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.
Cynthia Rudin, PhD, is a highly regarded computer scientist who’s been eyeing the advance of artificial intelligence into society with equal parts enthusiasm and concern.
By now it’s a difficult-to-dispute likelihood: AI won’t replace doctors making diagnoses, but doctors who use AI will displace doctors who don’t use AI. The hypothesis gets a fresh airing out from the vantage point of the general public.
What started as a relatively quiet week in health IT got a jolt with IBM's announcement that it plans on acquiring Merge Healthcare. That wasn't the only interesting development this week. Here are the six most significant
The Food and Drug Administration's Office of Health Informatics has contracted with DNAnexus to create open source cloud-based software for sharing genomic information as part of the Obama administration's precision medicine initiative.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an alert to users of a computerized infusion pump that communicates with hospital information systems via a wired or wireless connection over facility network infrastructures. The pump has serious cybersecurity vulnerabilities that could put patient safety at risk.
The global market for telemedicine will be worth more than $34 billion by the end of 2020, according to the predictions made by Mordor Intelligence in a new market research report.
eHealth Initiatives is holding the iTHRIVE Innovation Challenge next week to convene stakeholders on the topic of how health technology can improve the quality, safety and efficiency of healthcare.
Hospitals’ efforts to reduce readmissions within 30 days of discharge aren’t going very well, according to the latest numbers from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
CVS Health and IBM will use predictive analytics and Watson cognitive computing to transform care management services for patients with chronic disease.
