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

Cardiovascular devices are more likely to be in a Class I recall than any other device type. The FDA's approval process appears to be at least partially responsible, though the agency is working to make some serious changes. We spoke to a researcher who has been tracking these data for years to learn more. 

Updated compensation data includes good news for multiple subspecialties. The new report also examines private equity's impact on employment models and how much male cardiologists earn compared to females.

When drugs are on the FDA’s shortage list, outsourcing facilities can produce their own compounded versions. When the FDA removed tirzepatide from that list with no warning, it created a considerable amount of chaos both behind the scenes and in pharmacies all over the country. 

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