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.
More research is needed but the EHR will likely be a foundational element of the medical home, according to an article in the April edition of HealthAffairs.
While Royal Philips Electronics recorded a net income of 200 million ($270.8 million U.S.) for the 2010 first quarter compared with a net loss of 59 million ($79.5 million U.S.) in the 2009 first quarter, Philips Healthcare also saw a 20 percent growth in equipment order intake.
Spacelabs Healthcare has released Ultraview DM3, which provides caregivers with a dual-mode technology for measuring vital signs (SpO2, pulse rate, non-invasive blood pressure, respiration and temperature) on adult and pediatric patients.
Congress passed the Continuing Extension Act of 2010 earlier this week. As widely reported, the bill extends unemployment insurance and postpones the 21 percent cut in physician reimbursement under Medicare until June 1. Another section of the bill has received less coverage, but is just as significant for a multitude of practitionersthe EHR Clarification language for qualification for clinic-based physicians.
Americans who have access to their health information through personal health records (PHRs) report that they know more about their health, ask more questions and take better care of themselves than when their medical information was less accessible to them in paper records, according to a survey from the California HealthCare Foundation (CHCF).
Verizon Wireless, BL Healthcare and a number of customers and third-party providers will jointly trial products for the delivery of remote healthcare applications and services to patients.
Revenues from remote patient monitoring using mobile networks will rise to almost $1.9 billion globally by 2014, with heart-based monitoring in the U.S. accounting for the bulk of early mobile monitoring roll-outs, according to market research firm Juniper Research.
