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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Connected health market to top $117B by 2020

The connected health market will hit $117 billion by 2020 and 86 percent of clinicians believe mobile apps will be central to patient health in that time frame, according to the "State of the App Economy" report from ACT | The App Association.

13 digital health companies make up second class of Texas Medical Center's innovation accelerator

Texas Medical Center (TMC) is welcoming 13 companies specializing in digital health into the second installment of the TMCx accelerator.

USC reveals 8 foundational partners for Virtual Care Center

The University of Southern California Center for Body Computing (CBC), the digital health innovation accelerator for the Keck Medicine of USC medical enterprise, has announced eight foundational partners for its Virtual Care Clinic.

CHIME urges Congress to help improve care for chronic conditions

CHIME has sent a letter to the Chronic Care Working Group of the Senate Committee on Finance to develop policies that will enable better healthcare for chronically sick patients.

Premier rewards Inova for innovation

Inova, a five-hospital healthcare system in the Washington, D.C., metro area has been nationally recognized with the 2016 Premier Excellence Award.

Dell joins HIMSS Innovation Center

Dell is the latest company to sign on as an industry collaborator of the HIMSS Innovation Center, joining other major health IT organizations at the 30,000-square-foot testing and exhibition facility in Cleveland.

InterSystems Partners With Pulse Infoframe to Facilitate Collaborative Clinical Research

Leveraging InterSystems HealthShare Platform for Interoperability with EHRs, Pulse Infoframe Offers ‘Patient Registry in a Box’.

Optum and PAREXEL to Accelerate Drug Development, Reimbursement and Market Access with EHR-Fueled Clinical Research and Hybrid Studies

Collaboration will focus on advancing drug development by combining clinical research and real-world evidence.

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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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