Healthcare IT News May 5, 2020
The study enrolled 420,000 but many participants with suspected atrial fibrillation failed to follow up with a study doctor.
The traditional brick-and-mortar clinical research studies are getting a shakeup as digital comes onto the scene. The rapidly rising cost of clinical trials and the more recent coronavirus pandemic have put pressure on the industry to evolve.
“If you look at drug company trials, you see how much it is costing per participant. It is now at an exponential phase. It was unsustainable before and it is unsustainable now,” Dr. Mintu Turakhia, associate professor of medicine and executive director of the Center for Digital Health at Stanford University, said during a recent HIMSS20 Digital event. “We are actually seeing a...