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...
Pattern Adds Withings Integration to Expand Real-World Data (RWD) Collection Options
Pattern’s digital health platform now offers out-of-the-box integration with Withings’ Health Mate app. This integration makes it easier than ever for researchers to include fan-favorite biometric devices in their research studies such as the ScanWatch (hybrid smartwatch with ECG, heartrate,...
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,...
Academic Medical Centers: The Increasing Importance of Translational Research
The phrase “translational research” often refers to pharmaceutical companies moving from basic clinical research into drug development. Sometimes pharma companies do this research themselves, and sometimes they license compounds from Academic Medical Centers (AMCs), with technology transfer deals bringing revenue...
Post-Covid Digital Health Research Trends
Rarely has the world been forced to remake itself in quite the same way as what the Covid-19 pandemic has done. For more than a year now, every sphere of our modern life has had to compromise in ways that...
Round 2 Of FCC’s Covid-19 Telehealth Program Offers Additional $250 Million
Last year, the FCC’s COVID-19 Telehealth Program dispersed $200 million in funds to over 500 healthcare organizations in need of support for their telehealth and connected care programs. Following the program’s success and considering the ongoing need for remote health...
Remote Research in the Era of COVID-19
To minimize opportunities for spreading the novel coronavirus, the FDA and NIH have suspended in-person interactions in research studies and clinical trials. The new rules mean that most clinical and behavioral research studies may no longer be conducted in person...
When Digital Health Research Meets the Real World
You just finished presenting the results of your research project at the annual conference for your field. Your novel digital health intervention demonstrated a meaningful and robust impact on outcomes. This is a big moment; you’ve worked hard to get...