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.

CHIME, ONC offer StateNet for RECs

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) have issued a joint letter to regional extension center (REC) project officers across the nation seeking their collaboration in achieving an electronically enabled healthcare system.

InSite One software attains Dell certification

InSite Ones InDex software has been certified by Dell on its DX Object Storage Platform that brings together InSites InDex enterprise archiving services and Dells peer-scaling architecture for data and storage management.

RPS Imaging to distribute NovaRad products to Midwest

Healthcare IT provider NovaRad has named radiology sales and service provider RPS Imaging as its newest distributor of RIS, PACS, cardiology, mammography and orthopedic offerings.

Report: Hospitals improve care for heart attack, surgery and more

Accredited hospitals in the U.S. are providing higher quality evidence-based care for heart attack, pneumonia, surgical care and childrens asthma care, according to Improving Americas Hospitals: The Joint Commissions Report on Quality and Safety 2010. The report presents scientific evidence of improvement and how it relates to these common medical conditions and procedures.

NCSU researchers thwart malware in cloud systems

Researchers from North Carolina State University (NCSU) have developed HyperSentry, software that enhances security for cloud-computing systems used in healthcare and elsewhere. HyperSentry is adept at detecting viruses or other malware in the "hypervisors" that are critical to cloud computing, and does so without alerting the malware that it is being examined, according to NCSU.

Medipattern granted U.S. patent for CAD platform

Medical software company Medipattern has received a U.S. patent for its "system and method of computer-aided detection (CAD) technology, which is embedded in its software line, the Cadenza Platform.

AJR: MRI may be safe for assessing great vessel stents

Some MRI sequences may provide a less invasive, safer and sufficiently accurate alternative to angiogram and CT for assessing great vessel stents, according to a study in the October issue of American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR). The study also cautioned against the more standard black-blood MRI technique, which performed poorly in assessing great vessel stenosis in stents.

Carestream introduces cesium iodide DR detector

Healthcare IT provider Carestream Health has released its latest wireless DR detector, the cesium iodide Carestream DRX-1C detector.

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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.”