What You Should Know:
- MISTR, a telemedicine provider for sexual health, is partnering with select Walmart locations in Georgia to offer free at-home STI test kits. This initiative aims to increase access to convenient and confidential testing, particularly in areas with high HIV transmission rates.
- MISTR goes beyond STI testing, offering telemedicine consultations for PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) and long-term HIV care. Their focus on accessibility and education aims to
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Transparency Launches to Tackle Counterfeit Prescription Crisis with Substance Test Kits
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- Transparency, a harm reduction organization providing at-home drug testing kits for any substance, today announced its official launch and formation as the parent organization of the Bunk Police.
- Celebrated for its strong impact in the harm reduction space, the Bunk Police provides critical education and drug
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Wexner Medical Center Launches Largest Precision Health Initiative in Ohio
What You Should Know:
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Helix, the leading precision health organization in the nation, are launching the largest precision health initiative in Ohio, aimed at driving better health outcomes and more personalized care for all individuals in the state.
- The program, named Ohio State Genomic Health, will enroll 100,000 participants over four years and will provide important information about potential risks for health conditions by
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PCR is the Gold Standard of Testing. How Can It Be Improved?
Most of us have been tested for COVID-19 over the past few years. If that’s true of you, you know the routine: you go to a testing site, give your sample, a medical professional sends it to a laboratory, and you receive your results in a day or two. If this sounds familiar, you’ve benefited from PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) testing.
PCR is well known for its accuracy. It has limitations, however: it’s costly, time-consuming, and requires samples to be sent to central laboratories.
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Texas A&M Health and Burst IQ Partner to Optimize Clinical Genomics Research
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-Texas A&M Health and BurstIQ, a leader in advanced data management, today announced a partnership to leverage LifeGraph®, a graph-powered, end-to-end data management platform, to transform clinical research.
-This collaboration aims to enhance patient and researcher interactions while ensuring the highest standards of patient privacy and data rights.
Texas A&M Health: Advancing Healthcare through Innovation and Research
Texas A&M Health is a
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Olympics 2024 Anti-Doping: Why Innovation in Testing Is Key
As we approach the 2024 Summer Olympics, ensuring a clean game is a major priority for the International Olympic Committee. More than 1,000 people will be involved in various anti-doping testing stages, including chaperones, sample collection personnel, and dedicated anti-doping control spaces at each competition venue. The goal is to maintain fair competition so we can all trust that those Olympians who earn their podium moment did so without any artificial enhancement. Unfortunately, the
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Genomics plc Expands Drug Discovery Collaboration with Vertex
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-Genomics plc (Genomics), a healthcare company transforming health through the power of genomics today announced a three-year extension of the company’s collaboration with Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Vertex) (Nasdaq: VRTX) to use human genetics and machine learning to improve the discovery and development of new precision medicines.
-The partnership, which began in 2018, was previously extended in 2021. The collaboration will now run until 2026.
Vertex and
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Bluesight Diversion Trends Report Reveals $38M Lost to Drug Waste
What You Should Know:
- Bluesight, a provider of medication intelligence solutions, released its 2024 Diversion Trends Report, offering valuable insights for healthcare providers to improve controlled substance monitoring and patient safety.
- The report demonstrates progress in healthcare's fight against controlled substance diversion. However, the data also highlights areas for continued improvement, particularly in waste management and medication documentation.
The report
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Cognizant and Yseop Partner to Deliver GenAI Medical Writing for Life Sciences
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- Cognizant and Yseop, a leading AI software company, have joined forces to accelerate and streamline scientific content creation in the biopharmaceutical industry.
- The strategic partnership leverages Yseop Copilot, a generative AI tool, to transform medical writing, enhance productivity, and expedite the delivery of life-saving treatments.
Challenges of Traditional Medical Writing
The current process for creating scientific content is a
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Uncapping Capacity: Solving for Technology Overload in Clinical Trials
The clinical trial landscape has greatly benefited from technological innovations over the past few decades. Innovation has expanded remote monitoring capabilities, patient recruitment tactics and the decentralization of clinical trials. However, one of the greatest hurdles that clinical researchers are currently facing is a deluge of disparate solutions across the clinical trial workflow. For example, surveys reveal that 60% of clinical research sites are using up to, and over, 20 systems on a
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