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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Walgreens' strategy to evolve, enhance, expand

CHICAGO—Alex Gourlay, executive vice president of Walgreens Boots Alliance and president of Walgreen Co., opened the 2015 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition with a keynote address that covered the retail pharmacy chain giant’s future plans.

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Survey: Healthcare making progress on triple aim

Almost three-quarters (72 percent) of respondents believe that consumer and patient considerations, such as patient engagement, satisfaction and quality of care will have a major impact on their organization’s strategic efforts over the next two years, according to the 26th Annual HIMSS Leadership Survey. 

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AMA's Wah on the importance of failure

CHICAGO--"Failure is an important stepping stone to success," said AMA President Robert Wah, MD, delivering the keynote address at the Innovation Symposium at the 2015 HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition.

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AirStrip president on fixing MU, solving interoperability

More and more futuristic body sensors are coming to market but Matt Patterson, MD, president of AirStrip, isn’t impressed. “Right now, physicians don’t care about sensor data, especially consumer data.”

athenahealth offers client base free CommonWell services

As part of its effort to advance patient-centered information exchange, today at HIMSS athenahealth announced it has made CommonWell services available to its entire client base of more than 62,000 healthcare providers nationwide. 

Cerner and Qualcomm Collaborate to Advance Remote Home Health Monitoring

KANSAS CITY, Mo. and SAN DIEGO, April 13, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cerner Corp. (Nasdaq:CERN) and Qualcomm Life, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq:QCOM), today announced an agreement to extend Cerner's industry leading medical device connectivity capabilities beyond the hospital to the home.

Vocera announces first clinical communications app for Apple Watch

Vocera Communications, Inc. (NYSE:VCRA), the leading provider of real-time, intelligent communication solutions for mission-critical healthcare environments, today announced the Vocera app for Apple Watch.

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ONC's new CHIO McCoy on interoperability, patient engagement, more

Michael J. McCoy, MD, recently joined the Office of the National Coordinator of Health IT (ONC) as chief health information officer and has spent the last several weeks adjusting to life in the public sector.

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