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.
Screening breast MRI improved the cancer detection rate among women with a history of lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS), according to a study published online Sept. 7 in Radiology.
How and when should the FDA regulate mobile medical apps that act as accessories to medical devices? When should it not regulate them at all? Those questions were taken up in a midday panel discussion on day one of FDAs Sept. 12 and 13 workshop on its draft guidance for mobile medical device applications.
The Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) has sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) outlining their recommendations on the interim final rule (IFR), HIPAA Administrative Simplification: Adoption of Operating Rules for Eligibility for a Health Plan and Healthcare Claim Status Transactions.
After nearly two decades of trial and error, researchers leveraged arterial spin labeling (ASL) perfusion MRI and physostigmine challenge to demonstrate persistent and worsening chronic hippocampal dysfunction in the brains of veterans with Gulf War syndromes, according to a study published online Sept. 13 in Radiology.
Through the use of InterQual Criteria, a clinical decision support tool from McKesson, Banner Health of Phoenix and Morehead Memorial Hospital of Eden, N.C., are creating a common clinical language for payors and providers, and are increasing their collaboration.
AT&T has appointed Geeta Nayyar, MD, MBA, as its first CMIO, where she will guide AT&Ts ForHealth strategy for evidence-based medicine, outcomes, disease management and wellness.
