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.

Cherokee Nation receives first Medicaid EHR payments

Gregory Woitte, PhD, of Cherokee Nation Health Services, has received $21,250 in federal funds to help offset the costs of adopting an EHR system as part of the Oklahoma State Medicaid EHR incentive program. Cherokee Nation Health Services is the first Tribal Health Program in the nation to receive incentive payments, according to the Oklahoma Health Care Authority (OHCA).

DrChrono offering M*Modal tech on iPad app

Speech recognition software developer M*Modal has announced that DrChrono, publisher of point-of-care and practice management software, is offering the companys speech recognition technology as part of DrChronos iPad EHR app.

EHRs: Where do we go from here?

Compliance with meaningful use measures wont necessarily maximize hospitals quality improvement efforts, according to an article in the July issue of The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. As ONC officials and others have said before, meaningful use is intended to be the floor, not the ceiling, in terms of health IT adoption and use. But should we be asking EHRs (and vendors) to do more than the basics?

Telemedicine: Know why you're doing it

When it comes to creating a strong telepresence, Michael Young, director of telemedicine at the University of North Carolinas Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, has some advice: Thoroughly understand why youre doing it, and know what problems youre trying to solve. Young offered this advice during a July 20 webinar sponsored by Cisco.

Small Hospitals, Big IT Ideas

CMIO spotlights small hospitals and healthcare practices using health IT to the maxvia effective device-to-HIS interfacing, adoption of an EHR with clinical decision support and tele-ICU to deliver better care, improve efficiency and reduce costs.

Master Patient Index: If You Build It, Will the Data Come?

A master patient index (MPI) can ensure that patients clinical data stay with them, providing a longitudinal view of their health. The question is: If you build an MPI, will the right data arrive in the right place?

Pilot study on pancreatic cancer detection begins enrollment

The first patient has been enrolled in a pilot study to evaluate the ability of RG1068 to improve detection and characterization of pancreatic cancer in combination with contrast-enhanced MRI and CT.

ACOG recommends annual mammos starting at age 40

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has shifted course and issued new breast cancer screening guidelines that recommend mammography screening be offered annually to women beginning at age 40, citing the high incidence of breast cancer in the U.S. and the potential to reduce deaths from it when caught early.

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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.