The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently released its long-awaited draft guidance supporting the use of decentralized clinical trials (DCTs) for drugs, biologics, and devices. The new guidance clarifies the FDA's position on DCTs, inspiring confidence in their use...
Heart Failure CONNECT-HF Study Used Pattern Health App to Study Medication Adherence, Quality-of-Care Scores
The Duke Clinical Research Institute study was the first to incorporate mobile health technology to follow heart failure patients long-term. The study showed that using patients’ biometric information and medication adherence data can help customize guideline-based recommendations to improve self-care....
Demystifying Digital Health Research Jargon
When working with researchers and clinicians to design trials that include digital elements, it's important to speak the same language. Just as clinical lingo must be precise so that everyone understands its meaning, adding digital elements to a clinical trial...
A Moment With Madalina Sucala: On Leading with Compassion and Supporting Unmet Patient Needs
A Moment with Madalina Sucala is part of our interview series featuring thought leaders in research and healthcare. Each interview includes 7 short and stimulating questions. Madalina Sucala, PhD, MBA is a behavioral scientist and digital health strategist with over 10...
A Moment with Heather Cole-Lewis: On Health Technology with Humility and Bringing your Full Self
A Moment with Dr. Heather Cole-Lewis is part of our interview series featuring thought leaders in research and healthcare. Each interview includes 7 short and stimulating questions. Dr. Heather Cole-Lewis is passionate about improving health by understanding people in the...
A Moment with Félix Manuel Chinea: On Systems-level Frameworks and Digital Health Equity
A Moment with Félix Manuel Chinea is part of our interview series featuring thought leaders in research and healthcare. Each interview includes 7 short and stimulating questions. Félix Manuel Chinea is a medical doctor by training with expertise in health...
Study Incentives Drawing the Wrong Crowd?
How to incentivize study participation while avoiding fraud. It's a Catch-22. Research studies often pay participants for their time and involvement, but that payment can be a magnet, attracting people who don't actually qualify. Without the proper controls in place,...
A Moment with Aarthi Rao: on Shared Understanding and Partnering with Curiosity
A Moment with Aarthi Rao is part of our interview series featuring thought leaders in research and healthcare. Each interview includes 7 short and stimulating questions. Aarthi Rao is passionate about applying innovation tools like design thinking, behavioral science, and...
A Moment with Kate Wolin: on Digital Healthcare and the Double Black Diamond of Innovation
A Moment with Kate Wolin is part of our interview series featuring thought leaders in research and healthcare. Each interview includes 7 short and stimulating questions. Dr. Kate Wolin is an entrepreneurial executive and behavioral epidemiologist. She brings over 20...
A Moment with Sherry Pagoto: On Misinformation And Weight Loss Through Facebook
A Moment with Sherry Pagoto is part of our interview series featuring thought leaders in research and healthcare. Each interview includes 7 short and stimulating questions. Dr. Sherry Pagoto is a licensed clinical psychologist, professor, and social media researcher. She...
A Moment with Bridgette Collado: on a More Equitable Future of Health and the Impact of DEI on Business Outcomes
A Moment with Bridgette Collado is part of our interview series featuring thought leaders in research and healthcare. Each interview includes 7 short and stimulating questions. Bridgette Collado is a strategist + operator that recently moved into a Head of...
A Moment with Eric J. Daza: On N-of-1 Trials and Precision Medicine
A Moment with Eric J. Daza is part of our interview series featuring thought leaders in research and healthcare. Each interview includes 7 short and stimulating questions. Dr. Eric J. Daza is a biostatistician and health data scientist at Evidation,...