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Social Media in Clinical Trials: Increasing Patient Recruitment

When you become sick with a virus or are seeking information about a diet, where’s the first place that you turn to for help? Is it the doctor’s office or the internet? A recent study showed that the percentage of … Continue reading

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How will Healthcare Reform Impact Your Next Investigator Meeting?

The new Healthcare reform legislation can be debated by Americans for days on end, but tucked in among all of the changes for Medicare beneficiaries, pre-existing conditions, and the effects on small business owners lays a provision that most layman would not even notice. This provision, however, has the attention of US drug and device manufacturers and cannot be ignored. Continue reading

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HHS Proposes Changes to HIPAA

Image via Wikipedia Privacy is not something that I’m merely entitled to; it’s an absolute prerequisite. – Marlon Brando On July 8th, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced that it was proposing changes to Health Insurance Portability … Continue reading

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