De-identified data that hospitals and health systems share with big tech can sometimes be used to identify patients. As these types of deals grow, full transparency with patients is key...

While a recent report suggests expanding or initiating precision medicine efforts is imminent among health systems, some worry that precision medicine may take away from population health. The task for hospital and health system leaders is to determine a complementing balance of both efforts A report from the Center for Connected Medicine demonstrates just how …

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The need to build up critical mass quickly may tempt hospital and health system leaders to cut corners when it comes to being forthcoming with patients. Don’t fall into that trap...

Effective communication with providers and patients can bridge the gap that exists between precision medicine’s benefits and wider patient access...

With precision medicine gaining momentum as a guiding approach to healthcare practice and treatments, early pharmacogenomic testing in the consumer market is laying some of the foundation for use in psychiatry...

Focus on pharmacogenetics studies and data that demonstrate costs savings and improved outcomes...

Focusing on the right factors can accelerate a precision medicine program’s ROI...

As CMS announces readmission penalties for nearly 2,600 hospitals, some hospitals and health systems are finding precision medicine and big data efforts to be a new strategy for reducing 30-day readmissions...

Analysts predict that the global tissue banking market will grow to nearly $3 billion by 2026. Health executives at UCSF have recognized this trend and are executing on plan to attract patients and funding, and ultimately improve outcomes...