Role of big data for evaluation and supervision of medicines in the EU

15 February 2019 - Recommendations for a path towards understanding the acceptability of evidence derived from ‘Big data’ in support ...

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Number needed to treat: conveying the likelihood of a therapeutic effect

7 February 2019 - Effectively communicating clinical trial results to patients and clinicians is a requirement for appropriate application in ...

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Comparing PHARMAC's outcomes with those of Australia

7 February 2019 - New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ahern's claim that is unfair to compare PHARMAC's outcomes with those ...

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My Health Record enshrines choice

24 January 2019 - A change in the law enabling people to delete permanently their My Health Record, should strengthen ...

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China has a very unhealthy interest in our medical data

14 January 2019 - Chinese companies are required by law to obey directives from Beijing's intelligence agencies. So why would ...

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Amazon muscles into health care with patient record software

28 November 2018 - Amazon.com is starting to sell software that mines patient medical records for information doctors and hospitals ...

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My Health Record opt-out deadline extended after system crash

14 November 2018 - Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has agreed to extend the My Health Record opt-out deadline, after ...

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Health Minister Greg Hunt to announce My Health Record changes

6 November 2018 - Health Minister Greg Hunt is poised to announce long-awaited changes to the government's My Health Record ...

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My Health Record system crashes as Australians rush to opt out

6 November 2018 - The My Health Record telephone opt-out service has overloaded and crashed as Australians rush to opt ...

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17 million Australians to be automatically enrolled in My Health record

5 November 2018 - About 17 million Australians will be automatically enrolled in the My Health record if they do ...

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CMS accelerates innovation and promotes patient access to medical technology

3 October 2018 - Reforms to Medicare’s Local Coverage Determination process will increase transparency and patient engagement in order to ...

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Better data will serve as the foundation in modernising the Medicaid program

2 October 2018 - Between 2013 and 2016, Federal spending on Medicaid grew by over $100 billion. The program is ...

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Quality assurance of registries for health technology assessment

25 September 2018 - The aim of this study was to identify guidelines and assessment tools used by health technology agencies ...

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Using evidence from randomised controlled trials in economic models: what information is relevant and is there a minimum amount of sample data required to make decisions?

21 September 2018 - Evidence from randomised controlled trials is used to support regulatory approval and reimbursement decisions.  ...

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My Health Record: big pharma can apply to access data

18 September 2018 - ‘Each application would be assessed on its own merits,’ senators told. ...

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