Connecting Cancer Patients

One of the biggest impediments to effective treatment for cancer patients is the difficulty in adhering to regimens prescribed by physicians. This has become a growing challenge as chemotherapy administration has shifted from IV infusions at oncology centers to oral medications taken at home. It is estimated that more than one third of all oral chemotherapy patients are not complying with their treatment plans. (more…)

NIH’s Clinical Center Updates

The NIH Clinical Center’s http://clinicalcenter.nih.gov new enterprise scheduling system went live in October. The new system provides real-time, accurate patient appointment information to the Clinical Research Information System (CRIS) http://cris.cc.nih.gov the medical record used for over 4,000 users at the Clinical Center. The system replaces scheduling.com, a third-party scheduling system which has been used in the Clinical Center since 2005. (more…)

Prescribing Apps to Patients

Researchers in the Sinai App Lab http://sinaiapplab.org at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai http://icahn.mssm.edu have developed RxUniverse www.rxuniverse.com enabling physicians to digitally prescribe evidence-based mobile health apps at the point-of-care. With countless mobile health apps available, there is no standardized method for providers to know which ones will clinically benefit their patients and then share the apps with patients directly. (more…)