http://www.healthcareguy.com/2008/12/17/clinical-trials-patient-recruitment-done-right-with-web-20-and-social-networking/ Shahid's healthcare IT, EMR, EHR, PHR, medical content, and document managment advisory service. Enjoy. Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:27:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.healthcareguy.com/2008/12/17/clinical-trials-patient-recruitment-done-right-with-web-20-and-social-networking/comment-page-1/#comment-783 Michael J. Critelli Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:13:05 +0000 http://www.healthcareguy.com/index.php/archives/452#comment-783 You are absolutely correct that clinical trial recruitment is time-consuming, expensive, and often a hit-or-miss process. You are also correct that the personal health record is an excellent tool for identifying prospects. I would suggest that much of the work on informed consent could be done in advance as a PHR application, and that potential participants could identify themselves as being interested in clinical trial participation. I would suggest further that those trying to do recruiting could do a great deal more with social networking than they have done. You are absolutely correct that clinical trial recruitment is time-consuming, expensive, and often a hit-or-miss process. You are also correct that the personal health record is an excellent tool for identifying prospects. I would suggest that much of the work on informed consent could be done in advance as a PHR application, and that potential participants could identify themselves as being interested in clinical trial participation. I would suggest further that those trying to do recruiting could do a great deal more with social networking than they have done.

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