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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Woefully few Americans have digital access to care

Healthcare falls behind virtually every other aspect of Americans' lives when it comes to digitization with the majority of U.S. adults unaware of and unable to access technology they could use to communicate with their doctors. 

AMA expands medical education transformation efforts

The American Medical Association (AMA) today named 20 medical schools selected to join its Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium, which aims to enhance the innovative work underway to create the medical school of the future and quickly spread these innovations to additional medical schools throughout the country. 

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Man undergoes brain surgery on live television

A man from Ohio became the first person to undergo brain surgery on live television, National Geographic reports. Check out a clip from the procedure here.

AHRQ analysis: Hospital-acquired conditions down 17%

Efforts to improve patient safety have paid off. Between 2010 and 2013, hospital-acquired conditions declined by 17 percent, according to a data synthesis from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

The challenges of successfully introducing digital health

BOSTON—“We have to think of digital health as a public good,” said Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSc, director of health services research at Cedars-Sinai Health System, speaking at the Connected Health Symposium held by Partners HealthCare.

Arkansas to get its first healthcare accelerator

Baptist Health and the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub are introducing a program to support and accelerate the development of new startup companies with innovative solutions to improve healthcare delivery in the state.  

Walgreens, Rite Aid merger poised to boost digital health offerings

Walgreens Boots Alliance will acquire rival drugstore chain Rite Aid for $9.4 billion, for a combined marketshare of 46.5 percent.

Intel's Eric Dishman: Let's make genomic sequencing scalable

BOSTON—Being a cancer patient for 23 years has given Eric Dishman, an Intel Fellow and general manager of the company’s Health & Life Sciences Group, a unique perspective on care delivery.

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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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