• Smartwatches in the EHR Ecosystem

    Wall Street Journal | As electronic health record providers continue to explore ways that mobile devices could be integrated with patient information, one company plugged into the iPhone network is intrigued by the possibilities presented by the Apple Watch.

    Apr 16, 2015

  • IBM Sees Opportunities in Care Management with Watson Health

    Computerworld | After years of experiments using its Watson cognitive computing technology in medical settings, IBM announced this week the creation of a Watson Health business unit that will provide new capabilities in intelligent monitoring of patients' health data to flexibly improve care.

    Apr 15, 2015

  • Genomics and the Ice Bucket Challenge: ALS Research After the Meme

    Clinical Informatics News | If you were wondering what good all that icy water did, the ALS Therapy Development Institute (ALS TDI), based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, announced yesterday that it has enrolled the 100th patient in its Precision Medicine Program (PMP) thanks to a surge of interest and money from the Ice Bucket Challenge.

    Apr 15, 2015

  • High Rate of Vendor Turnover in Test EHR Program for Meaningful Use

    Health Data Management | Epic and Cerner are the latest electronic health record providers to join the Designated Test EHR Program for hospitals attesting to their ability to share information with outside systems, as vendors have departed and been replaced.

    Apr 9, 2015

  • Intralinks and Wingspan Collaborate to Integrate

    Clinical Informatics News | Keeping certain documents under the control of the investigator is a basic tenet of clinical trials and built in to the new collaboration between Intralinks and Wingspan Technology. The purpose of the collaboration is to develop an integration between the Intralinks’ electronic investigator site file (eISF) and Wingspan’s electronic trial master file (eTMF).

    Apr 8, 2015

  • April News and Product Briefs

    Clinical Informatics News | News and product briefs from Medidata, QIAGEN, GoBalto, and more.

    Apr 3, 2015

  • Phase 0 Trials Test Drug Effects on Rare Tumors

    Clinical Informatics News | The Phoenix-based Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Barrow Neurological Institute at Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center are undertaking innovative Phase 0 trials, incorporating drug candidates, surgery, and genomic sequencing to test new therapies to treat glioblastoma brain tumors.

    Apr 2, 2015

  • Cancer Groups Tap The Crowd To Boost Clinical Trial Participation

    Xconomy | Pushing a cancer therapy through clinical trials typically takes years and millions of dollars. But before trial organizers can even begin evaluating a drug's safety, they must first sign up patients to test it.

    Apr 1, 2015

  • The Complexities of Measuring Pain

    Wall Street Journal | As care providers and clinical trials alike rely more and more on patient-reported measurements of nebulous symptoms like pain, motivated patients are stepping up with suggestions.

    Mar 31, 2015

  • Personalized Medicine, Personal Choices

    Forbes | As genomic medicine continues to advance, patients will be faced with increasingly sensitive choices about their healthcare in the face of complex risk factors for serious diseases.

    Mar 27, 2015

  • Regulatory Considerations for Using Social and Digital Media in Clinical Trial Patient Recruitment

    Clinical Informatics News | Contributed Commentary | Social and digital media can be powerful tools for recruiting clinical trial participants and speeding up enrollment, but there are several regulatory as well as operational considerations to keep in mind.

    Mar 26, 2015

  • Interactive Online Map Shares Cancer Projects Around the World

    Clinical Informatics News | Global Oncology (GO) this morning announced the launch of the Global Cancer Project Map, a first-of-its-kind online resource and virtual information exchange for connecting the global cancer community. Developed by GO in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Center for Global Health, the map enables worldwide access to cancer projects and expertise to improve cancer practices and patient outcomes, especially in low-resource settings.

    Mar 25, 2015