• Adaptive Clinical Trial Designs Gradually Gaining Acceptance

    Clinical Informatics News | In an industry not known for change, more pharmaceutical companies are embracing adaptive clinical trial designs to boost success rates, decrease costs, and hasten timelines.  “This may be the Renaissance period for adaptive trial designs,” notes Kenneth Kaitin, PhD, Director of the Tufts Center for the Study of Drug Development.

    Jan 28, 2014

  • Novo Nordisk Chooses Social Media Recruitment Tool for Diabetes Studies

    Outsourcing Pharma | Novo Nordisk has chosen Trialbee to raise enrollment numbers in diabetes studies.

    Jan 23, 2014

  • The Evernote EMR

    Clinical Informatics News Brief | It seems the industry is still trying to strike the right balance in electronic health records: security, ease of use, connectivity are all a play. One man decided to build his own.

    Jan 23, 2014

  • Few Doctors Connect Patients to Clinical Trials

    PR Newswire | A survey by the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network shows that not only do few patients talk to their doctors about clinical trials after receiving a cancer diagnosis, but even fewer are connected to clinical trials after conventional treatments fail.

    Jan 22, 2014

  • Oregon's Public Health Plan - After the Medicaid Study

    Clinical Informatics News | The Oregon Medicaid Study's latest paper made headlines this month when it found a dramatic rise in emergency department visits among Medicaid enrollees. But in Oregon, a new model of public healthcare may be bending that trend back.

    Jan 22, 2014

  • CollabRx Links Breast Cancer App to Genomic Blood Test

    Clinical Informatics News | Patients of physicians who order the Cynvenio ClearID Breast Cancer genomic blood test will receive an annual subscription to a customized version of the CollabRx Therapy Finder app for breast cancer. 

    Jan 15, 2014

  • Can Clinical Trial Changes Increase Drug Approvals

    Clinical Informatics News | A Nature Biotechnology paper summarized the state of drug approvals from 2003 to 2012, and it’s not terribly encouraging. The answer, the authors suggest, might lie in trial design.

    Jan 13, 2014

  • Needs List for Clinical Decision Support

    InformationWeek | As Stage 2 Meaningful Use draws closer, some physicians are still struggling with Stage 1 regulations on Clinical Decision Support

    Jan 9, 2014

  • Potential Clinical Research Profits Elude Community Hospitals

    Clinical Informatics News | Clinical research trials are flourishing in community hospitals nationwide; however, many hospitals fail to generate a profit or develop a research infrastructure. Still others remain on the research sidelines, resulting in missed opportunities for enhanced revenue, community prestige, and retaining prominent physicians.

    Jan 8, 2014

  • New Look for Medical Data to Empower Patients

    TED Blog | Wired's former executive editor, Thomas Goetz, has launched a new company dedicated to reimagining health and drug data so that it can be better used by patients.

    Jan 8, 2014

  • Clinical Sequencing at the Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference

    Clinical Informatics News | 2014 will be the biggest year yet for the clinical use of genetic information. At the Molecular Medicine Tri-Conference in February, speakers from biotech industry and research will discuss the future of clinical sequencing, whether in cancer treatment, diagnostics, prenatal testing, or just general care.

    Jan 2, 2014

  • Sanofi Agrees to Share Clinical Trial Data

    Forbes | Sanofi has agreed to join an effort begun by GlaxoSmithKline to share clinical trial data. Sanofi will make available trial data and clinical study reports.

    Jan 2, 2014

  • Global Cancer Crisis Collides with Patent Laws

    New York Times | Cancer, once thought of as a "rich nation's disease," is growing more and more common in low-income countries – prompting major confrontations over drug patents.

    Dec 31, 2013

  • The Business Side of Clinical Trials

    Clinical Informatics News | A trial management expert discusses the steps hospitals can take to turn clinical trials into successful business ventures.

    Dec 30, 2013

  • Hospitals Using Genes to Choose Drugs

    Sioux City Journal | A pilot program from the Avera Health hospital network is now using gene panels to help choose pain medications in certain specialized cases.

    Dec 30, 2013

  • The Long View of Gene Therapy

    Clinical Informatics News | As the U.S. and Europe brace for gene therapies to enter the marketplace, a new study provides one of the longest-term reports yet on the effects of a single course of gene therapy on a patient with a rare skin disorder.

    Dec 27, 2013

  • The Patchwork State of Genetic Testing Coverage

    Slate | While the Affordable Care Act has made it easier for Americans to access basic genetic tests, the U.S. still lacks a national policy on what comes after.

    Dec 26, 2013

  • A Voice of Concern Over Electronic Health Records

    Washington Post | A major national newspaper runs a commentary personalizing the obstacles physicians face when working electronic health records into their practice.

    Dec 24, 2013