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 Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA), which slashed Medicare reimbursement for diagnostic imaging, has resulted in layoffs and postponed plans for equipment acquisition, according to survey results in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) will hold a series of two Town Call Web conferences on June 16 and 17 to gather stakeholder input on new paths to certification of EHR technologies.
Scientists at the Massachusetts Instutitue of Technology and other institutions have been experimenting with low-frequency, low-intensity ultrasound to provide a non-invasive alternative to techniques such as deep-brain stimulation and vagus nerve stimulation, used to treat a growing number of neurological disorders.
Amicas, a developer of image and information management solutions, showcased its Amicas Enterprise Content Manager, a vendor-neutral archive solution, at the 2009 Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) meeting in Charlotte, N.C.
A simple test involving breathing oxygen while undergoing an MRI might help oncologists determine the best treatment for some cancer patients, according to research that appeared online June 3 and is scheduled for publication in a future edition of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.
The FDA is developing a plan to modernize its IT systems and infrastructure in response to a report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), which revealed that the agency does not have such architecture in place to support its modernization efforts.
