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  • Reflection paper on the use of interactive response technologies (interactive voice/web response systems) in clinical trials

    As IVR/IWR systems are developed to facilitate overall drug management and expanded to assist with dose titration, unblinding and expiry date update, the intent of the paper is to provide guidance to the sponsors and to the IVR/IWR providers in the use of the systems within clinical trials and detail the expectations of the National Competent Authorities on such systems.

    EMA - European Medicines Agency (Medical Informatics) - Tue, 6 September 2011
    http://www.ema.europa.eu

  • E-Prescriptions Just as Error-Prone as Paper Scripts

    Government and the healthcare industry have placed big bets on digital technology, and electronic prescribing in particular, for the sake of patient safety, but a new study reports that the error rate with computer-generated prescriptions in physician offices roughly matches that for paper scripts: about 1 in 10. However, results from the study are not as damning as they may initially appear. Error rates varied widely depending on the type of e-prescribing software used, with some programs outperforming pen and paper. In addition, software improvements could eliminate more than 80% of the mistakes, most of them involving omitted information.

    Medscape (Medical Informatics) - Mon, 4 July 2011
    http://www.medscape.com
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