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.

Zynx Health Unveils Revolutionary Evidence-Based Mobile Care Team Coordination and Secure Messaging Solution

Los Angeles, September 22, 2014 -- Zynx Health™, the market leader in providing evidence- and experience-based clinical improvement solutions, today announced the general availability of ZynxCarebook™, a mobile platform designed to profoundly improve care team collaboration across the healthcare continuum.

NCPDP Educational Summit, Improving the Infrastructure for Continuity of Care, Features Keynote, Steven Posnack

Scottsdale, AZ, September 22, 2014-- NCPDP, the not-for-profit pharmacy standards development organization, announced today the line-up for its 2014 Educational Summit, “Improving the Infrastructure for Continuity of Care,” which will be held November 11, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency Indianapolis. Steven Posnack, MS, MHS, director, Office of Standards and Technology, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, will keynote the one-day program, which takes place right before NCPDP’s Work Group Meetings, November 12-14, 2014.

Press Ganey Report Identifies Best Practice Strategies for Patient Experience Transparency

Boston, Massachusetts, September 15, 2014 – In a report released today, Press Ganey  details how transparency of patient experience data drives improved provider performance and enables more patient-centered care. The Performance Insights report, “Transparency Strategies: Online Physician Reviews for Improving Care and Reducing Suffering,” profiles three innovative health systems that implemented their own physician-review web sites to more accurately present data and allow patients to make informed choices about their care.

Third Annual Healthcare Leadership Forum Expands to Include Multidisciplinary Evidence-Based Practice Across Healthcare

PHILADELPHIA, September 9, 2014--"Leveraging Evidence Across the Care Continuum" co-chaired by David Bates, MD, MSc, and Patricia Flatley Brennan, RN, PhD. The third annual Healthcare Leadership Forum, hosted by Clinical Innovation + Technology magazine and sponsored by Elsevier Clinical Solutions has expanded its mission this year to include multidisciplinary evidence-based practice and cooperative care. This meeting brings together physicians, nurses, IT and healthcare executives and leaders to share best practices for driving knowledge to the point of care, on Sept. 29-30 at the Waldorf Astoria Chicago.

First-of-Kind Health and Human Services Survey Drives Home Sustainability Concerns

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.--Integration with primary care, the emergence of health homes, Meaningful Use, and recovery-based care are among key topics in the ongoing transformation of behavioral health care. However, in the first annual Health and Human Services Influencing Factors Survey, providers demonstrated that while they are embracing rapid change, they are also concerned with long-term sustainability.

Telemedicine in Clinical Trials Highlighted at Upcoming Conferences

NEW YORK, Sept. 9, 2014-- Two of the most significant challenges in managing a successful clinical trial are recruiting the right test subjects and retaining them for the length of a trial. Time requirements, distance from the study site, number of site visits expected, and transportation concerns make it difficult to recruit patients for trials and contribute to high dropout rates, causing long delays and increasing the risk of trial failure.

Frost & Sullivan Commends eClinicalWorks CCMR®, a Comprehensive Analytical Platform for Population Health Management

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 8, 2014-- Based on its recent analysis of the population health management industry, Frost & Sullivan recognizes eClinicalWorks with the 2014 North America Frost & Sullivan Award for Enabling Technology Leadership. eClinicalWorks has reinforced its prominence in the ambulatory healthcare IT solutions market by developing the Care Coordination Medical Record® (CCMR®), a Web-based, dynamic and highly cross-functional platform for population health management and coordinated care.

DrFirst's EPCS Gold Approaching 700,000 Controlled Substance E-Prescriptions Issued

ROCKVILLE, Md.--DrFirst, a leading provider of healthcare IT solutions, announced today that providers using the company’s EPCS GoldSM 2.0 controlled substance e-prescribing technology have issued more than 663,000 controlled substance prescriptions to date, and the company expects to surpass the 700,000 mark in mid-September.

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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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