By continuing an open discussion on precision medicine and precision care, we can truly accelerate pharmacogenomic testing to its full potential and focus on providing the highest quality care to those who need it most.
Judges picked Parallel Profile as the winner of the health IT track at MedCity INVEST Precision Medicine. The startup is working to combat adverse drug reactions by making pharmacogenomic testing easier to access and interpret.
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Clover’s program is an effort to reduce hospital admissions and provide more continuous care through personal check-ins, active monitoring and home-based lab and radiological testing.
With one foot in diagnostics and another in digital health, Mayo Clinic startup OneOme wants to make pharmacogenomic testing accessible and relevant.
Sanford Health, a 43-hospital health system based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, has contracted with Bellevue, Washington-based Translational Software to provide pharmacogenomics services to its hospitals and nearly 250 clinics in nine states.
MolecularMatch is expanding on its pharmacogenomics search engine - making it a comprehensive tool for pathology labs.
As technology advances, AI-powered tools will increasingly reduce the administrative burdens on healthcare providers.
"At FDA, we're thinking very seriously about genomics," Litwack said. "Genetic tests and in vitro diagnostics are driving a lot of the advancements in medical science today."
Illumina is gathering a consortium of companies and public health organizations to gather 3 million genetic samples to create a population health genomics test.
Statins are a widely prescribed drug to reduce cholesterol, but their efficacy has come under fire as of late. UCSF researchers taking a precision medicine approach to statin use, studying their pharmacogenomics.
"We basically have a medical community that doesn't embrace the use of genomics," Dr. Eric Topol said. "Often times these days, it's the patients that are clamoring."
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.
My last post was about the coming medical megatrends that will have transformative implications for medical practice. To continue the discussion, let’s begin with genomics. Little more than a decade ago, most people had never heard of the word “genomics;” today it is used frequently. It is indeed a revolutionary science that is and will […]