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Enrolling patients into clinical trials faster using RealTime Recuiting.

Year: 2000

Type: article

Abstract: Previous work has been done on both optimizing the clinical trials process, and on sending critical laboratory results and decision support through paging systems. We report the first integration of both these solution, focusing on improving the clinical trial recruitment process. We describe a clinical trial needing a real-time method of recruiting patients in an unbiased manner, quickly enough that study tests can be obtained before patients leave or samples discarded. The report describes how the ten currently recruited patients were found and how diagnoses of potentially life-threatening disorders are being made.

Source: PubMed Central

Authors: A J Butte, D A Weinstein, I S Kohane

Institution: Boston Children's Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Ethics in Clinical Research

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Center for Research Resources

Awards: General Clinical Research Center, Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Research Training Program (BIRT), RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM