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European Medicines Agency, Seen as Undermining Transparency, Applauds New Regulations
Clinical Informatics News Brief | This week's publication of new European rules on clinical trial transparency have prompted renewed scrutiny of the EMA, which critics accuse of backing down on commitments to public access to trial data.
May 28, 2014
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For Students at the Icahn School of Medicine, Genomics Is Growing More Personal
Clinical Informatics News | The Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai is experimenting with new ways to bring genomics closer to medical education – all the way up to sequencing students' whole genomes.
May 23, 2014
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Patient Recruitment: A Protocol Problem?
Philadelphia Inquirer | Patient recruitment is a fundamental challenge in clinical trials, and a study's design can have a significant impact on patient retention and recruitment.
May 22, 2014
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Clinical Challenge: Lilly’s Design Challenges Take on Patient User Experience
Clinical Informatics News | In its continuing effort to make clinical trials more patient-centric and to improve the time, cost, and efficiency of developing new treatments, Eli Lilly and Company announced the winners of its second Open Clinical Trial challenge.
May 21, 2014
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Navigating Rare Diseases: New Platform Aims to Connect Patients with Rare Diseases to Hospitals
Clinical Informatics News | CurityMD is a new platform striving to inform patients with rare diseases about the specialists, treatment options, clinical trials, and hospitals around the country that can best meet their needs. The CurityMD platform lets patients search by condition and drill down by geographic location, ranked hospitals, and centers with ongoing clinical trials.
May 19, 2014
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PHT Releases App for Navigating FDA Guidelines on Patient-Focused Outcomes
Clinical Informatics News Brief | The FDA Roadmap App from PHT Corporation is build to help sponsors design clinical trials around patient-reported outcomes in compliance with FDA recommendations.
May 15, 2014
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New Payment Transparency Commitment from Top Three Insurers
Modern Healthcare | This week, the nation's three largest health insurance providers, UnitedHealthcare, Aetna, and Humana, made public a commitment to share payment information on a freely available online database.
May 15, 2014
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FDA Stands Out Among Regulators in Speed of Approvals
Regulatory Focus | The Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society looks at the time to approval of drugs submitted to the FDA compared to the European Medicines Agency and Japan's Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency.
May 13, 2014
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Community Health Centers Show Little Bias in EHR Adoption
Clinical Informatics News Brief | A study from the Department of Health and Human Services suggests that federally-funded community health centers, unlike other care providers, have adopted electronic health records equitably across socio-economic divides.
May 13, 2014
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Hospital Fines Accumulating in HIPAA Violations
Government Health IT | For a 2010 data breach affecting almost 7,000 patients, New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center have now agreed to pay a combined $4.8 million in fines.
May 12, 2014
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ICON Acquires Aptiv Solutions
Clinical Informatics News Brief | ICON today completed the acquisition of Aptiv Solutions. Aptiv Solutions is focused on design and execution of adaptive clinical trials.
May 8, 2014
