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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UCSF, Cisco partner on interoperability platform

University of California San Francisco and Cisco have formed an initiative to jointly develop an interoperability platform for sharing healthcare information among multiple entities. 

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Healthcare workers urged to care about each other in the ‘hospital of tomorrow’

“The hospital of the future will not stand by itself if we have a burned out workforce. Each of you has to care about the people with whom you work.”

Regenstrief, VA, IU collaboration to advance Precision Medicine effort

A $5 million award from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and collaboration between researcher-clinicians with the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center, the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Medicine will be used to launch a five-year, multi-site Precision Monitoring (PRIS-M) program.

Report: Virtual health can help manage looming PCP shortage

Virtual health tools could save nearly $10 billion each year, according to a report from Accenture.

iSpecimen and the Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN) Announce Novel Program to Support Medical Research

iSpecimen, a trusted source of customized human biospecimen collections, and the Delaware Health Information Network (DHIN), the nation's first operational statewide health information exchange (HIE), today announced a novel collaboration to support medical research.

Dartmouth-Hitchcock drops out of Pioneer model

Another accountable care organization has dropped out of the CMS Innovation Center's Pioneer ACO initiative. 

AHRQ names head of Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement

Arlene S. Bierman, MD, MS, has been named director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's (AHRQ) Center for Evidence and Practice Improvement. 

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KLAS interoperability report puts athenahealth, Epic on top

With the intense focus on health IT interoperability, KLAS has issued a report on the current landscape and who is taking the lead when it comes to overcoming barriers.

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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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