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.

HealthTrust Expands Orthopedic and Spine Care Management Solutions through InVivoLink

Nashville, Tennessee—April 16, 2015 — HealthTrustSM announces today the launch of a new suite of services and partnership with InVivoLink, Inc. to expand their medical device sourcing capabilities.

NYT editorial calls for smoother transition among EHRs

Following up on the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's recent report on information blocking among health IT, the New York Times published an editorial on the same issue.  

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60% name telemedicine as a top priority

Sixty percent of providers surveyed named telemedicine as one of their highest priorities. Those are the findings of a survey conducted of 233 providers across the care continuum conducted by REACH Health, an enterprise telemedicine software solutions vendor.

Xerox NY Medicaid contract approved

In a deal just approved by the New York comptroller, Xerox will work with the state of New York through a $564.9 million, five-year contract to update its Medicaid claims processing system to a next-generation technology platform that will help manage expanding Medicaid rolls.

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Home health tech market expected to more than quadruple by 2020

The home health technology market is expected to grow to more than four times its current size by 2020, according to a report from market intelligence firm Tractica. 

NIH awarding $20B in HIT contracts

The National Institutes of Health's Information Technology Acquisition and Assessment Center is awarding $20 billion in IT work including deployment and installation, maintenance and training, engineering studies, enterprise licenses and extended warranties, everything-as-a-service, mobility, collaboration, web and video-conferencing, cyber security, big data, virtualization and health and biomedical IT. 

VisionSR finalizes licensing agreement with MD Anderson Gancer Genter for multimedia structured reporting technology

HOUSTON, TX - April 7, 2015 ---VisionSR, a medical software company, announced that it has licensed an advanced multimedia structured reporting technology from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center designed to advance the practice of diagnostic radiology.

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Only 7% of hospitals reach the top score in CMS' star rating system

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for the first time introduced star ratings on Hospital Compare, the agency’s public information website, to make it easier for consumers to choose a hospital and understand the quality of care they deliver. 

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The tirzepatide shortage that first began in 2022 has been resolved. Drug companies distributing compounded versions of the popular drug now have two to three more months to distribute their remaining supply.

The 24 members of the House Task Force on AI—12 reps from each party—have posted a 253-page report detailing their bipartisan vision for encouraging innovation while minimizing risks. 

Merck sent Hansoh Pharma, a Chinese biopharmaceutical company, an upfront payment of $112 million to license a new investigational GLP-1 receptor agonist. There could be many more payments to come if certain milestones are met.