Title :
Innovations in clinical trials informatics
Author :
Summers, Ron ; Vyas, Hiten ; Dudhal, Nilesh ; Doherty, Neil F. ; Coombs, Crispin R. ; Hepworth, Mark
Author_Institution :
Department of Information Science, Loughborough University, LE11 3TU, UK
Abstract :
This paper will investigate innovations in information management for use in clinical trials. The application typifies a complex, adaptive, distributed and information-rich environment for which continuous innovation is necessary. Organisational innovation is highlighted as well as the technical innovations in workflow processes and their representation as an integrated set of web services. Benefits realization uncovers further innovations in the business strand of the work undertaken. Following the description of the development of this information management system, the semantic web is postulated as a possible solution to tame the complexity related to information management issues found within clinical trials support systems.
Keywords :
Biomedical informatics; Clinical trials; Costs; Databases; Information analysis; Information management; Innovation management; Research and development management; Standards development; Technological innovation; Artificial Intelligence; Automatic Data Processing; Clinical Trials as Topic; Computer Communication Networks; Computers; Database Management Systems; Humans; Information Storage and Retrieval; Information Systems; Medical Informatics; Medical Informatics Computing; Models, Organizational; Organizational Innovation; Systems Integration; User-Computer Interface;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1814-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4649806
