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.

Halfpenny Technologies enters into agreement with Janssen Diagnostics to solve interoperability for HIV/AIDS Clinical Data Exchange

BLUE BELL, Pa.--Halfpenny Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Janssen Diagnostics, LLC that will supplement the unique clinical data needs of Janssen’s AVIGA™ EHR.

Net Health Acquires The Rehab Documentation Company (ReDoc): Physical, Occupational, and Speech Therapy Software Leader

PITTSBURGH, PA – June 3, 2014 – Net Health, the leading provider of software solutions for outpatient specialty care, announced today its acquisition of The Rehab Documentation Company (ReDoc), a provider of integrated clinical EMR and management solutions for the growing physical, occupational, and speech therapy markets.

New LiveHealth Online App Gives Moms a Doctor by Her Side 24/7 So Families Get More Beach Time, Less Downtime this Summer

LOS ANGELES--Moms and their families can spend more time at the beach, and less time dealing with common illnesses and infections this summer thanks to the new telehealth app LiveHealth Online. The LiveHeath Online app offers a safe, fast and easy way for moms to talk face to face with a doctor to get a diagnosis and treatment for themselves and their families for urgent care conditions that pop up every summer, like hand-foot-mouth, pink eye, rashes, sunburns, and other air-and-water borne viruses.

ViTel Net, MGH MD PnP Program Collaborate to Support SmartAmerica Challenge

McLean, VA, June 03, 2014 -- ViTel Net, a pioneer in the telemedicine/telehealth industry, is joining forces with the MGH MD PnP research program, a leader in developing advanced integrated clinical environments, to support the SmartAmerica Challenge for healthcare, a White House Presidential Innovation Fellow project.

NextGen Healthcare Achieves Vendor Agnostic Interoperability

Horsham, Pa. – June 3, 2014 – NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, LLC., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quality Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: QSII) and a leading provider of healthcare information systems and connectivity solutions, announced today it now is capable of successfully transmitting clinical care information between disparate technology platforms, thereby achieving vendor agnostic interoperability.

Just wear it? Intel unveils ‘smart’ shirt

The future of wearable technology may be the shirt on your back.

Duke University School of Nursing Study Shows Major Tertiary Hospital Saves More Than 72 Minutes Per Nurse While Improving Clinical Outcomes Using eGlycemic Management System

GREENVILLE, S.C.--Glytec, a clinical information technology company solely dedicated to the mission of improving insulin management and glycemic control, is pleased to share the results of a late-breaking poster that was presented at the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) 23rd Annual Scientific and Clinical Congress.

Roy Schoenberg, MD, MPH, CEO of American Well® Receives American Telemedicine Association Industry Council Award

May 20, 2014 -- Roy Schoenberg, MD, MPH, CEO of American Well Systems, today received the Ninth Annual American Telemedicine Association Industry Council Award for Leadership in the Advancement of Telemedicine at the 19th Annual ATA Meeting & Exposition, held in Baltimore, MD.

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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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