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.

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”

Around the web

Compensation for heart specialists continues to climb. What does this say about cardiology as a whole? Could private equity's rising influence bring about change? We spoke to MedAxiom CEO Jerry Blackwell, MD, MBA, a veteran cardiologist himself, to learn more.

The American College of Cardiology has shared its perspective on new CMS payment policies, highlighting revenue concerns while providing key details for cardiologists and other cardiology professionals. 

As debate simmers over how best to regulate AI, experts continue to offer guidance on where to start, how to proceed and what to emphasize. A new resource models its recommendations on what its authors call the “SETO Loop.”