GeneSoft used Glaxo data and doctor testimony to convince the FDA that the skin rash was manageable and worth the risk for a drug that can attack pneumonia.
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust has been found in breach of data protection after a doctor lost a memory stick on a train.
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But having patients decide which doctor gets which data is the wrong choice.
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ProPublica even encourages patients to find their personal doctor in the data.
"We're looking at a situation where you go to a doctor and your data can be exchanged with other doctors, other hospitals, or even government agencies inside or outside your state, " she says.
The ruling doesn't mean doctor-specific Medicare data will immediately become public.
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After a fainting spell, a patient would hold a pager-size communicator over his chest and press a button to freeze the recording, so a doctor could upload the data for analysis.
An independent doctor assembles all the available data on a drug or medical device, and finds it dangerous.
As alleged, by cultivating and corrupting a doctor with access to secret drug data, Mathew Martoma and his hedge fund benefited from what might be the most lucrative inside tip of all time.
Someday, we hope, your doctor will allow you to automatically upload that data into dynamic electronic medical records.
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People will be able to easily gather data about themselves instead of having to rely on a doctor, which should also cut costs, de Brouwer says.
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They sent the data ahead to the hospital while we were driving, and a doctor there concluded the same thing.
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The ICO said inquiries revealed the junior doctor had not been aware of the trust's data protection policies and did not have access to e-mail to receive policy reminders and updates.
BBC: Patients' details lost on train by Hertfordshire doctor
Another concern is that the quality of the data won't be as robust as that gathered during in-person doctor visits.
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Calling and e-mailing their doctor or nurse can save some time, but result in patient data scattered all over the place.
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The electrodes send information, via a small metal box that rests in the doctor's pocket, to a remote computer which stores and processes the data.
Health Grades is trying to make its doctor ratings more empirical but will need to recover the considerable cost of collecting good data.
Instead of sending the data to an expensive lab testing company, you may plug the data into your laptop and use free software and analyze it yourself, or go to your local doctor and have him do the same.
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The SEC said in its complaint that Sidney Gillman, a doctor who moonlighted as a medical consultant, tipped CR Intrinsic portfolio manager Mathew Martoma with safety data and eventually negative results in the trial of the drug made by drug firms Elan Corp. and Wyeth two weeks before they were made public in 2008.
This real-time data will be more powerful than what we currently obtain by using questionnaires and cognitive snapshots during stressful visits to the doctor's office.
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