• DoD Contract Could Be Major Force in Shaping EHR Interoperability

    Clinical Informatics News | The Department of Defense is planning new measures to overhaul its electronic health records system, which covers the medical histories of roughly ten million Americans, and the department plans to make interoperability a top priority.

    Sep 8, 2014

  • Clinical Informatics News Opens 2015 Best Practices Awards

    Clinical Informatics News | The editors are pleased to announce that submissions are open for the second annual Clinical Informatics News Best Practices Awards, which recognize outstanding innovations in improving the clinical trials process from all members of the trial landscape.

    Sep 5, 2014

  • Informed Consent in the Era of Health Informatics

    Politico | As electronic health systems make it easier for large hospitals to perform comparative studies of different courses of treatment, providers, patient advocates, and government alike worry that the patient consent process is too slow and unwieldy to support this needed research.

    Sep 4, 2014

  • Apple's iCloud Not Open for Health Data

    Business Insider | In the run-up to the launch of Apple's HealthKit personal healthcare platform, the company has announced that app developers will be barred from storing customers' health-related data in iCloud.

    Sep 3, 2014

  • 2014 POC and mHealth Diagnostics Summit Preview

    Clinical Informatics News | In an acknowledgement of the growing interest in point-of-care testing to expand access to diagnostics and control healthcare costs, the POC and mHealth Diagnostics Summit will premiere this November in Boston to address both technology and policy considerations needed to support these diagnostic tools.

    Sep 3, 2014

  • August Clinical News and Product Briefs

    Clinical Informatics News | News and product releases from around the industry, including a large clinical trial of molecular targeting in diverse cancer treatments, and a novel reimbursement model from MolecularHealth.

    Aug 29, 2014

  • The Dangers of Alarm Fatigue

    Forbes | In urgent care settings, alarms from patient-monitoring instruments may become background noise as devices compete for nurses' attention with often inconsistent emergency thresholds.

    Aug 25, 2014

  • At Next Generation Dx Summit, FDA Discusses Approval of NGS Assays

    Clinical Informatics News | At a conference in Washington, DC, two FDA representatives addressed the agency’s thought process when reviewing assays based on next-generation sequencing, especially in the form of companion diagnostics paired with specific drugs.

    Aug 22, 2014

  • HICCup Embarks on the Way to Wellville

    Clinical Informatics News Brief | The Health Initiative Coordinating Council (HICCup), a non-profit devoted to exploring new models and incentives in community healthcare, has announced the selection of five American towns to participate in its Way to Wellville challenge.

    Aug 19, 2014

  • Lesser-Known Genetic Risk Factors for Breast Cancer

    Boston Globe | As greater numbers of women seek out genetic tests to predict their lifetime risks of developing breast cancer, moderate-risk mutations like those to the PALB2 gene are leading to difficult questions.

    Aug 15, 2014

  • Apple's Health Data Platform Picking Up Partnerships

    Reuters | As Apple prepares for the upcoming launch of HealthKit, the company is in talks with several large electronic health record providers and healthcare systems, seeking to integrate patient data stored in hospital networks with the customer-facing Health app.

    Aug 14, 2014

  • 2014 Next Generation Dx Summit Preview

    Clinical Informatics News Brief | When the Next Generation Diagnostics Summit convenes in Washington, DC, next week, attendees will have an opportunity to discuss the recent FDA move to regulate laboratory developed tests, as well as the growing role of next generation sequencing in clinical diagnostics.

    Aug 13, 2014

  • Veeva Survey Highlights Variation in eTMF Solutions

    Clinical Informatics News | Beyond the simple paper versus digital debate, there is growing interest in what the electronic trial master file (eTMF) offers in terms of tracking and measuring operational efficiencies of clinical trials. That’s what a new survey of 252 TMF owners hoped to explore.

    Aug 13, 2014

  • Thomson Reuters Invests in GenoSpace

    Clinical Informatics News Brief | GenoSpace announced a strategic investment today by Thomson Reuters. GenoSpace plans to use the funds to accelerate expansion of its customer base in research, clinical development, laboratory medicine, and clinical care. The total investment was not disclosed.

    Aug 12, 2014

  • Theranos' Elizabeth Holmes Takes on Access

    Clinical Informatics News | NASHVILLE—Sitting across a conference table from Elizabeth Holmes, what strikes me most is her level of control—of herself and the company. Theranos’ mission is to make actionable health information accessible to everyone at the time it matters. What “accessible” practically means is a question Holmes and Theranos have spent a great deal of time on.

    Aug 12, 2014