August 12, 2010 | The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has created a free app for the iPhone to help doctors record side effects in clinical trials. The winner of a Bio-IT World Best Practices Award in 2009, CHOP included the classifications of adverse events originated by the National Cancer Institute. From an alphabetized list of symptoms, tap in “ear pain” or “tremor,” and the touch screen will display a definition, and then list grades of the problem—mild, moderate or severe. Using these categories, a care provider or clinical trial researcher can log data into the trial’s records, so it can be shared with other hospitals and physicians having patients participating in the same trial. A user can bookmark adverse events and categories that require more frequent access. Read more.