Precision Medicine

Also called personalized medicine, this evolving field makes use of an individual’s genes, lifestyle, environment and other factors to identify unique disease risks and guide treatment decision-making.
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FDA approves Medtronic app that helps manage chronic pain

Medtronic's personal therapy application that helps patients who suffer from chronic pain was recently approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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Like Apple and Amazon, Tesla opened a health clinic for employees

Electric car company Tesla has opened a healthcare clinic for its employees to receive care on site at headquarters, CEO Elon Musk revealed during the recent third quarter earnings call with analysts.

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Anthem taps former Google search head to lead AI group

Anthem has hired Udi Manber, former head of engineering for Google’s core search products, to lead its artificial intelligence (AI) program, according to a report by CNBC.

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Wearable technology, mobile exercise apps named top fitness trends for 2019

Thanks to the rising popularity of smart watches, heart monitors and wearables, the technology was recently ranked as the top fitness trend for 2019.

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The Workspace of the Future: Making Breast Imaging Work Flow

Sponsored by Sectra

PACS is powering better workflow in breast imaging, transforming the way breast imaging radiologists read studies and interact with one another by improving physician efficiency, accuracy and saving time. Metrics matter in healthcare today and now excellent efficiency, productivity, quality of care and provider and patient satisfaction are measures of success that belong together in the pursuit of better breast imaging.

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VNAbling PACS Unites Cardiology and Radiology to the Benefit of Many

Sponsored by Sectra

Having been in the Sectra PACS fold since 2004, members of the radiology department at six-hospital CoxHealth in Springfield, Mo., didn’t need much convincing to “VNAble” their existing system so it could handle cardiology workflows on top of their own.

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Top medical innovations for 2019

The utilization of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare was named the second most important medical innovation for 2019 by the Cleveland Clinic, marking a big rise in the emerging technology.

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AI is a top medical innovation for 2019

Artificial intelligence has arrived, and the industry is officially on notice. The utilization of artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare was named the second most important medical innovation for 2019 by the Cleveland Clinic.

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HHS has thought through the ways AI can and should become an integral part of healthcare, human services and public health. Last Friday—possibly just days ahead of seating a new secretary—the agency released a detailed plan for getting there from here.

Philips is recalling the software associated with its Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry devices after certain high-risk ECG events were never routed to trained cardiology technicians as intended. The issue, which lasted for two years, has been linked to more than 100 injuries. 

Heart Rhythm Society President Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD, detailed a new advocacy group focused on improving EP reimbursements, patient care and access. “If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu," he said.