Precision Medicine

The Kansas City hospital has developed a process for performing whole-genome sequencing tests in the clinical setting. The next step is to use the data in clinical validation testing, says the director of its Genomic Medicine Center.

Its hypertension-focused centre with Shimadzu has reduced the turnaround time of testing for primary aldosteronism, which was previously done overseas.

Also, South Korea takes a further step to enable health data interoperability.

Home hospitalisation, tech-enabled preventive care, and genomic data-driven personalised care are some of the emerging trends in care in the Asia-Pacific region.

Dr Tamara Sunbul of Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare talked about the promising application of gene editing in healthcare but also cautions on uncertainties.

Digital twin technology has been enabling organisations' shift to precision and preventive medicine.

They aim to use digital twins to detect and prevent mental disorders.

As it works to safeguard existing cybersecurity protocols from easy decryption by a future quantum computer, the agency is requesting feedback on standards for three algorithms designed to withstand quantum-powered cyberattacks.

The cloud has been pivotal in improving health system efficiency and speeding up innovation over recent years, but its benefits remain enigmatic to those outside of the tech sphere. A new report aims to shed light on this revolutionary technology.

Dr. Adrienne Boissy, Qualtrics' chief medical officer and staff neurologist at the Cleveland Clinic, explains that, because consumers are making value-based decisions and care about privacy, they should be codesigning healthcare AI.