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De-identified trove of peer-to-peer ALS data added to MGH clinical trials database

Healthcare It News

A dataset dating back to 2005, containing contributions from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients will be added to the Pooled Resource Open-Access ALS Clinical Trials, or PRO-ACT database at Massachusetts General Hospital.

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Human Rights Principles in Public Health Emergencies: From the Siracusa Principles to COVID-19 and Beyond

Bill of Health

Towards accountability for human rights violations in public health emergencies First and foremost, the two legally binding instruments that the World Health Assembly is expected to adopt next May, a pandemic treaty and a revised International Health Regulations (2005) , should incorporate the Principles.

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Introduction to the Symposium: From Principles to Practice: Human Rights and Public Health Emergencies

Bill of Health

Despite more than a century-long existence, for instance, the World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) International Health Regulations only began to incorporate references to human rights in their text as recently as their 2005 iteration and even then engaged with the subject matter in broad strokes.

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Monthly Round-Up of What to Read on Pharma Law and Policy 

Bill of Health

FDA validation of surrogate endpoints in oncology: 2005-2022. Dose modification rules and availability of growth factor support: A cross-sectional study of head-to-head cancer trials used for US FDA approval from 2009 to 2021. Eur J Cancer. 2022 Sep;172:349-356. Epub ahead of print. Walia A, Haslam A, Prasad V. J Cancer Policy. N Engl J Med.

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RLDatix Acquires Galen Healthcare Solutions

HIT Consultant

Founded in 2005, 2005, Galen partners with major health systems, hospitals and specialty practices to provide solutions across a full-range of transition services including system support, implementation, and optimization, in addition to data migration and cloud-based legacy system retirement (Run/Migrate/Archive).

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Healthcare & Life Sciences Private Equity Deal Tracker: FFL Invests in Johnson County Clin-Trials

McGuire Wood

Founded in 2005, JCCT specializes in phase I–IV outpatient and inpatient clinical trials. FFL Partners has announced it has completed a growth investment in Johnson County Clin-Trials (JCCT). JCCT , based in Lenexa, Kan., FFL , based in San Francisco, invests in middle market companies within healthcare and business services.

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From Paper to Pixels: The Future is Bright for Health Information Management

Healthcare IT Today

Prior to the Meaningful Use incentives in 2005, only 20% of medical records were stored electronically. Putting Paper in the Rearview Mirror It wasn’t that long ago that HIM professionals were responsible for managing paper medical records. The era of rolling shelves, paperclips, and Dictaphones ended less than 20 years ago.

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