• The Use of eSource Software in Phase I Clinical Trials

    Clinical Informatics News | Contributed Commentary | Clinical trial design has become more complex and the demands of the regulators ever more stringent, but clinical automation tools can make life easier on both counts. Clinical automation is a centralised software tool implemented within a clinical unit that supports volunteer recruitment, automates workflow through an electronic trial design schedule, drives operations at the clinical floor, and enables study data to be captured electronically (eSource), streamlining the clinical process. It also enables high quality data to be shared online, in real time, with the sponsor.

    Jan 20, 2015

  • Gamifying Medication Adherence

    FiercePharmaMarketing | A study led by HealthPrize Technologies shows a boost in adherence to drug regiments for everything from acne to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease when patients are given points for engaging with mobile and digital health platforms.

    Jan 16, 2015

  • Institute of Medicine Urges Broader Sharing of Clinical Trial Data

    WSJ | In response to ongoing debate over access to clinical trial data, the Institute of Medicine has released a widely anticipated report that recommends government agencies and companies share data from research studies that they fund.

    Jan 15, 2015

  • The Future According to Topol

    Clinical Informatics News | Eric Topol is a Scripps Translational Science Institute cardiologist and self-professed technophile, but this is not just a book about technologies.  Rather The Patient Will See You Now argues that patient engagement and the end of medical paternalism are key components of 21st century healthcare.

    Jan 14, 2015

  • Shift in View of Health IT: Less Technology, More Care Delivery

    MobiHealthNews | Partners HealthCare's Center for Connected Health is moving from the IT group to the connected care group, a move that heralds a shift in vision of health IT from IT to care delivery.

    Jan 13, 2015

  • Verizon Changes Direction on Mobile Health Offerings

    MobiHealthNews | Verizon stopped offering its patient-to-provider Virtual Visits product in October and pulled its FDA-cleared mobile app.

    Jan 12, 2015

  • Foundation Medicine on the Added Value of NGS Cancer Tests

    Clinical Informatics News Brief | Foundation Medicine of Cambridge, Mass., continues to make the case for expansive next-generation sequencing tests as the front line of cancer diagnostics, with a new publication in Clinical Cancer Research co-authored by members of the company and researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

    Jan 9, 2015

  • 2014 Banner Year for New Drug Approvals

    Forbes | 2014 saw the highest number of new drug applications approved by FDA since 1996, but John LaMattina argues that 2014 was the most prolific year ever for drug approvals. 

    Jan 8, 2015

  • Health IT Labor Force Not Keeping Up With Demand

    Clinical Informatics News | A report issued last month highlights the growing number of open health informatics positions.

    Jan 7, 2015

  • FDA Makes It Easier to Find Guidance Documents

    RAPS | The FDA has kicked off the new year by cleaning up its muddle of web pages for guidance documents, the crucial advisory papers that clarify the agency's position on niche types of drugs, medical devices and other regulated products.

    Jan 6, 2015

  • November and December Clinical News Briefs

    Clinical Informatics News | News and product releases from around the industry, including decision support guidelines for the use of genomic testing in cancer treatment, and a new platform for developing mobile health tools.

    Dec 30, 2014

  • Only Smarter Prescribing Can Solve Medication Adherence

    Forbes | Bob Kocher and Brad Stulberg argue that increasingly complex drug regimens are running into a fundamental limit of the human mind, and that prescribing fewer drugs is the only way to ensure patients take their most important medications properly.

    Dec 29, 2014

  • Front Opens in War on Drug Prices as Biotech Sinks

    Bloomberg | The biotechnology industry's two-year run of riches is at risk after a decision by the biggest U.S. drug manager to block one of the best-selling products in history.

    Dec 23, 2014

  • Genome revolution targets treatments for common cancers

    The Independent | NHS patients in England will be the first in the world to participate in an ambitious government-led programme to sequence 100,000 genomes as part of a "paradigm shift" in healthcare focusing on the genetic causes of disease.

    Dec 22, 2014

  • IBM Training Visual Diagnostics Cognitive Computing Project

    Clinical Informatics News | IBM and Memorial Sloan Kettering announced yesterday a project to apply cognitive computing to the problems of melanoma diagnosis. IBM’s cognitive visual computing can be trained to identify specific patterns in images by gaining experience and knowledge through analysis of large collections of educational research data.  

    Dec 18, 2014

  • Parks 41 percent of caregivers use a digital health device

    mobihealthnews | New research suggests that digital health devices are crucial for those caring for family members. Caregivers use mobile health tools considerably more than the average American.

    Dec 18, 2014

  • U.S. Patent Office Revises Guidelines After Drugmakers Complain

    WSJ | The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued revised guidelines for its examiners that should make it easier for drug makers and biotechs to obtain patents for their inventions.

    Dec 17, 2014