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.

Vanderbilt opens Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research

Nashville-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) announced the launch of its Center for Clinical Quality and Implementation Research, which will investigate clinical quality improvement strategies that address prevention, diagnostics and therapeutics in clinical care as well as the organization of a care delivery system.

Michigan ACO grows, now covering 120K Medicare beneficiaries

With almost 3,000 Michigan doctors joining the Physician Organization of Michigan ACO, the organization now includes 5,700 providers from 12 physician groups based in 22 counties.

New app aims to simplify colorimetric tests

Developers of a new app that can turn any smartphone into a portable medical diagnostic device say the tool could help fight disease in the developing world.

Report: U.S. patient monitoring market to exceed $5.1B by 2020

The U.S. patient monitoring market—valued at more than $3.5 billion in 2013—will exceed $5.1 billion by 2020, according to a report from iData Research, a global medical device marketing firm.

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CareMore, Emory to tackle reducing costs and improving outcomes in Georgia seniors

WellPoint Inc.’s Cerritos, Calif.-based subsidiary CareMore and Atlanta-based Emory Healthcare say they will team up to expand CareMore’s model of care management for Medicare Advantage patients in Georgia.

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Hospital groups launch website to improve perception of consolidation

The American Hospital Association and the Federation of American Hospitals have joined forces on changinglandscape.org, a new website that aims to explain how realignment and consolidation of hospital systems can help communities and patients.

NewYork Presbyterian hackathon advances patient engagement technology

PresbyHangouts is the application that won New York's first hospital-focused hackathon.

Senators seek further clarification on mobile apps

A bipartisan group of senators seek further clarity and transparency from the FDA regarding its mobile medical apps policy.

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.