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Latest Coronavirus Updates for the Healthcare Community

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Editors across the Xtelligent Healthcare Media network of sites will be providing ongoing coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on healthcare in the United States. Our team will be...

Johns Hopkins Develops Real-Time Data Dashboard to Track Coronavirus

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The Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University has developed an interactive, web-based dashboard that tracks real-time data on confirmed coronavirus cases, deaths,...

Henry Ford Receives $25M Grant to Expand Precision Medicine Program

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Henry Ford Health System has received a $25 million grant to accelerate its precision medicine program, with the ultimate goal of creating a Precision Health Center. With the donation, Henry Ford will...

Cancer Center Joins CancerLinQ Big Data Analytics Platform

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Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center of Buffalo, New York has signed an agreement to use the CancerLinQ platform, an oncology data repository that provides cancer organizations with actionable big...

New Genomics Clinic Will Enable Preventive Care, Precision Medicine

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Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) is launching a new Preventive Genomics Clinic that will help advance precision medicine and preventive care by leveraging genetic information. The new clinic will...

DoD Adopts Ethical Principles for Artificial Intelligence Use

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The Department of Defense (DoD) has adopted a series of ethical principles for the use of artificial intelligence following recommendations made by the Defense Innovation Board last October. The...

Partnership Maps Opioid Measures to Use State-Level Prescription Data

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The Pharmacy Quality Alliance (PQA) is partnering with the Chesapeake Regional Information System for our Patients (CRISP) to map four PQA opioid measures so the organizations can utilize...

New Precision Medicine Program to Study Role of Genomics in Disease

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The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) has announced that it will establish a new precision medicine and genomics program within its Division of Intramural Research. The new program will...

Vanderbilt Launches New Clinical Informatics, Data Center

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Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) has launched the new Vanderbilt Clinical Informatics Center (VCLIC), which will promote and support collaborations in clinical informatics across the...

FDA Launches Public Database Providing Information on HIV Treatments

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a public, interactive database that will offer critical information about antiretrovirals (ARVs) to treat HIV. “This launch is an important...

Socioeconomic Data Reveals Disparities in Premature Mortality

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Researchers from Washington State University Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine examined socioeconomic data and found that premature mortality, or death occurring before age 65, is three to eight times...

NorthShore Provides Clinical Genomic Testing to 10K Patients

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NorthShore University HealthSystem and Color have delivered actionable clinical genomic results to 10,000 patients through their DNA-10K program, which aims to integrate clinical genomics and routine...

DNA Sequencing Predicts Melanoma Patients at Risk of Cancer Spread

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A DNA sequencing technique analyzes tumors to accurately determine which melanoma patients are at risk for cancer recurrence and spread, according to a study published in Nature Cancer. In most...

Mayo Clinic Launches Data Analytics Platform for Drug Development

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Mayo Clinic has announced the Clinical Data Analytics Platform as the first venture under the Mayo Clinic Platform, an initiative to use insights and knowledge extracted from data to improve healthcare...

Mayo Clinic to Sequence Genomic Data from 100K Participants

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Mayo Clinic is sequencing genomic data from 100,000 consented participants to support precision medicine and advance personalized care. In partnership with Helix, a population genomics company, Mayo...

AMIA Seeks Further Clarity on FDA Clinical Decision Support Guidance

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The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) has expressed its support for the FDA’s updated guidance for regulating clinical decision support (CDS) software, but experts are also calling...

FDA Makes Real-World Data Available on Google Cloud Platform

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The FDA’s MyStudies platform, a tool that aims to collect real-world data to improve clinical trials and advance medical research, is now available on Google Cloud Platform. Launched in November...

HHS Using Real-Time Data to Help Combat the Opioid Crisis

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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced an agreement with Millennium Health, an accredited specialty laboratory, to combat the opioid crisis using near real-time drug testing...

MIT, Takeda Partner to Develop Healthcare Artificial Intelligence

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MIT School of Engineering and Takeda Pharmaceuticals Company Limited have partnered to use artificial intelligence tools to benefit health and drug development. The new MIT-Takeda Program will be...

Gaps in Whole Genome Sequencing Tests Could Hinder Disease Diagnosis

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A review of clinical tests from three major US laboratories showed that whole genome sequencing tests routinely fail to adequately analyze more than a quarter of genes, which may prevent providers from...