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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How Mayo Clinic’s network strategy boosts patient outcomes

Years ago, one of the nation’s top hospital systems took a radical stance—it wasn’t going to play the merger and acquisition game to continue growing. Instead, Mayo Clinic, based in Rochester, Minnesota, decided it was going to form an extensive network of providers to work with and focus on fixing the fragmentation problems plaguing the healthcare space.

RTI patients prescribed antibiotics during virtual visits more satisfied than others

Respiratory tract infection (RTI) patients who were prescribed antibiotics during virtual visits rated their physicians better than patients who weren’t prescribed any antibiotics.

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LA organization receives $250K grant for ‘smart’ inhaler project

With help from a $250,000 grant, a Los Angeles-based non-profit organization is working to provide asthmatic children with “smart” inhalers.

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How Montana negotiated lower healthcare costs

Rising healthcare costs aren’t good for workers or employers, which wind up shouldering higher costs even though employers could negotiate better prices with insurance companies, NPR and ProPublica reported.

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Fitbit health data used to arrest man accused of killing stepdaughter

A woman’s Fitbit health data was used to arrest her 90-year-old stepfather accused of killing her and staging her death to look like a suicide, according to a report by USA Today.

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Commentary: AI systems should be evaluated in clinical settings

Though AI-based systems have proven their worth when it comes to diagnosing various conditions from medical images, there’s still a need to prove the capabilities in a clinical setting, according to a recent invited commentary piece published in JAMA.

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Digital pathology company raises $8.3M to expand AI platforms

Digital pathology company Proscia raised $8.3 million in a Series A financing round to expand its artificial intelligence (AI) platforms for cancer diagnosis.

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Newly-launched Caren app helps families manage care for senior citizens

A graduate student at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, recently launched a mobile application that helps families and caregivers manage the care of senior citizens.

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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.