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FDA pilot shares cancer drug symptom data, PatientPing's 16-month funding announcement delay and more digital health news briefs

By Dave Muoio 03:15 pm June 24, 2020

FDA begins sharing patient's cancer drug experiences. The FDA's Oncology Center of Excellence has kicked off the first step of new pilot program that will increase the availability of patient-reported outcome data from cancer clinical trials. Project Patient Voice, as it's called, will start with making the data from a single trial accessible online while the agency solicits public feedback, but...

Study: Patient self-audits through mobile app match traditional evaluations

By Dave Muoio 11:47 am December 21, 2017

Adherence reports self-generated by bowel surgery patients through an engagement and care management app strongly agreed with those recorded more traditionally by clinical auditors, according to a study recently published in Surgical Endoscopy. In addition, researchers from the McGill University Health Centre noted that 89 percent of study patients in an enhanced recovery program (ERP) who used...