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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Flo Health partners with company to develop digital tool that screens for heavy menstrual bleeding

Flo Health, creator of the popular Flo app, and biopharmaceutical company Myovant Sciences are partnering together to create a digital tool that screens women for heavy menstrual bleeding.

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Almost 1,300 participants signed up for latest bundled payment model

Nearly 1,300 entities signed agreements with CMS to participate in the agency’s latest bundled payment initiative, the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement (BPCI) Advanced model.

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Kaiser: Millennials don’t care for primary care doctors

More millennials are forgoing the traditional route of having a primary care doctor in favor of using convenient urgent care centers and clinics for on-demand treatment when they are sick.

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Envision is tackling surprise billing amid contract tensions

Envision Healthcare, which has been accused of repeatedly utilizing out-of-network billing practices at a high cost to patients, has launched a marketing campaign to "end surprise billing."

EHR company eClinicalWorks to integrate with CMS Blue Button 2.0

Cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) company eClinicalWorks has been approved to integrate with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Blue Button 2.0 application programming interface (API).

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PwC: New provider systems to supplant traditional hospital models

As the healthcare industry continues to evolve, hospitals are making moves to stay alive and avoid “facing death by a thousand cuts,” according to a new report from financial services company PwC. Over the next decade, health systems will rebuild into four new models that are expected to dominate the provider space, PwC predicted.

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Cerner announces team for VA EHR project

Cerner has selected its team to help implement a new electronic health record (EHR) system for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

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Babyscripts program, Wisconsin health network announce partnership

Physicians at the Froedtert & Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will now have access to a mobile tool that monitors patients' progress during pregnancy.

Around the web

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.