Clinical

The largest U.S.-based genetics study – 500,000 samples drawn from Intermountain Health’s patient population – aims to improve precision medicine.

It will be the first and most comprehensive data hub in multiple myeloma designed to speed the delivery of precision-based treatment to every patient.

Use of an inhaler-connected sensor helped push the average number of COPD-related hospital trips down to an average of 2.2, compared to the year prior to study enrollment when the average was 3.4 trips to the hospital.

They have created a series of video education and engagement tools to assist healthcare staff and clinicians dealing with opioid addiction.

Northwestern University and Google have partnered to use AI technology to spot cancer earlier.

For Mid-Valley Behavioral Care Network, higher follow-up rates mean fewer patients retiring to the hospital after discharge, meaning a reduction in avoidable emergency department admissions and readmission, ultimately saving the hospital money and other clinical staff resources as well.

Precision medicine and clinical trial matching specialist Massive Bio is partnering with the initiative. Massive Bio’s precision medicine approach is based on a genetic understanding of the patient, allowing doctors to better select treatments most likely to help those patients.

The RESTful application programming interface can support HL7, CCDA, RDBMS, CSV and X12 for data extraction and aggregation into a standardized format.

Following the successful pilot phase of a telemedical emergency doctor system deployed in Aachen at the Western border of Germany, the telemedical support of rescue forces is now to be extended to the entire federal state.