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Wipro Technologies launches cloud-based portal for clinical trials
Wipro Technologies, the Global Information Technology, Consulting and Outsourcing business of Wipro Limited (NYSE: WIT) announced a secure
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cloud-based productised solution called “Wipro Clinical Collaboration Portal”, to help its customer base of Drug Development Owners (Sponsors), CROs (Clinical Research Organizations), clinical sites and regulators to significantly improve collaboration capabilities for Multi-region clinical trials. Clinical trials for global studies require close collaboration between partners and regulators across multiple regions to conduct multi-region clinical trials effectively and rapidly. The portal platform will reduce the clinical trial cycle time by 20-30 percent by speeding up communication and document exchanges between all the stakeholders – the sponsor organisation, the
staff of the CRO along with clinical site coordinators and principal investigators. This Portal platform can be leveraged as an enterprise level solution to increase efficiency and lower the cost of clinical operations. There is an intensifying need in the market for a platform that can centralise information, manage financing, facilitate accurate reporting, automatic scheduling and provide the ease of patient recruitment. This need for increased collaboration in clinical trial operation elements, coupled with the need to cater to different styles of recruiting patients, for different therapeutic areas and identifying the best clinical sites that can perform clinical studies.
Dell to tap NextGen for electronic medical records platform
US EMR market to reach $6 billion by 2015
NextGen Healthcare Information Systems Inc. has entered into an agreement with Dell in the Health IT marketplace to jointly market health information technology products and services to medical practices, hospitals and physician networks. Although, the financial terms of the partnership were not disclosed. Under the agreement, computer giant Dell will market, sell and support NextGen’s ambulatory EHR, practice management, inpatient clinicals and inpatient financials products as components of Dell’s electronic medical records platform for hospitals and physicians. Using the latest cloud technology platform, Dell will also host NextGen applications in an effort to simplify access and data management for Dell and NextGen clients. Dell also
The ‘US Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Market, 2010-2015 (Market Share, Winning Strategies and Adoption Trends)’ analyzes the EMR market by end users, components and applications, and studies the major market drivers, restraints, and opportunities. A substantial growth rate (more than 16 percent) of the U.S. healthcare IT spending and the initiatives taken by government towards development of a nationwide healthcare information network are expected to push EMR implementation across the healthcare sector in the U.S. The rising demand for the healthcare cost containment and need to improve the quality of healthcare service are driving the growth of the EMR market in the U.S. The U.S. EMR market is expected to grow from $2,177 million in 2009 to $6,054 million in 2015 at an estimated CAGR of 18.1 percent during the forecast period 2010-2015. Though large-sized healthcare practices prefer on-site/client-server based EMR systems, web-based EMR solutions or ASP models are gaining higher popularity within the small-sized healthcare practices and private physician offices.
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becomes the “hardware platform-ofchoice” for all NextGen products, as well as for NextGen’s internal use. EMR will leverage the capabilities of both organizations to build on the strengths of our success and capitalize on unprecedented market opportunities as mentioned by Patrick Cline, president of Quality Systems. The adoption and use of electronic health records are a major component of the healthcare reform law approved last year. Healthcare prov i d e r s could receive funding to support the installation of health information technology systems under the American Revitalization and Recovery Act. NextGen has been preparing for the growing use of electronic health records over the years.