trials Focusing on Driving Mutations

    TIME | The brain cancer patient featured on the March cover of TIME is cancer-free, thanks to a clinical trial methodology researchers called a "basket trial". In a follow up article, TIME recounts her progress and Rather than group cancers by tissue of origin, the trial grouped 122 cancer patients by driving mutation, then tested drugs thought to target those mutations.

    Aug 20, 2015

  • For a Rare Disease Drug Trials Scramble for Patients

    WSJ | After years of effort, scientists and families of young patients with a rare genetic condition are facing the prospect of three companies launching clinical trials to develop therapies. But can the community support more than one trial at the same time?

    Aug 20, 2015

  • Registered Clinical Trials Make Positive Findings Vanish

    Nature News & Comment | A study showing a fall in positive trial results after the roll-out of clinicaltrials.gov. Having to state methods and measurements before starting a trial precluded cherry-picking data afterward, the authors theorized.

    Aug 18, 2015

  • Why Digital Health is Harder Than You Might Think: A Reality Check From the Clinical Trenches

    Clinical Informatics News | We’re told that modern technologies are dramatically transforming healthcare for the better. We need a reality check. This grand vision is not yet clear for many of us testing the science of digital health and seeking to understand how it will improve care. Digital health is at its infancy.

    Aug 12, 2015

  • Clinical Trial Innovation Prize Backs Ideas Using Health Records Apps

    Xconomy | A system that uses electronic health records data to better match eligible patients with clinical trials took the top prize in the first round of the Clinical Trial Innovation Prize.

    Aug 12, 2015

  • Yelp Partners with ProPublica to Add Data to Healthcare Listings

    WIRED | The new partnership will allow Yelp users to see emergency room waiting times at hospitals, among other useful information about healthcare services.

    Aug 12, 2015