Qforma Awards 2013 Computational Thesis Honor
On May 3rd, Dr. Roger Jones, Qforma’s Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, presented the Qforma award for outstanding computational thesis or dissertation to Dr. Mark J. Olah. Mark, who recently received a degree of Doctor of Philosophy Computer Science at The University of New Mexico, was honored for his dissertation titled, “Multivalent Random Walkers: A computational model of superdiffusive transport …
Read MoreGoats, Cars, and Personalized Medicine
Personalized medicine will change the way physicians diagnose. With every person able to map his or her own genetic makeup, the possibilities for individuated diagnosis will increase beyond the limits of current human imagination. How will physicians of the future cope? The solution to the problem may start with goats, cars, and game shows. Several years ago, my colleagues at …
Read MoreFinding Red Balloons for Clinical Trials
What do Guglielmo Marconi, mathematicians, a psychologist, Facebook, MIT and red balloons have to do with clinical trails? Keep reading. Guglielmo Marconi, father of wireless communication, a 1909 Physics Nobel prize honoree and successful business man, is credited as the first to introduce the idea of “six degrees of separation” between humans. Marconi focused on building a monopolistic network of …
Read MoreSimplifying Physician Influence Networks for a Multi-Channel World
The simplification of physician influence mapping data across multi-channel marketing and sales initiatives was the subject of an interview by Michael Spitz, SVP, Managing Director of Healthcare at ZEMOGA with Qforma’s VP of Business Development, John Pagliuca. In the interview, John Pagliuca describes enabling users, from the home office to the field representatives, by delivering an accurate assessment of HCP …
Read MoreQforma Launches Agile Analytics Platform
This month, Qforma announced the launch of an innovative analytics platform, QIS, or Qforma Integrated Solutions. Why did we develop QIS? Advanced analytic capabilities are distinct and powerful competitive asset. Equally important is the ability for teams to make information actionable – to implement efficiently and effectively. QIS brings these two critical elements together for Qforma clients. Below are a …
Read MoreOpportunities for Technologies to Improve Healthcare Costs
Roger Jones, Qforma’s Co-Founder, CSO and World Technology 2012 nominee discusses opportunities to apply pattern recognition technologies and data mining technologies to improve the cost-effectiveness of the U.S. healthcare delivery system. Video Transcript Eighteen percent of our GDP is spent on healthcare, it is by far the largest fraction in the world. My claim is that there are tremendous opportunities …
Read MoreQforma Announces Reorganization, Launch of New Technology Platform & Products
Qforma today announced a company reorganization to help our customers adapt to shifts in the healthcare environment. We also announced the launch of an innovative technology platform and software modules designed to improve patient health outcomes and reduce costs for the healthcare industry. “The new platform delivers an advanced data analytics engine utilizing specific application modules to deliver actionable insights …
Read MoreInspiration Abounds at WTN Summit
In the last two days I had the honor of being among the one hundred cutting edge innovators of 2012, an event sponsored by the World Technology Network. People from all over the planet attended. The fields of the arts, policy, law software, materials, environment, finance, biotechnology, ethics and engineering were all represented. I had the honor of being included …
Read MoreQforma Co-Founder, 2012 World Technology Award Contender
The World Technology Network (WTN – www.wtn.net) announced today that Roger Jones, Ph.D., Co-Founder of Qforma, has been named a finalist for a prestigious World Technology Award in the IT Software — Individual category. Dr. Jones joins a roster of approximately 50 organizations and 100 individuals in this annual competition deemed by the members of the World Technology Network (“The …
Read MoreQforma Launches MobileMETRx to Help Field Teams Increase Sales Force Effectiveness
This week, Qforma launched MobileMETRx, a universal web and mobile device accessible platform, designed to increase sales force effectiveness. The response to this product has been amazing, validating the industry’s need for better, more strategic mobile tools for its field force teams. Last month, Manhattan Research reported results from its “ePharma Physician 2012” survey showing that Apple iPad use by …
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