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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Report: Mobile data service market to reach $27B by 2014

The latest quarterly update to research firm ABI Researchs enterprise mobility regional market data sets shows that healthcare, retail and manufacturing will command more than 36 percent of all mobile business customer data revenues worldwide over the next five years.

JACR: Advanced EMR search tools could improve radiology services

Automated retrieval of topic-specific and event-specific data according to schedule and care unit census can improve the efficiency of services delivered in radiology and may potentially improve the quality and safety of those services, according to an article in this month's Journal of the American College of Radiology.

Benefitfocus acquires Benefit Informatics

Healthcare benefits software company Benefitfocus has acquired healthcare and benefits information management company Benefit Informatics for an undisclosed amount to bring claims data analytics, data warehousing, trending, forecasting and financial analysis to its platform.

Indiana extension center selects iSalus

Indiana Health IT Extension Center (I-HITEC), as a collaborative statewide initiative led by Purdue University in Indianapolis, has selected health IT company iSalus as an EMR preferred software partner to serve Indianas healthcare community as part of the federal stimulus program to implement EMR software systems.

CDW: 48% of IT decision makers anticipate increased IT budgets

Forty-eight percent of IT decision makers in the private and public sectors anticipate increased IT budgets in the next six months, up 10 percentage points from this time last year, according to new research from health IT company CDW.

NextGate updates MatchMetrix, releases three data mgmt suites

NextGate has released MatchMetrix 7, a master data management (MDM) platform used to build industry-specific indexes, and three MDM suites for healthcare organizations that are built on the MatchMetrix 7 MDM platform.

Orion Healthcare scoops up Aspyra

Orion Healthcare Ventures has completed the transaction to acquire the assets of Aspyra for an undisclosed sum.

Merge gets knocked into red due to Amicas purchase in Q2

Merge Healthcare has reported a drop to net losses for its financial results in the second quarter of 2010, mainly due to $5.9 million in costs from its acquisition of Amicas. Despite the losses, the  company posted high double-digit sales increase in the 2010 second quarter, which ended June 30.

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