Precision Medicine

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.
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MA enrollment to expand, premiums to drop in 2019

Medicare Advantage premiums will decline in 2019, according to CMS, while benefits, plan choices and enrollment are expected to rise.

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Socioeconomic data contributes little to population risk assessment, study finds

Census tract-level socioeconomic data, while invariably linked to health outcomes, contributes little to risk prediction models beyond what’s already available through electronic health records (EHRs), Duke researchers report in JAMA Network Open this month.

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Boston Children's Hospital, MedStar Health earn ONC interoperability award

The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology has awarded nearly $2 million to the Boston Children’s Hospital and MedStar Health Research Institute to help advance interoperability in healthcare.

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Survey: 44% of US adults would trust AI for cancer diagnosis, treatment recommendation

More than 40 percent of Americans would trust artificial intelligence (AI) for a cancer diagnosis, according to a nationwide survey.

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New smartphone app, project aims to learn more about dementia

The Alzheimer’s Society and University of Oxford’s Big Data Institute in Oxford, England, are encouraging people in the United Kingdom to download a new smartphone application so researchers can learn more about dementia.

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NITRD requests information on AI research, development plan

The Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) program is seeking information on the National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research and Development Strategic Plan.

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Survey: Most people, millennials share healthcare experiences online

A majority of people share their healthcare experiences online, according to the latest survey released by the Binary Fountain.

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Univ. of Houston researchers design smartphone system that can detect lead in tap water

University of Houston researchers have created a smartphone system that can detect dangerous levels of lead in tap water.