MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., will lay off 100 employees, or 2 percent of its workforce, according to a June 2 email obtained by the Washington Business Journal.

Precision in medical devices, especially those used at home, are critical in ensuring patients are able to manage chronic conditions. In a study, published in the American Journal of Hypertension, researchers from the University of Alberta evaluated at-home blood pressure monitors for accuracy.

Ten healthcare industry groups, including the American Medical Association, have asked CMS to allow Medicare Advantage (MA) patients to count towards the threshold requirements to qualify as an Advanced Alternative Payment Model (APM).

The combination of precision medicine and information technology (IT) has the potential to improve patient outcomes. But many healthcare organizations are slow to pursue integration. A recently released report, “2017 Precision Medicine Study," from Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) outlines how healthcare organizations view the expansion and improvement of IT with precision medicine.

ArisGlobal, a leading provider of integrated, cloud-based software solutions for life sciences announces LifeSphere Safety - Risk Management™, a multi-tenant, cloud-based solution that offers a comprehensive set of data analytics, workflow and reporting tools for end-to-end signal detection and risk management.

The largest public health system in the U.S., NYC Health + Hospitals, announced on June 2 it will lay off 396 managers and eliminate 80 currently unfilled positions as it faces a projected budget of $6 billion through 2020.

Being tough on digital health is the passion of Mary Meeker, a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. In her recent presentation of the “Internet Trends Report,” she outlines how healthcare and technology are forming a new system of care and what solutions she poses to further advance this partnership.

Researchers are hoping to improve engagement with electronic patient-reported outcomes (PROs) to increase survival rates in those with cancer. A study published by JAMA reported the integration of electronic PROs into routine care was able to improve outcomes in those with metastatic cancer.