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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'Allscripsys' a one-off deal or a harbinger of more?

The story is familiar: Hot market has lots of competition and no single dominant company. Strong companies emerge, then merge. The market consolidates, matures and either adapts to changes or falls victim to innovation. Its happened in every major industry, and now its happening in the EMR arena.

HIMSS promotes Hoyt executive VP

John P. Hoyt, FACHE, has been promoted to executive vice president of organizational services at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), effective June 14. In this role, Hoyt will also serve as the executive head for HIMSS Analytics, according to the Chicago-based organization.

Etiam releases clinical capture tool

Healthcare interoperability technologies provider Etiam has introduced Clinical Capture Suite, its offering for integrating multimedia to the enterprise archive.

HIMSS: Dont fear the auditor

When it comes to HIPAA compliance, even if youre not where you want to be, thats no reason to panic, said Christopher Paidhrin, security and compliance officer at Southwest Washington Medical Center in Vancouver, Wash., during a session at the HIMSS virtual conference and expo on June 9.

Allscripts, Eclipsys to merge for $1.3B

Allscripts, a provider of clinical software, information and connectivity technologies for physicians, and Eclipsys, a provider of systems and services for hospitals and clinicians, have signed a definitive agreement to merge in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $1.3 billion.

Advocacy groups urge expansion of privacy bill draft

In response to a discussion draft of a new privacy bill currently under consideration by the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, 10 privacy and consumer organizations this week called for much stronger provisions to protect consumer privacy, including personal health information, both online and off.

Philips releases first mobile 3T MRI

Royal Philips Electronics has introduced the Achieva 3T TX Mobile MRI, the first mobile 3T MRI system implemented with MultiTransmit technology.

SIIM: GE previews Centricity Dashboard

MINNEAPOLIS--GE Healthcare offered a sneak peek at its Centricity Dashboard as a work in progress in advance of a release slated for late 2010, during the Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) annual conference this week

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