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.

Online platform improved mental health in mood, anxiety disorder patients

Accessing an online cognitive behavioral therapy (CCBT) program could improve the quality of life of patients with mood and anxiety disorders, according to a study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

November 8, 2017

Wireless spectrometer sends real-time images to smartphones

Researchers have developed a wireless handheld spectrometer that is compatible with smartphones to provide users with spectral images of patients in real-time. Researchers examined how it can be used as a point-of-care medical diagnosis tool in Biomedical Optics Express.

November 8, 2017

Lupus patients endorse assessment tool as valuable to clinical care

Researchers at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have found patients with lupus endorse the Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) as relevant and useful in improving clinical care.

November 6, 2017

Mobile medical consultations reduce costs for arthritis patients

Researchers from China have developed an online consultation tool accessed through a mobile app that could improve patient-provider relationships, improve self-care for chronic disease patients and lower costs for rheumatic disease patients, according to findings presented at the 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting in San Diego.

November 6, 2017

CDC releases app for parents to track child development

Tracking a child’s development is important in ensuring one meets age-related milestones. To make this easier for parents, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed a millstone app for parents.

November 2, 2017

One Drop, Fitbit partner for diabetes management data insights

One Drop, a digital diabetes self-management platform, will partner with Fitbit to provide data-driven care management tools to those living with diabetes.

November 2, 2017

Harvard researchers develop predictive model for cirrhosis outcomes

Researchers from Harvard have developed a predictive model, called MELD-Plus, capable of identifying patients at high-risk for developing negative outcomes following a hospital admission for cirrhosis. Findings were published in PLOS One.

November 1, 2017

Machine learning can predict individuals at risk of suicide

Analyzing brain patterns with machine learning could predict people at risk of suicide, according to a study published in Nature Human Behavior.

October 31, 2017

Around the web

U.S. health systems are increasingly leveraging digital health to conduct their operations, but how health systems are using digital health in their strategies can vary widely.

When human counselors are unavailable to provide work-based wellness coaching, robots can substitute—as long as the workers are comfortable with emerging technologies and the machines aren’t overly humanlike.

A vendor that supplies EHR software to public health agencies is partnering with a health-tech startup in the cloud-communications space to equip state and local governments for managing their response to the COVID-19 crisis.

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