When and why to opt for Risk Based Monitoring, an increasingly popular approach to clinical trial site management Site monitoring is one of the most costly factors of clinical trials. Traditionally, clinical trial teams have had to allocate equal resources to all study sites, regardless of risk. When adopting a Risk Based Monitoring approach, you…
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5 reasons for conducting clinical trials on Rare Diseases
In the United States, a Rare Disease is usually defined as a disease or condition that affects less than 200,000 people. This is usually an estimate and may change over time. Here are the top 5 reasons for conducting clinical trials on Rare Diseases.
Changing the View of Patient Care
The way patients receive care and what patients expect from providers is changing at an unprecedented pace. Patients are generally more informed and educated about their role in seeking care, and what they can and should expect from healthcare providers. Recently, USA Today highlighted five major changes we will see in healthcare in the next…
Tips For Getting Quality Clinical Trial Data for Data Managers
Importance of proper data collection is manifold as it drives the outcome of a clinical trial. Clinical trial data should be accurate, timely and verifiable. Poor data is regarded as oil spill by some, as it is difficult to clean up and involves time and money. Here are a few tips to ensure quality data collection thereby leading to sound clinical trials and better business.
Cloud-Based Medical Imaging
Cloud-based image management may help reduce unneeded and duplicate images. The rising cost of healthcare can be attributed in part to extensive imaging, and we have to bring those costs under control, There are some estimates that 20 percent of imaging performed in the United States is inappropriate. Part of it is due to lack…
Achieve better & quicker compliance with ARRA and HITECH
The U.S.Government has mandated the adoption of healthcare information technology with the passage of ARRA and HITECH, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) and the Healthcare Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act or healthcare stimulus legislation. ARRA compliance provides a framework to incent hospitals and physicians to use health…
