The term “Big Data” has exploded within the healthcare industry, and it’s unlikely that it will go away anytime soon. In fact, these large sets of information have the potential to impact almost every facet of the life sciences value […]
Read MoreThe man-in-the-street impression about Big Data and social media data gathering is that new digital-data-based companies (Google, Facebook et al.) can scoop up massive amounts of trend data and report them, both quickly and precisely, while running rings around “traditional” […]
Read MoreMinnesota Thermal Science (Plymouth, MN), a business unit of Pelican Biopharma, has long been touting the performance of its Credo temperature-controlled packaging, which combines a variety of advanced-technology features, including phase-change materials and insulation, to provide compliant temperature control for […]
Read MoreTop EHR Systems by vendor, 2012–2013. Source: Cegedim SK&A Electronic health-record (EHR) systems are becoming a central part of the physicians’ everyday work, especially those that are employed by integrated health systems. As such, they become a potentially valuable communications […]
Read MoreAnn is a 68-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes who struggles to maintain normal glucose levels. Her physician recently added injectable insulin to her daily pill regimen, but the routine is perplexing and she frequently misses doses. In this regard, […]
Read MoreCrowdsourced data is being used today in various aspects of the consumer world—think TripAdvisor, where millions of consumers compare travel notes through a global network in the cloud. Socialized data is also amassed and leveraged in the business-to-consumer world. OpenTable.com, […]
Read MoreYour Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution may no longer be working for you. Or perhaps you are a new pharmaceutical company looking for a fully integrated solution to grow and adapt with you, but you aren’t quite sure which CRM […]
Read MoreThe delivery of adverse event reports (AERs) to FDA is a mandatory obligation of manufacturers and, generally, a voluntary action by physicians and patients. FDA collects them in an updated system called FAERS (FDA Adverse Event Reporting System), but it […]
Read MoreIn February, the UK turned into an attractive location for investments by US companies involved in healthcare logistics. For UPS, buyer of Polar Speed (London), the purchase expands ground-based, temperature-controlled deliveries; for Pelican, the acquisition of Cool Logistics (Bedfordshire, UK) […]
Read MoreVersion 6.0 of ValueTrak, the lead product and data service of ValueCentric (Orchard Park, NY) has now been released. Besides updates in user interfaces and data-handling processes that might be expected with any software update, ValueTrak 6.0 will now have […]
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