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.

Avera Health will provide telemedicine services at Native American hospitals

Native Americans across the Great Plains will soon have more access to healthcare with the implementation of a telemedicine program that will serve a network of 19 hospitals and clinics in the area, according to a recent Seattle Times report.

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Want to lose weight? Put your wearable money toward a gym membership

Fitbit, Jawbone and the Microsoft Band—these fitness trackers have exploded on the scene for weight loss. Millions of people track their steps and enter their diets in these apps as a way to lose those extra pounds, but do these wearables actually help us lose more weight than if we had just dieted and exercised alone?

Surescripts boosts interoperability by letting EHR vendors access National Record Locator Service

Surescripts, a developer of health information networks, has announced it will give electronic health record (EHR) vendors access to its National Record Locator Service (NRLS) until 2019, increasing interoperability.

Mobile technology takes over MLK Hospital

Mobile technology has taken the healthcare industry by storm at Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital the technology has been grown from the ground up to make the hospital almost entirely mobile based.

CDC says broad-spectrum antibiotics on the rise in U.S. hospitals

According to a CDC report, the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics is on the rise in U.S. hospitals, even as concerns of antibiotic-resistant bacteria grow. The study’s findings were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine Sept. 19. 

Maryland's ACA marketplace introduces mobile app for enrollment

Maryland Health Connection, the state's Affordable Care Act exchange, has announced its new mobile application, Enroll MHC, is ready just in time for open enrollment.

roadtohealth, RGA partner to expand Quealth app for predictive measures

Reinsurance Group of America Incorporated (RGA) and roadtohealth are partnering up to continue development of the Quealth app, a digital health coach capable of accessing health risks.

Pomona City Councilmembers Urge Hospital to Recognize Workers’ Vote to Improve Patient Care, Join Union

LOS ANGELES– Concern is growing about Pomona Valley Hospital CEO Richard Yochum’s refusal to recognize workers’ vote to improve patient care by joining a union, as three Pomona City Councilmembers in recent weeks have urged the hospital to stop stalling and begin negotiating a contract with 1,100 employees.

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The American College of Cardiology has sent a letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that outlines some of the organization’s central priorities and concerns. 

One product is being pulled from the market, and the other is receiving updated instructions for use.

If the Trump administration continues taking a laissez-faire stance toward AI—including AI used in healthcare—why not let the states go it alone on regulating the technology?