Applied Clinical Trials Digital Edition - February 2013

The potential of personal health records to bridge the gap between research and care.

In recognition of International Women's Month, we're featuring this recent talk between Associate Editor Miranda Schmalfuhs and Marie Teil, Global Head of UCB’s Women of Childbearing Age Program. They speak about the specific challenges women with chronic illnesses face when accessing appropriate treatment and participating in clinical trials, UCB's Women of Childbearing Age Program and it’s most successful strategies, and much more.

Whether unstructured patient diaries will be part of future clinical trials depends on three main factors, including answers around added value.

In recognition of Women's Health Month, we're featuring this recent talk between Associate Editor Miranda Schmalfuhs and uMotif's Chief Product Officer, Julia Lakeland, discuss new technologies improving patient engagement and reducing the emotional and logistical burdens of participation, ethical considerations that should be addressed when implementing those technologies, while ensuring patient privacy, and much more.

Harnessing these tools for successful integration and streamlining of processes.

Five proactive steps industry can take to optimize a patient's clinical trial experience.