After the Human Genome Project was completed in 2003, early successes in genomic medicine fell short of the initial high expectations. But today, a potent mix of influences—including innovation in biology and technology, market demand and consumerism—is furthering an evolution that crosses industries.
Healthcare providers can now personalize care plans thanks to lower sequencing costs that allow genomic data to be combined with electronic health data. Life sciences companies can develop
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Archives for 2015
HealthSouth to Use TruClinic’s Telemedicine Portal for Discharge Planning
Utah-based TruClinic and HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Utah announced a joint agreement which enables HealthSouth to utilize TruClinic’s telemedicine portal for discharge planning and continued communication via a hub and spoke system, connecting patients with their health care providers. The referring doctors now have real time capability to follow up patients’ progress.
HealthSouth looked to telemedicine alternatives in order to reduce inefficient practices in the referral and
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Merck Opens Telehealth Clinics for Patients in Rural Africa Areas
Merck in partnership with Kenya Ministry of Health, kicked off their first telehealth clinics at both of Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi and Machacos Hospital as a part of their e-health initiative in Africa. Merck e-health is a new initiative of Merck’s 5 year Capacity Advancement Program (CAP).
The CAP has been launched by Merck in 2012 to expand healthcare capacity in the areas of research and development, supply-chain integrity and efficiency, pharmacovigilance, medical education,
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Physician Save Patient’s Life through Medical Crowdsourcing
Would you know what this was if someone coughed this up?
Many other primary care doctors in the country wouldn't either. Dr. Easton Jackson, a Utah-based primary care physician, treated a boy who had a persistent but otherwise non-serious cough…until he coughed up this branch-like mass.
Rather than simply wait for lab results, the doctor snapped a picture and posted it on SERMO to crowdsource insights from colleagues and specialists. He also created a poll listing multiple diagnoses.
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Global Telemedicine Market to Reach $21B by 2020
The global telemedicine market for technologies, including hardware, software & services, stood at US$ 17.8 Billion in 2014, and is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of 18.4% during 2014-2020. The findings from Reportlinker reveals the shortage of physicians in rural and remote areas is fueling the opportunity for telemedicine to spread its reach to millions of patients.
Additionally, telemedicine applications are surging due to the high prevalence of chronic diseases, rising smartphone
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CareFirst BCBS Target of Sophisticated Cyberattack
Health insurer CareFirst BCBS (CareFirst) announced on Wednesday it was the victim of a sophisticated cyberattack that may have collectively exposed 1.1 million current and former CareFirst members and individuals that have registered to use CareFirst’s websites prior to June 20, 2014. CareFirst first detected that cyberattackers gained limited, unauthorized access to a CareFirst database in June 2014 as part of the company’s ongoing Information Technology (IT) security efforts in the wake of
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Fruit Street Health Integrates 175 Apps/Wearables to Telemedicine Platform
Digital wellness and telemedicine platform Fruit Street Health has chosen Validic’s digital health platform to access more than 175 wearable devices and applications into its telehealth software, personal health record and HIPAA compliant video conferencing platform.
Fruit Street, Validic Integration
As part of the integration with Validic, Fruit Street Healtht is able to integrate with more than 175 wearable technologies and apps such as FitBit, Withings, Jawbone UP, iHealth Labs, and Apple
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New App for Allscripts Swiftly Fills Cancelled Appointments
QueueDr, a product that fills cancelled appointments in less than 1 minute with no effort required from staff has been named App of the Month by EHR provider, Allscripts for its innovation in patient engagement and care coordination. As part of the Allscripts Developer Program, QueueDr now offers a certified solution for Allscripts TouchWorks® EHR and Allscripts Practice Management that fills cancelled appointments by itself, with no work from office staff.
“QueueDr is a great time-saving
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Kareo Launches Apple Watch App To Improve Medical Practice Efficiency
Kareo, a cloud-based medical office EHR for independent medical practices is launching an Apple Watch App. The integration of the Apple Watch with Kareo's EHR streamlines care delivery and enhancing the patient experience by improving communications, reducing patient wait times, and increasing practice efficiency. The Apple Watch App was created in response to the growing demands on physicians to increase their focus on all aspects of patient engagement.
“Physicians are on their feet attending
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Allscripts Eliminates 250 Jobs, Rebalances Team
Allscripts has eliminated 250 jobs in the United States representing about 3.5 percent of its global workforce of about 7,200, Chicago Tribune reports. The layoffs stem from the the company expanding its software development and operations to India that will enable it to respond "more efficiently and cost-effectively" to changes in software design and product development.
"As a normal course of business, we are rebalancing our teams to ensure we have the right resources allocated to the right
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