Processed EHR text can be used to develop CDS tools Read more: Processed EHR text can be used to develop Clinical decision support tools with automated text processing

See on Scoop.it – inPharmatics Free text in electronic health records, with the help of natural language processing (NLP) technology, can be used to create accurate clinical decision support (CDS) tools, according to a study published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association See on jamia.bmj.com

Why mHealth hasn’t created an Instagram (yet)

See on Scoop.it – inPharmatics Read about why a Qualcomm Life executive says mobile health doesn’t yet have an Instagram, and why it eventually will. See on www.medcitynews.com

Microsoft Lync Pilot Aids AstraZeneca Sales Rep, Researcher Collaboration – Health Care IT – News & Reviews – eWeek.com – eWeek Mobile

Via Scoop.it – inPharmaticsBiopharmaceutical vendor AstraZeneca has launched a unified communications pilot using Microsoft Lync to improve collaboration among pharmaceutical sales reps, doctors and researchers.Via mobile.eweek.com

American Diabetes Association to provide millions of website users medication monitoring service using Quintiles’ Digital Patient Unit -

Via Scoop.it – inPharmatics  Quintiles and the American Diabetes Association announced a strategic agreement in which Quintiles’ Digital Patient Unit will provide the Association’s millions of website users access to Quintiles’ medication monitoring service.   The Association’s constituents who opt in for the service will receive free safety checks of their medications to identify potential [...]

Oracle acquire cloud based clinical operations and analytics vendor ClearTrial

Via Scoop.it – inPharmatics On March 29, 2012, Oracle announced that it has agreed to acquire ClearTrial, a leading provider of cloud-based Clinical Trial Operations and analytics products that make the planning, sourcing, and tracking of clinical projects and financial performance… Via www.oracle.com

Can “Clinical Data Integration on the Cloud” be a reality?

  The story I am about to tell is almost 8 years old. I was managing software services delivery for a global pharmaceutical company from India. This was a very strategic account and the breadth of services covered diverse systems and geographies. It is very common that staff from the customer organization visit our delivery [...]

Pharma looks to mobile strategies to effectively reach prescribers | mHIMSS

Via Scoop.it – inPharmaticsCompanies on the forward edge are putting a heavy emphasis on digital in their commercial models — but how can mobile technologies assist pharmaceutical and biotech firms in this transition?   Tablets to support the sales force – While sales forces are shrinking, they still play a vital role in educating prescribers [...]

British Government launches Government Cloud Store with 257 Cloud Computing Suppliers

Via Scoop.it – inPharmaticsUK Government launches G-Cloud store with 257 cloud computing suppliers. Offering the public sector around 1,700 cloud computing services for year-long contracts. The G-Cloud initiative, dubbed CloudStore, aims to bring a broader range of cloud computing suppliers to the government market and increase the flexibility in procurement contractsVia www.govstore.net

privacy controlled social networking to connect patients with caregivers

Via Scoop.it – inPharmaticsPrivacy controlled & safe social network for Healthcare launched by Jonathan Schwartz, Ex-CEO Sun Microsystems. The networks available at www.carezone.com  Connects Caregivers With family members and allows health-care workers share information about aging or ill parents, spouses and childrenVia www.bloomberg.com

SOCIAL CRM and its Impact on Pharmaceutical Industry

“The Banks Can Do It, Why Can’t Hospitals?”

Via Scoop.it – inPharmaticsIn other words, computing in the banking industry is perfected, so why can’t healthcare get its act together? (Irrespective of the sea change of difference between simple financial data and incredibly complex medical data.) …Via hcrenewal.blogspot.com

One Way to Teach Your Boss About Social Media

Via Scoop.it – inPharmaticsDo you want your boss to realize the full potential of social media? Yesterday on Pixels & Pills we talked about John Mack’s observation that very few senior executives attend digital pharma conferences.Via www.pixelsandpills.com

Is Life Sciences the New Frontier for Analytics?

Via Scoop.it – inPharmaticspharmaceuticals Researchers say pharmaceutical and other life sciences companies are ramping up their uses of analytics…Via smartdatacollective.com

Internet on any Display Device, or internet on TV at low cost can it transform Healthcare or Clinical Research

The invention of an internet set top box has nothing to do with healthcare or  clinical trial at first look. But if HP and other companies are capable of delivering the research, then internet on any display device could change the way clinical trial is practiced at-least beginning with EDC. Yes I agree it is bit far [...]

Oracle Unveils Oracle® Health Sciences Omics Data Bank as Part of Oracle Health Sciences Translational Research Center

Via Scoop.it – inPharmaticsOracle Exadata gets into Personlized Medicine & Bioinformatics space dressed as Oracle® Health Sciences Omics Data Bank.    Oracle Health Sciences today announced availability of Oracle® Health Sciences Omics Data Bank, a molecular data model, which is part of Oracle Health Sciences Translational Research Center.   The new data model provides integration [...]

Drug Reps Soften Their Sales Pitches, as pharma learns from Disney

Via Scoop.it – inPharma Drug makers are now asking their sales representatives to switch from making forceful, tightly scripted sales pitches to acting more like a resource supporting physicians’ treatment.Via online.wsj.com

Indian Government’s new dose of strong medicine to bring cheers to Foreign Pharma CEOs who cut their teeth by struggling to convince Indian pharma to change sales practices

Good news for all Foreign CEOs of Global Pharma’s who left India after learning that, in India drug sales are driven by Freebies, and no one would listen to their advice to mend sales practices and unethical marketing practices. Indian Government issues a strong dose of medicine . The new norms to hold pharma MDs, [...]

Questions for the CRO

IBM Files Application to Patent The Patent

Ever heard of people getting obnoxious amount of money to conduct research or get a PhD for pointless research. Thats what came to my mind when I first came across this news from IBM. Just remind these were some of the winning ideas that funded by Government in US for Research papers and PhDs 1. [...]

Widespread fraud in the Clinical Trial of Drugs is pervasive event in United States

There have been several cases where Fraud in clinical trial has questioned the  Integrity of Data and ethics , when conducting clinical trial in India, which have been used by crusaders against outsourcing. But the new evidence suggest that the clinical trial fraud is more prevalent even in US. The most recent being MannKind Corporation Accused [...]