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.

App gives parents extra insights into NICU care

Being a new parent should be a joyous time, but many parents experience increased stress when a baby arrives earlier than expected. Nicolette, producers of technology for pediatric care, has developed a HIPAA-compliant application that gives parents full visualization on children while in the neonatal intensive-care unit (NICU).

This week in the app store: Birth control

Innovators are pushing to make family planning easier for all women. A recent study on the birth control application Dot shows how using app-only birth control can advance reproductive technology. 

Apple Watch identifies seizure triggers

Patients with epilepsy are hindered by the unpredictability of seizures. But patients may be able to identify the triggers leading up to a seizure with an Apple Watch. A recent study, presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 69th Annual Meeting, showed the wearable is capable of tracking seizures in epilepsy patients.

Siemens Healthineers establishes global Digital Ecosystem to drive digitalization of healthcare

Siemens Healthineers establishes digital platform for healthcare providers as well as for providers of solutions and services

HIMSS 2017: Rebooting digital health with gamification, virtual reality

Games and interactive experiences in the healthcare field are specialties of Denise Silber, a digital health and social media consulting expert, who discussed these technologies at HIMSS 2017.

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HIMSS 2017: Digital voice assistants may pair patients, physicians in living rooms

In an exclusive interview with Clinical Innovation & Technology at HIMSS 2017 in Orlando, Nathan Treloar, president and COO of Orbita, a firm focused on connected home healthcare solutions, explains how digital voice assistants have advanced and what’s to come in the future.

Answer Health on Demand, Great Lakes Health Connect pattern to expand HIE for telemedicine

Answer Health on Demand and Great Lakes Health Connect have partnered together to develop a health information exchange platform for the sharing of health information and medical records while treating patient with telemedicine.

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New Jersey law limits initial opioid prescriptions to five days

New Jersey has enacted what its governor calls the strictest anti-opioid law in the country, affecting how long the length of initial prescriptions and waiving prior authorization requirements for those seeking treatment for addiction.

Around the web

CMS finalized a significant policy change when it increased the Medicare payments hospitals receive for performing CCTA exams. What, exactly, does the update mean for cardiologists, billing specialists and other hospital employees?

Stryker, a global medtech company based out of Michigan, has kicked off 2025 with a bit of excitement. The company says Inari’s peripheral vascular portfolio is highly complementary to its own neurovascular portfolio.

RBMA President Peter Moffatt discusses declining reimbursement rates, recruiting challenges and the role of artificial intelligence in transforming the industry.