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.

Major Hospital System Begins Sharing Clinical Data with Behavioral Health Leader to Integrate Care Delivery

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--Interoperability and care integration are no longer just buzz words. “Treating the whole person” is no longer hyperbole. 

CareCloud Becomes A Member of CommonWell Health Alliance

MIAMI--CareCloud, a leading provider of cloud-based practice management, electronic health record (EHR), and medical billing software and services, announced today that it is joining CommonWell Health Alliance as a Contributing Member.

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Partners HealthCare and EMC unveil Partners Data Lake

Partners and EMC Corp. are joining forces on what they call The Partners Data Lake, a data and analytics platform that will accelerate clinical research, improve care delivery and reduce costs, reports Clinical Innovation + Technology.

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Ebola-infected surgeon dies in Omaha

Martin Salia, MD, a surgeon who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone, died on Monday in a biocontainment center in Omaha, reports The New York Times.

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No clear answer to patient no-show struggle

Do patients have a responsibility when they fail to follow-up with their physicians? Barron H. Lerner, MD, and professor of medicine and population health at NYU School of Medicine, explores this hazy ethical area in a New York Times editorial.

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Under CMS experiment, ACOs can recruit seniors into network

Under a new Centers for Medicare & Medicaid test, some pioneer accountable care organizations will be given the option of enrolling seniors in an ACO, according to Modern Healthcare.

Intel-GE Care Innovations™ Launches New Solution to Connect Clinicians, Patients, and Family Caregivers in the Home

ROSEVILLE, Calif., November 10, 2014 – Intel-GE Care Innovations™, a pioneer in connecting the care continuum to the home, today announced the launch of its latest telehealth technology system, Health Harmony.

eClinicalWorks Assists Customers to Gain Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition

WESTBOROUGH, Mass.--eClinicalWorks®, a leader in ambulatory healthcare IT solutions, today announces the success its customers have achieved in receiving National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) recognition. 

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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.

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. 

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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