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.

Amerinet selects 4medica as connectivity supplier

Healthcare group purchasing organization Amerinet has selected  4medica as a healthcare IT connectivity supplier to the organization's 2,729 hospital members.

Study: PET with PiB can image amyloid deposits in Down syndrome

Dynamic 11C-PiB PET can be used to measure cerebral beta-amyloid deposition in Down syndrome, according to a study published online March 14 in the Archives of Neurology.

AMA enters app fray

The American Medical Association (AMA) has introduced a mobile application to assist physicians as they search for Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) billing codes.

FDA clears Abbott's wireless point-of-care test

Abbott has received clearance from the FDA to begin marketing i-STAT 1 Wireless, a wireless version of the company's point-of-care testing system.

AIM: PHR utilization splits along digital divide

A digital divide appears to exist among primary care patients adopting an online personal health record (PHR), according to The Digital Divide in Adoption and Use of a PHR, a report in the March 28 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.

Florida hospital appoints its first CMIO

Eduardo Locatelli, MD, has been appointed CMIO of Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Cleveland Clinic, Elsevier collaborate

Cleveland Clinic has signed a strategic partnership with Elsevier to provide physician-author support of content for First Consult, an evidence-based clinical decision support tool.

GE unveils clinical research management tool

GE Healthcare has released Centricity Research, a new clinical research management tool.

Around the web

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.