Every day, hospitals and doctors collect infinite amounts of data on individual patients, diseases and medical procedures. The rise of a new generation of robotic, precision, and surgical devices has created vast stores of video, imaging, and other electronic surgical notes, while the proliferation of digital patient technologies, such as electronic medical records, wearable sensors […]

By David Kronfeld, Head of Real World Data Innovation, Medidata Solutions Medtech is just starting to access the rich well of real-world data (RWD), which offers some incredible opportunities to build more successful and useful devices. RWD technology can be employed to improve patient recruitment, efficiently deploy a sales team, identify unmet needs in regions, […]

Medical device developers do not always consider the process of informed consent for clinical trials, since it is often handled at the trial site. But the industry is changing, and digitizing processes such as informed consent can streamline studies to rapidly collect quality data, while reducing costs. Patient-centric healthcare means patient-centric clinical trials As the […]

Implementing a unified data platform for medical device trials can yield significant improvements in efficiency, transparency, and standardization, providing resource- and budget-strapped trial teams with accessible, more accurate data for faster, more informed decisions. The era of big data has led to an influx of vast amounts of information coming from disparate sources, causing challenges […]