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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Humana partners with Heal to reach patients where they live

Humana is sinking $100 million into a primary care startup to send doctors into patients’ homes via 1-touch telemed or old-school housecalls.

3 ways hospitals can cope with costly, dangerous supply shortages

Before COVID hit, the U.S. was importing around a third of its PPE from China. Then that most populous of all countries moved to protect its own people, keeping what it used to ship.

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Prostate algorithm may be ready for routine clinical practice

Researchers have demonstrated the use of an AI tool that can accurately identify or rule out prostate cancer on digitized pathology slides from core needle biopsies.

Another FDA green light for Zebra

The FDA has OK’d the sixth medical AI application developed by Israel-based Zebra Medical Vision. The latest iteration helps breast-specialized radiologists by flagging questionable lesions appearing in 2D mammograms.

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AI detects conflicts of interest in medical journals, spots unexpected trend

Medical journals accepting reprint fees are much more likely to publish articles written by authors who received industry payments.

Pandemic may give AI a chance to pass its long audition

The COVID crisis could close the gap between what healthcare AI can do in clinical research settings and how it can contribute to actual patient care.

Prof. Hilbert: ‘The merger between biological and AI has already crossed beyond any point of return’

Whatever name it takes when it goes down in history, the present “information age” will be inextricably linked to AI. It’s been so since around 2008, although popular perception needed time to catch up with the depth of the development.

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‘Our patients are waiting’: Docs push hospitals to establish clinical AI departments

AI, the group wrote, could "usurp the EHR as the most disappointing application of technology within medicine”

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Cardiologist compensation still rising, especially in invasive and interventional cardiology

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.

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FDA’s tirzepatide decision creates uncertainty for patients—and leads to a lawsuit

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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Cardiology groups cheer new bill that would improve access to Medicare claims data

If passed, this bill would help clinician-led clinical registries explore Medicare data for research purposes. The Society of Thoracic Surgeons and American College of Cardiology both shared public support for the bipartisan legislation. 

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