According to recent research from Pew Research Center as 2020 commences about one-in-five U.S. adults (21%) report they regularly wear a smart watch or wearable fitness tracker. Based on a survey six months earlier in June, the implications are significant for...
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Stanford’s First Entirely Digital Clinical Trial Overall a Success Although Possibly Overestimating Recruitment Targets
Stanford University School of Medicine reported on the first entirely digital clinical trial which disclosed the importance of the physical activity. The study depended on the use of a smartphone app. The study was designed to recruit 2,000,000 participants from 2015...
Incorporating Site-less Trials into Drug Development: A Framework for Action
A group of academic medical centers came together to study the emergence of site-less clinical trials. They considered the pervasiveness of telemedicine platforms, smartphone apps, wearable sensors, cloud computing infrastructure, not to mention machine learning and...