Posts Tagged “Genomics”
ShowHide CommentaryGenomics and Personalized Medicine
by Kevin Roche on Monday, April 15, 2013
Several articles and commentaries in recent Journal of the American Medical Association issues focus on the role of genomics and personalized medicine in health care.
Tags: Genomics
Personalized Medicine Rolls Along
by Kevin Roche on Monday, November 19, 2012
An article in Nature describes a study of over 1000 individual genomes to identify variation. This is an important step in the continuing evolution of personalized medicine, which is proving to take longer and be more complex that may have initially been imagined.
2012 Potpourri XXVII
by Kevin Roche on Friday, August 24, 2012
Yet another brilliant collection of health care data points, including use of gene profiling tests to guide breast cancer care, 30-day mortality models for stroke performance, hospital medication administration errors, the costs of the Medicare physician payment fix and patient-sharing networks among physicians.
Tags: Drugs, Genomics, Health Care Costs, Health Care Quality, Hospital, Medicare, Physicians
2012 Potpourri XXI
by Kevin Roche on Friday, June 22, 2012
It is officially the start of summer and our Potpourri is hot, hot, hot, but not steamy! This week we cover why health care IT doesn’t seem to create productivity gains, the use of whole-genome sequencing, the consequences on failure to comply with prescribed drug regimens and the rates of drug misuse and the potential savings for patients in CDHP plans.
Tags: Consumers, Drugs, Genomics, Health Care Costs, HIT
2012 Potpourri XII
by Kevin Roche on Friday, April 6, 2012
An early spring for much of the country and our latest Potpourri is in full bloom, with nuggets on health information exchanges, genetic testing guidelines, an employer survey on reform, EMRs and lab test ordering and the relationship between clinical quality and patient satisfaction.
Tags: Genomics, Health Care Quality, Health Insurance, HIT, HITECH, Patient Satisfaction, Workplace
Personalized Medicine
by Kevin Roche on Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Years after it was initially predicted to do so, medical care based on individual genetic findings is becoming more pervasive. A new report from UnitedHealth Group examines trends and impacts over the next few years from this more personalized version of medicine.
Tags: Disease Management, Genomics, Health Care Costs, Health Care Quality
2011 Potpourri XXXV
by Kevin Roche on Friday, September 9, 2011
Fall looms and brings the football season. Our Potpourri scores with nutritious bites of health information, including getting more genetic data into medical records, giving doctors price lists, the value of HIEs, reducing hospital costs, medication continuation after hospitalization and use of episode-based payments.
Tags: Genomics, Health Care Costs, HIT, Hospital, Personalized Medicine, Physicians, Reimbursement
2011 Potpourri XI
by Kevin Roche on Friday, March 11, 2011
Another in our weekly series of health care nuggets, with this week’s Potpourri featuring Medicare beneficiaries and physician supply, the FDA’s position on certain device software, a wellness survey, the AMA’s stance on genetic testing, marketing of drugs, and an integrated disability and health care program.
Tags: Consumers, Drugs, FDA, Genomics, Health Care Quality, Medicare, Mobile, Physicians, Wellness and Prevention
Personalized Medicine Reimbursement
by Kevin Roche on Friday, December 10, 2010
Personalized medicine sometimes gets lost in the debate over other major health care issues, but it is probably the single most significant development in the actual delivery of medical care and will be so for the next decade. A new report details reimbursement hurdles to growth of the field.
Tags: Care Management, Genomics, Personalized Medicine, Regulation
Genetic Testing Needs Certainty to Be Accepted
by Kevin Roche on Friday, October 9, 2009
Several geneticists examine DTC genotyping and recommend some improvements.
Tags: Consumers, Genomics, Medical Care, Personalized Medicine
Money Still There for Genomics
by Kevin Roche on Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Complete Genomics has raised $45 million in a Series D funding round.
Tags: Financings, Genomics
Personalized Medicine and Anti-platelet Therapy
by Kevin Roche on Friday, August 28, 2009
Pharmacogenomics is at the forefront of personalized medicine development. Recent research indicates promise in anti-platelet therapy guidance.
Tags: Drugs, Genomics, Medical Care, Personalized Medicine, Pharmaceutical
“Cheap” Personal DNA Sequencing
by Kevin Roche on Thursday, June 11, 2009
Illumina has announced that for $48,000 a consumer can have their entire DNA sequenced
Tags: Consumers, Genomics, Medical Care, Personalized Medicine
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