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Why Preventive Healthcare Hinges on Diagnostics Innovation

HIT Consultant

Innovation in diagnostics, however, is not just vital to advancing disease surveillance and early detection to help prevent the next pandemic. Why we need a preventive approach. Creating a holistic picture of health. The future of diagnostics, and the preventive health movement it serves, lies in harnessing the power of data.

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A guide to healthcare digital transformation and the digital-first model

Healthcare It News

This is one of the most important topics healthcare CIOs and other C-suite and health IT leaders can be talking about today. It aligns with the Quadruple Aim of healthcare : enhancing patient experience; improving population health; reducing costs; and augmenting the work life of healthcare providers.

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Verana Health Partners with Foundation Fighting Blindness to Integrate Genetic Testing Data into Real-world Evidence Research

HIT Consultant

The Foundation Fighting Blindness offers free genetic testing to individuals with these diseases and links the data with Verana’s population health database. Genomics data is one of the critical new elements taking us to the next frontier in RWE.

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Verana Health Partners with Foundation Fighting Blindness to Integrate Genetic Testing Data into Real-world Evidence Research

HIT Consultant

The Foundation Fighting Blindness offers free genetic testing to individuals with these diseases and links the data with Verana’s population health database. Genomics data is one of the critical new elements taking us to the next frontier in RWE.

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Partnering Up in the Health Care Ecosystem to Drive Transformation – for Organizations and Health Consumers Alike

Health Populi

And that data will be generated from many sources, frequently siloed and decentralized which can prevent aggregation, mash-up, and analysis. In particular, the volume of health data from wearables, implantables, and other decentralized technologies is growing by 48% annually, according to a recent report from the Swiss Re Institute.

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5 Ways Federated Computing Can Reshape Public Health

HIT Consultant

Unlocking data silos using Federated Computing (FC) has the potential to achieve a positive impact across the healthcare industry, ranging from clinical care quality improvement and accreditation to population health management, precision public health and equitable drug development.

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CIOs' 5-year plans for precision medicine and emerging technologies

Healthcare It News

One of the next big shifts in patient care will be precision medicine will be "an emerging approach for disease treatment and prevention that takes into account individual variability in genes, environment and lifestyle for each person," as the Precision Medicine Initiative describes it. A lot of new challenges.