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.
The first stage of a $22.5 million project to create an EHR system for the province of Manitoba has gone live, providing clinicians with access to their patients' lab results, dispensed drug records and immunization histories.
Last month, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) launched the HL7/IHE Health Story Implementation Guide Consolidation Project, an effort to consolidate required health information exchange (HIE) specifications. The project is a collaboration of Health Level Seven (HL7) International, Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) and the Health Story Project.
Six products from Axway, Cleo Communications, GXS, IBM and Sterling Commerce, an IBM company, have completed AS3-1Q11 automated interoperability testing, and are now certified, according to Drummond Group test lab.
Main Line Health, a nonprofit health system serving greater Philadelphia, is implementing eClinicalWorks EHR tools in its system and making assistance available to affiliated physicians.
Four primary care physician (PCP) organizations, representing more than 350,000 PCPs across the U.S., have released Guidelines for Patient-Centered Medical Home Recognition and Accreditation Programs.
The Massachusetts Health Connector Authority (Health Connector) and Dell Services have extended by two years an agreement through which Dell will deliver a range of enrollment, billing, website and customer experience services to the Health Connector, one of the first health insurance exchanges in the U.S.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is preparing to gauge providers HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10 readiness. According to the March 11 Federal Register, CMS is requesting the Office of Management and Budget's approval "to conduct survey research to monitor the healthcare industrys awareness of, and preparation for, the transition to Version 5010 and ICD-10."
