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.

CHOP donation to establish innovation center

A $50 million gift to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) will directly support a wide range of pediatric research and help establish CHOP as a global center for innovative pediatric study.

UT Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine Receives $2.88 Million Grant from United Health Foundation to Help Build Healthier Communities in the Rio Grande Valley

EDINBURG, Texas--The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine have been awarded a $2,880,342 grant over three years by United Health Foundation to help support the Colonia Integrated Care Program: VIDAS (Valley Interprofessional Development And Services). 

Report: Transparency is ‘magical pill’ to improve patient safety

Transparency is the “magic pill” needed to solve healthcare safety issues, according to a report published by the National Patient Safety Foundation’s Lucian Leape Institute.

MedAllies Universal Direct Network connects with 52,056 providers, 3,561 organizations

FISHKILL, N.Y., Jan. 22, 2015-- MedAllies' Universal Direct Network is now live with 3,561 health care organizations, reaching 52,056 individual providers as of January 16.

The consequences of physician burnout

Physicians are constantly told to multitask for the sake of improved healthcare delivery, and it’s often the patients who end up feeling secondary in the process, according to an editorial in Huffington Post.

100 top health apps, according to physicians

What health apps are the best? HealthTap surveyed more than 65,000 physicians within its network and 500,000 within its referral network on what they felt are the top 100 health apps on the market.

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ONC creates chief health information officer role

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has created a new position of chief health information officer which will be filled by Michael James McCoy, MD.

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NextGen, GE earn PMS accreditation from EHNAC

GE Healthcare and NextGen Healthcare are the first two organizations to achieve accreditation under the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission's Practice Management System Accreditation Program.

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.