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.
Valley Radiology Imaging, a subsidiary of Los Angeles-based outpatient imaging service RadNet, has selected Hitachi Medical Systems America for its high-field open MRI.
Voalt, a developer of point-of-care communications software for smart phone devices, has added five new team members, doubling the size of its staff since the beginning of the year.
Medtronic has introduced the CareLink Network for Heart Failure, an extension of its remote implantable cardiac device monitoring system, which will be available this fall for heart failure clinicians.
Cleveland Clinic has received a $10 million gift to launch an executive education program that will provide opportunities for emerging leaders from various fields to learn from experienced peers.
Radiology services provider Medical Imaging Northwest has been selected by Edmonds Family Medicine Clinic, a member of Puget Sound Family Physicians, based in Edmonds, Wash., for its interpretation services.
The Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has issued $16.8 million in grants to support 27 Public Health Training Centers at schools of public health and other public or nonprofit institutions across the U.S.
Healthcare IT provider Aspyra has been selected by Stafford, Ariz.-based Mt. Graham Regional Medical Center for its laboratory information system, CyberLAB 7.2.
Functional connectivity MRI can reliably document changes in human functional brain maturity across development, and potentially highlight psychiatric and developmental disorders, according to a study published online Sept. 10 in Science.
