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.
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NEJM: In case of emergency, tweet

Engaging with and using emerging social media may place the emergency management community, including medical and public health professionals, in a better position to respond to disasters, according to a perspective published July 27 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Canada hospital selects Omnicell med management system

Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) in Barrie, Ontario, has selected Omnicells G4 platform for medication management throughout the 299-bed community hospital.

Report: Global imaging market to hit $26.6B by 2016

The global diagnostic imaging market is expected to grow from $20.7 billion in 2010 to $26.6 billion by 2016, at an estimated compound annual growth rate of 4.2 percent from 2011 to 2016, according to "Global Diagnostic Imaging (CT, MRI, X-Ray & Ultrasound) MarketCompetitive Landscape & Forecasts from 2010 to 2016," a report published by MarketsandMarkets.

Health Net Federal scores N.M. VA contract

The New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System has tapped Health Net Federal Services to provide primary and preventive health services to an estimated 1,000 veterans in a newly established VA contract community-based outpatient clinic in Taos, N.M.

NEJM: Proposed human subject research regs may need revising

An HHS Advanced Notice for Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) suggests changes to the human subjects research regulations for studies posing minimal risk, as well as revisions to the exempt category and enhanced protections for research participants, noted the authors of a New England Journal of Medicine article published online July 25.

Toshiba to demo cardiac imaging systems at PICS-AICS

The Pediatric and Adult Interventional Cardiac Symposium (PICS-AICS) in Boston will showcase Toshiba America Medical Systems x-ray and ultrasound systems during three live interventional cases.

HHS revising human research regulations, seeks public comment

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is contemplating various ways of enhancing the regulations overseeing research on human subjects and is seeking public comment on improving rules to protect human research subjects.

JAMA: Data mining can detect unexpected drug interactions

Up to one million patients in the U.S. may be taking two medications that can lead to unexpected increases in blood glucose level when used simultaneously, wrote Tracy Hampton, PhD, in the July 13 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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