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 American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) has adopted recommendations for new practices targeting the reduction or elimination of tensions that mar relationships between health IT vendors and their customers, specifically with regard to indemnity and error management of health IT systems.
A trial in Kenya has shown that text messages can help patients adhere to their treatment, and improved absolute adherence rates by 12 percent and viral load suppression by 9 percent.
Self-employed urologists are nearly twice as likely as their employed colleagues to order imaging, according to an analysis published in the December issue of the Journal of Urology.
The Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement, a nonprofit organization consisting of 60 medical groups and six sponsoring health plans across Minnesota and Wisconsin, has chosen Nuance Communications for its e-Ordering technology, RadPort.
Implementation of a computer-automated safety surveillance system of a clinical outcomes registry for cardiovascular devices in Massachusetts resulted in the identification of a drug-eluting stent (DES) that had significantly higher rates of major adverse cardiac events than similar stents, according to a study in the Nov. 10 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Multidetector CT (MDCT) is feasible as a first-line exam for the etiologic workup of patients with ischemic stroke, enabling rapid workup of patients with greater than 80 percent accuracy in determining the cause of stroke, according to a study published in the November edition of Radiology.
The European Union has granted Edwards Lifesciences a CE mark for its VolumeView sensor-catheter set, a device that monitors a patients hemodynamics, and its EV1000 clinical monitoring platform that displays a patient's physiological status.
Medical management software developer TCS Healthcare Technologies has selected Connectria Hosting, a provider of cloud and managed hosting services, to expand TCS customers' options for accessing its care management software applications.
Compensation for heart specialists continues to climb. What does this say about cardiology as a whole? Could private equity's rising influence bring about change? We spoke to MedAxiom CEO Jerry Blackwell, MD, MBA, a veteran cardiologist himself, to learn more.
The American College of Cardiology has shared its perspective on new CMS payment policies, highlighting revenue concerns while providing key details for cardiologists and other cardiology professionals.
As debate simmers over how best to regulate AI, experts continue to offer guidance on where to start, how to proceed and what to emphasize. A new resource models its recommendations on what its authors call the “SETO Loop.”
