Physician Collaboration – Now needed more than ever
By Simon Schurr
We are living in an amazing time for hospitals, their physicians and patients. Over the past few decades, innovations and advancements such as the use of robotics and precision equipment in the operating room, the development of interventional radiology, non-invasive cardiovascular procedures and the ability to perform MRI and CT are empowering doctors. Furthermore, with more effective new drugs and personalized medicine, patients are living longer and many previously terminal illnesses are managed as chronic illness.
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Technology: a medicaltourism enabler
“One company in the US, Collaborative Medical Technology Corporation (CMTC), has developed a cloud-based system to help doctors request second opinions from specialists. By filling in online forms with all the pertinent information that a doctor at a centre of excellence would need – including electronic health records, scans, and answers to particular questions about a care plan – it might be less burdensome for doctors to collaborate, according to Simon Schurr, CEO and president.”
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CROs consider bringing telemedicine from the general health setting into the clinical trial space, though hurdles lay ahead experts
CROs could look to bring telemedicine capabilities across from the real-world setting into clinical trials as a way to cut costs and boost patient recruitment and retention, experts said. However, they warned that drawbacks to applying telemedicine in a clinical trial setting includes technological issues and a lack of FDA regulation.
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Growing telemedicine reimbursement could attract CROs and clinical data provider interest – experts
Growing levels of reimbursement for telemedicine in the US could spur clinical service providers and CROs to consider turning trial technologies to general healthcare usage and fill data requirement gaps, according to experts.
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