Clinical

Precision medicine is promising, but integrating genomics with EHRs and workflow poses challenges. The technology for testing is the easy part. Putting the results into a usable format for clinicians can be more problematic, says Inova's John Deeken, MD.   

Scripps and Walgreens joined forces to conduct the research. Scripps director Eric Topol said it enables them to better understand how mobile devices and apps can help improve behavior and outcomes. 

The hospital’s Vascular Institute is among the first in the country to employ the treatment, listed by the Cleveland Clinic as one of the top medical innovations in 2017.

U.S. regulators recently approved two new colonoscopes designed to be used just once and thrown away, but some doctors remain skeptical the new scopes will give them detailed enough images.

Cerner’s CareAware Event Management software makes it possible to route alerts from Hospira medical devices to clinicians’ mobile phones.

New HHS report shows hospital-acquired conditions dropped 21 percent, while adverse events were reduced by 3 million over five years.

The results of a nationwide survey of patients with complex medical needs released by The Commonwealth Fund, shows that the healthcare system is failing them.

The San Francisco company's focus is a smartglass-powered remote scribe tool to assist physicians with charting and documentation.

The providers will create a new facility to employ interventions tailored to the specific patient population, along with an initiative to reduce obesity.

And the supercomputer proved faster at analyzing data to derive specific courses of treatment.