The HHS entrusts FDA to oversee reporting on ClinicalTrials.gov

Effective September 26,2012 Health and Human Services has assigned responsibility to FDA for enforcing reporting by sponsors on ClinicalTrials.gov. Based on a notice by the Federal Register, FDA is now responsible for keeping track of the database’s most recent...

EHRs play a significant role in clinical research

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association analyzed whether people were more inclined to develop blood clots in the arms and legs depending on their height and weight. The team of researchers at MetroHealth Medical Center and...

OHRP panel to update rules that guide online research protocol

Researchers are increasingly using the Internet as a means of conducting research. However, the question arises, how accurate and safe is this forum for collecting data? According to an article on Post-Gazette.com, author Tracie Mauriello notes that this is a topic of...