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.

The AMDIS Connection | Is it Meaningful Yet?

Twelve-year-old James sits in his bedroom in Ann Arbor, Mich., on a cool spring day in 1924. He has been feeling a little under the weather over the last two days and his mother is worried he might be coming down with a cold. However, rather than having to bring him to the doctors office, today the familys new Radio Doctor will see the boy in his own bed, in his own home under the watchful eye of his loving mother, teasing brother and at the direction of his caring Dr. McMorris at the local University.

Texas hospital deploys Philips MRI system

Cuero Community Hospital in Cuero, Texas, is now utilizing Philips Healthcare's Panorama high-field open-scanner MRI system.

HL7 publishes requirements for EHR clinical research

Health Level Seven (HL7) has published an American National Standards Institute-approved document that specifies the functional requirements for regulated clinical research in an EHR.

House delivers healthcare reform victory in late-night session

Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives managed to squeak out a healthcare reform victory (220-215) late Saturday evening, after ratifying the Stupak-Pitts Amendment that will prohibit abortion funding for both the public option and affordability credits.

Texas center deploys Siemens 3T MRI

Memorial Hermann Imaging Center in Houston has implemented the Magnetom Verio Open Bore 3T MRI from Siemens Healthcare.

MR technique delivers superior pelvic visualization

Time-resolved MR angiography (TR-MRA) is a useful sequence for the assessment of ovarian vein reflux, which may aid the evaluation of pelvic congestion syndrome, according to research published this month in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

Task force recommends new brachytherapy guidelines

A task force commissioned by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) has recommended that radiation dose delivered to the prostate and nearby organs in brachytherapy procedures should be carefully analyzed using post-implant CT or MRI and uniformly documented in each patient.

Siemens scores U.K. MRI install

A vacant ambulance bay at St. Margarets Hospital in Essex, England, is the site of a newly developed MRI suite that is housing a Siemens Healthcare Magnetom Essenza MRI system.

Around the web

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.”

FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, said the clinical community needs to combat health misinformation at a grassroots level. He warned that patients are immersed in a "sea of misinformation without a compass."

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