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.
Swift, effective care and smart economics rest on getting patients through the emergency room as soon as possible. IT that delivers patient flow data plays a major role in maximizing efficiencies within the emergency department (ED).
A familiar saying has been applied to accountable care organizations. Theyre like unicorns: Everybody knows exactly what [ACOs] look like, but no one has ever seen one, says Barry Bershow, MD, of Bershow Consulting, in Chanhassen, Minn.
Standardizing information exchange among medical devices may seem like an impossible challenge, but Charles Parker, executive director of Continua Health Alliance, said his organization wants to get the industry to move in the same direction. Parker described the need for device standards and some progress during a National eHealth Collaborative Webinar on May 20.
Telemonitoring can benefit certain patients with congestive heart failure, according to two trials presented at the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiologys Heart Failure Congress 2011, in Gothenburg, Sweden.
The future of healthcare, as envisioned by the Beacon Community program, accountable care organizational models and telemedicine initiatives, among others, depends on multiple access points for data as well as care teams.
Health Language International (HLI) is teaming with Dossia, a nonprofit health management system provider, to improve the user experience and utility of the Dossia personal health record for employees, retirees and their dependents.
Entrada, a clinical documentation and data exchange developer, has updated its EHR platform to assist physicians document and share patient encounter data.
