Biomedical Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
18
LEVERAGING INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY FOR
COLLABORATION IN
CLINICAL TRIALS
O. K. BAEK
18.1
Introduction 281
18.2
What Is a Clinical Trial? 282
18.3
Key Challenges of Clinical Trials 283
18.4
Translational Research 285
18.5
Social Computing 288
18.6
Virtual Workplace 291
18.7
Security and Privacy 292
18.7.1
HIPAA Compliance 296
18.8
Clinical E - Mail System 297
18.9
Green Health Care 299
References 300
18.1
INTRODUCTION
In this chpater the technologies that enable clinical collaboration will be
discussed. In the connected health future, sophisticated technologies will be
available to all clinicians through connected collaboration and use of elec-
tronic clinical information, such as health records. Meanwhile, today, in order
for information technology (IT) to drive health care transformation, adoption
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