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.
Masimo's MightySat Medical is the first FDA-cleared pulse oximeter available to consumers without a prescription, which could disrupt the market for the notoriously inaccurate at-home devices.
MediView’s technologies utilize AR to provide clinicians with 3D “X-ray vision” guidance during minimally invasive procedures and surgeries, while also offering remote collaboration.
The U.K. House of Commons issued a report Oct. 12 detailing multiple concerns with National Health Services (NHS) oversight of MRI, CT and linear accelerator purchasing and operations.
NantWorks, a newly formed healthcare, educational, scientific and communications technology company led by Patrick Soon-Shiong, MD, has acquired Ziosoft.
Two recently available MR imaging techniques, diffusion-tensor imaging and double inversion recovery imaging, can be combined to analyze the structural changes occurring in cortical lesions and normal-appearing gray matter in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study published online Oct. 26 in Radiology.
Toshiba America Medical Systems has unveiled a high-density 16-channel flexible coil system. The work-in-progress is an enhancement to its Vantage Titan MR systems.
The rate of medication nonadherence remains high24 percenthowever, e-prescribing may eventually help to decrease this rate, according to a study published in the November issue of the American Journal of Medicine.
Despite the benefits associated with the use of EHRs, barriers to adoption still exist, mainly due to the changes in processes required by the caregivers. However, as EHR implementation becomes more commonplacedriven largely by the efficiency gains and financial incentives associated with meaningful usethe role of the CMIO changes from ensuring that the system meets the physicians needs to a focus on system optimization.
HHS has thought through the ways AI can and should become an integral part of healthcare, human services and public health. Last Friday—possibly just days ahead of seating a new secretary—the agency released a detailed plan for getting there from here.
Philips is recalling the software associated with its Mobile Cardiac Outpatient Telemetry devices after certain high-risk ECG events were never routed to trained cardiology technicians as intended. The issue, which lasted for two years, has been linked to more than 100 injuries.
Heart Rhythm Society President Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD, detailed a new advocacy group focused on improving EP reimbursements, patient care and access. “If you’re not at the table, you’re on the menu," he said.
