Precision Medicine

Dragon Medical One voice technology will be integrated with mCODE core data, enabling easier documentation within clinical workflows – and a new partnership with Mayo will explore automation opportunities.

Health and care have been inexorably moving toward a new paradigm – one where the nature of the interactions is more personalised and they require the person to be more active in their pursuit of reducing risks that have an adverse effect upon the development of non-communicable diseases, says Dr Charles Alessi, chief clinical officer at HIMSS.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services also announced it would give $450 million to the biotech company Regeneron to manufacture and supply the company's antibody treatment.  

The Chicago area health system has expanded its DNA-10K precision medicine program by integrating detailed pharmacogenomic information into its EHR workflows.

Precision medicine’s equivalent for people who are not necessarily ill, precision health, is only now starting to be developed. 

The New York-based company claims its platform can be used to more accurately monitor efficacy of immunotherapy.

2bPrecise CMO Joel Diamond, MD, says pharmacogenomics is a good entry point for providers in precision medicine, identifying the right medicine for better outcomes and patient satisfaction.

In this special report, seven experts in personalized medicine – from Accenture, CereCore, Chilmark Research, Deloitte and Orion Health – offer best practices for optimizing technology to help health systems advance innovation.

The organization, looking for ways to treat pathogens, will mine electronic health records of COVID-19 patients and use analytics to expedite research to find optimal treatment approaches.