Healthtalkonline covers clinical trials
Two patient-focussed web-sites have launched new resources to document people’s experiences of clinical trials.
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Agfa sells CardioNow unit
Agfa Healthcare has sold its CardioNow unit, a secure provider of clinical trial services, to BioClinica. CardioNow specialises in electronic transmission and analysis of medical images for clinical trials. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The firm says it aims to integrate the CardioNow technology within 45 days, offering immediate benefits to 200 existing […]
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EGMN launches Swine Flu channel
Elsevier Global Medical News (EGMN), the website that serves more than 30 million scientists, students ad health and information professionals worldwide has launched a new channel dedicated to providing information about the H1N1 Swine Flu virus. The channel has been added to the Elsevier Global Medical News (EGMN) wire service division of the International Medical […]
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‘EuroGoogle for cancer’ launched
An new initiative to boost cancer prevention, treatment and care across Europe by improving communications has been described by one its leaders as ‘EuroGoogle for cancer’.
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Vodafone invests in mobile health firm
Newbury, Berkshire-based, mobile phone giant Vodafone has invested in t+ Medical, a UK provider of mobile health services acccessed across mobile handsets. Vodafone Ventures Ltd, the corporate venture capital arm of Vodafone Group, has made an undisclosed investment in t+ Medical, which specialises in the use of mobile phone-based to transfer patient biometric data as […]
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New EU project will help to predict glucose levels
AN EU collaborative research project has been granted €7.1m to develop a personalised blood glucose prediction tool.
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InferMed and Siemens integrate data
InferMed has announced a successful collaboration with Siemens to integrate data from electronic medical records with electronic clinical trials data. The joint solution from InferMed and Siemens offers a scalable, automatic transfer of data between the Siemens electronic medical record (EMR) system and the Macro Electronic Data Capture (EDC) system from InferMed. This overcomes interoperability […]
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Can Clinical Trials Be Done on the Internet?
The Internet offers opportunities for studying some treatments quickly and effectively, according to a feasibility trial published in the British Medical Journal. There appear to be limits to the usefulness of the method explored, however. The study, conducted by rheumatology staff at the at the Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, suggested that the Internet-based approach […]
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