We're heading into the 2016 elections, after all, where we've got candidates on both sides of the aisle reviling the drug pricing of the pharmaceutical industry. The Precision Medicine Initiative could help convince the public that the biopharmaceutical industry isn't completely stuffed with bad guys.
IBM and the New York Genome Center announced work on a new HIPAA compliant data repository. It will include the entire genome, exome and phenotypic data, which sets it apart from what currently exists in data collection of this kind.
The progress in artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping patient care, across various dimensions, from facilitating faster discharge to curating treatment plans and suggesting lifestyle changes.
Inova will be among about 40 private-sector organizations from around the U.S. that will also announce their own commitments to precision medicine during an event at the White House.
Also, The World Health Organization has posted a final version of its proposed biologics naming policy, and new research suggests that the financial burden that cancer care puts on many people contributes to lower survival rates.
The Champions of Change designation spans a range of issues — from foster care to climate education to those leading local efforts in pushing forward the Affordable Care Act.
Google, Microsoft and other supporters are joining in an initiative announced by President Obama to try to thwart the affects of climate change on health. And who says critiquing doctors doesn't pay. Press Ganey wants a $100 million IPO.
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
Looks like Obama has appointed quite the A-team to help the Precision Medicine Initiative shapeshift into something with some actual… shape. The $215 million initiative was first discussed at a two-day workshop mid-February that helped flesh out the plan’s aims. This is step two. Outside of the expected team of academicians and policy experts, there’s a smattering of private sector […]
Precision medicine’s got its legion of believers, but there’s a healthy dose of skepticism in the medical community – as outlined in a balanced new JAMA piece, “Precision Medicine: The Future or Simply Politics?” Obama thrust the topic in the spotlight in January when he announced his Precision Medicine Initiative – committing some $215 million to explore […]
The Obama administration announced Friday that 800,000 people who enrolled in insurance policies through HealthCare.gov have received incorrect tax information. As a result, they have been urged to avoid filing tax returns until the error gets resolved. Beyond the overall issue that comes with an error like this, which officials say they can’t identify the […]
President Obama’s settled the score on this one: It’s precision medicine. Not personalized medicine. The life sciences community has been throwing around both terms, but there’s actually a keen distinction between the two. Personalized medicine’s origins coincide with the wrapping up of the Human Genome Project, and denote a sort of tailored-t0-you panacea – it’s all about the individual’s […]
The future looks bright for the integrated specialty pharmacy model – for health systems, providers, and most importantly, for patients.
Word on the street is that President Obama’s precision medicine initiative will involve building an enormous database of genomic information – the first logical step, many say, in bringing tailored therapy to the masses. It’ll compile the information for a million Americans, perhaps, Science reports: It would not be created from scratch by enrolling new volunteers, however, but […]
A new version of the country’s dietary guidelines has been in the works this year thanks to a government-appointed group of top nutrition experts. This group decided earlier this year to collect data on the environmental implication of different food choices and how sustainability plays a role in our diets. But congress is not having it. […]
The Ebola outbreak took over quicker than we could have imagined – not to mention how HIV and SARS took hold previously. The Obama administration doesn’t want to be blindsided again, so they’re putting the CDC to work with a Global Health Security Agenda with a requested $600 million. “It’s really urgent that we address […]
With Obamacare open enrollment beginning this coming Saturday, a lot of people have questions about how the HealthCare.gov site will hold up. But another question is especially pertinent in California – how many Latinos will be signing up? Some California residents have voiced their concern about signing up for Obamacare when they have family members […]
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg donated $25 million to the efforts in combating Ebola outbreak last month, and he’s now asking that you do the same. Well, maybe not as much. Starting today, the social network will publish a donate button across the top of its users’ News Feeds giving the option to donate to the […]