• Thinking Outside the Office Visit at the Center for Connected Health

    Clinical Informatics News | As the rise of smart phones and social media opens new windows into people's daily lives, the Partners HealthCare Center for Connected Health is borrowing tricks from the ad industry, to seamlessly integrate its health messaging into patients' routines without shaming or lecturing.

    Jul 3, 2014

  • A Compact for Interstate Telemedicine

    New York Times | The Federation of State Medical Boards, which represents every U.S. medical licensing organization, has released draft legislation that would ease the licensing requirements for doctors treating patients in multiple states through telemedicine or online portals.

    Jul 1, 2014

  • Age Cutoffs in Oncology Trials Have Unintended Consequences

    PharmaTimes | A study published in this month's Lancet Oncology reveals that teenage cancer sufferers have fewer opportunities to enroll in clinical trials than children or adults, despite little scientific rationale for age cutoffs.

    Jul 1, 2014

  • BMS Opens Clinical Data

    PM Live | Bristol-Myers Squibb has agreed to make full clinical study reports and anonymized patient-level data public via the Duke Clinical Research Initiative (DCRI).

    Jun 27, 2014

  • REACTing to the Trial Big Picture: AstraZeneca and Tessella Collaborate on Drug Safety Platform

    Clinical Informatics News | Twenty percent of Phase II clinical failures from 2008-2010 were because of drug safety issues, making safety not only a concern to the patient, but huge cost driver for drug developers. So AstraZeneca and their partner, Tessella, built REACT, a better tool to watch ongoing trials. The solution won the pair a 2014 Bio-IT World Best Practices Award in Clinical & Health IT.

    Jun 27, 2014

  • In Clinical Trials, Small is Beautiful

    Clinical Informatics News | As clinical trials are ballooning in size and becoming more global, there is a parallel trend toward smaller and smaller. How about a clinical trial with just one subject?

    Jun 26, 2014

  • GSK Under Fire for Recruiting Broke College Grads

    Clinical Informatics News | GlaxoSmithKline is raising questions about clinical trial recruitment after an outside consultant (who has since been fired) posted a blog post to a website for recent college graduates touting clinical trials as a source of “immediate income that can tide you over for the coming months”.

    Jun 23, 2014

  • Unpacking the Clinical Genome

    Clinical Informatics News | The Clinical Genome Conference, now in its third year, was held in San Francisco June 10-12. The program explored a wide range of issues facing genomics in the clinic including the payer process, genome interpretation software, clinical utility and integration, references and standards, and communicating findings to the patient. Here are some of the highlights from the event.

    Jun 23, 2014

  • FDA Releases Social Media Draft Guidances

    Clinical Informatics News | The FDA has finally released two draft guidances on how companies should deal with social media including comments posted on Twitter and third party blogs and sponsored links on search engines such as Google and Yahoo.

    Jun 17, 2014

  • Updated DIA News and New Products

    Clinical Informatics News | Lots of product news coming out of the Drug Information Association annual meeting that started today in San Diego. Here are some of the highlights.

    Jun 16, 2014

  • May-June Clinical News and Product Briefs

    Clinical Informatics News | Clinical news and product releases from around the industry, including Eli Lilly's new clinical trial transparency commitments, and Aptiv Solutions' latest adaptive dose response software for Phase 1 clinical trials.

    Jun 13, 2014