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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JACR: Collaboration boosts MRI image quality

A best practices education program targeted to technologists, radiologists and physicists produced significant improvements in MRI image quality and protocols, according to a column in the April edition of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Sunquest debuts pathology workflow packages

Sunquest Information Systems has launched CoPathPlus v5.0, a software program developed to support the workflow and reporting needs of anatomic pathology.

KLAS: Ambulatory EMR users not ready for MU

More than two-thirds of ambulatory providers surveyed are not sharing medical records electronically with patients and nearly half have not implemented clinical decision support rulestwo key requirements for meaningful usea KLAS report revealed.

AJR: PEM studies emphasize ease of use

The American Journal of Roentgenology has published two separate studies this month demonstrating the clinical acceptance of Naviscans Positron Emission Mammography (PEM) scanner. The first study concluded that breast radiologists can achieve a high level of diagnostic performance in interpreting PEM images after a two-hour tutorial. The second study established a standard lexicon for the evaluation of PEM images.

Melanoma app wins West Wireless Developers Challenge

Steven Palmer, PhD, took top honors in the West Wireless Health Institute Developers Challenge for his Veterans Melanoma Early Warning System, a wireless application that alerts a user to early signs of the most dangerous form of skin cancer and can send information to a healthcare provider.

UnitedHealth unites health services

UnitedHealth Group will unify its health services businesses under the Optum brand.

Young takes reins at PinnacleHealth

Michael A. Young will assume the duties of president and CEO at PinnacleHealth System in Harrisburg, Pa., in June, replacing Roger Longenderfer, who retired last year.

Dell deploys virtual Meditech desktops

Dell Services has launched a mobile clinical computing automation tool for healthcare organizations that use the Meditech Health Care Information System.

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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.