Stanford Center for Digital Health

Apple Heart Study researchers find success in recruitment, struggle with engagement

By Laura Lovett 03:23 pm May 5, 2020

The traditional brick-and-mortar clinical research studies are getting a shakeup as digital comes onto the scene. The rapidly rising cost of clinical trials and the more recent coronavirus pandemic have put pressure on the industry to evolve. “If you look at drug company trials, you see how much it is costing per participant. It is now at an exponential phase. It was unsustainable before and it...

Stanford Medicine launches Center for Digital Health

By Jonah Comstock 04:31 pm January 17, 2017

The Stanford University School of Medicine has launched a Center for Digital Health which will help support greater efficacy data for digital health tools by providing Silicon Valley companies with opportunities to develop, test, and implement new tools in collaboration with the university. “With our biomedical expertise and location in Silicon Valley, Stanford Medicine is uniquely positioned to...