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.

Banner Health, Cerner alliance to focus on population health

Banner Health and Cerner have launched a multi-year strategic partnership to advance and innovate care delivery through developments in health IT and population health management.

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ONC blogs about learning health system, State Innovation Mode developments

After almost two months, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has posted to its blog, sharing information about efforts to create a learning health system and tools and resources available for State Innovation Model states.

HIMSS comments on interoperability roadmap

HIMSS has submitted its comments on the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's interoperability roadmap.

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Four healthcare team apps result from Apple, IBM partnership

The MobileFirst for iOS partnership between Apple and IBM announced last summer has resulted in four new healthcare enterprise mobile apps.

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ONC offers online tools to help states with HIT

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has available online tools and resources designed to help states participating in the State Innovation Models initiative improve healthcare quality and lower costs.

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Innovation developments

There were a lot of exciting innovation developments happening in health IT this week from smart contact lenses to work on new development hubs.

AirStrip Sense4Baby System Receives FDA Clearance for Patient Self-Administration

SAN ANTONIO, April 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the AirStrip® Sense4Baby™ wireless maternal/fetal monitoring system to be marketed for use in the U.S. by pregnant patients to self-administer non-stress tests (NST).

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Aledade signs ACOs in Louisiana, Kansas

Aledade, the company co-founded by former national coordinator of health IT Farzad Mostashari, MD, MSc, has inked two new partnerships with Louisiana Health Care Quality Forum and Kansas Foundation for Medical Care to help independent physicians in each respective state launch and manage accountable care organizations (ACOs).

Around the web

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.