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.
Northwest Medical Center has deployed the latest advanced digital monitoring technology to deliver enhanced safety, care and peace-of-mind to patients for surgical patients. The wireless, wrist-worn device, named the ViSii® Mobile System, continuously tracks patient vital sign data and transmits the information to clinicians on-site or remotely.
Use of wearables and mobile health apps has been growing but a new survey indicates users do not feel that their data are sufficiently secured by manufacturers.
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is doing its part to create an interoperable learning health system by awarding 20 entities $38 million for three grant programs.
The Bipartisan Policy Center is pushing Congress to take all sorts of policy actions to speed new drugs and medical devices to patients who need them sooner rather than later.
BOSTON—People think it can’t be true, but software has been regulated for decades, said Bradley Merrill Thompson, JD, attorney with Epstein, Becker & Green, during a session on regulatory decisions at mHealth + Telehealth 2015.
BOSTON—The new vernacular is healthcare can be challenging even though it’s really just a case of “providers using technology to take care of patients,” said Alan Roga, MD, founder and CEO of StatDoctors, speaking at mHealth + Telehealth World 2015.
A Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing focused on health information blocking included testimony from Allscripts, the American College of Cardiology and more.
This week was mHealth + Telehealth 2015 World and the presentations certainly indicated that these newer technologies are making a big mark on healthcare.
