Explore E-Briefings
E-briefings are published weekly and are listed below, with the most recent at the top. You may filter by topic and access dozens of additional articles using the page navigation below. Check back often to access new articles online or subscribe to have each new article delivered straight to your inbox weekly!
Amazon Bets Big on Precision Medicine With New Service to Help Hospitals Manage Precision Medicine Data
A precision medicine initiative may involve large amounts of data. Amazon has unveiled a new biomedical data service that will help hospitals and health systems “ingest, store, query, and analyze their health data at scale.” What does it mean?
Otolaryngology Group’s Adoption of Pharmacogenomics Shows How Hospitals Can Integrate Precision Medicine
A San Francisco-based otolaryngology practice recently implemented genetic-based treatment offerings. Lessons learned here could be used to guide other practice or hospital leaders that are developing a precision medicine strategy.
COVID-19 Highlights the Benefits of Using Digital Twins When Providing Precision Medicine
James Glazier, PhD, is a professor of intelligent systems at the Indiana Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering. Dr. Glazier is uncovering new potential in the concept of “digital twins.” His findings were published in Science. What are digital twins and why are they becoming important for precision medicine?
Personalized Medicine Discovery May Improve Hospitals’ Sepsis Outcomes
German-based diagnostics company identifies biomarkers that could help reduce sepsis costs, suggests basing a precision medicine initiative in the hospital ICU.
Hospital Pharmacies May Soon Be Able to Use 3D Printers to Make Customized, Patient-Specific Medications
New precision medicine breakthrough will enable 3D printing of medications that are personalized to a specific patient’s needs. Early adopters of precision medicine may find value in this new strategy that is focused on medication management.
NIH Launches New Program to Enable Precision Medicine Treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease
A new program explores the possibility of treating Alzheimer’s disease using precision medicine. What is Accelerating Medicines Partnership Alzheimer’s disease program (AMP AD 2.0), and where is research advancing?
Precision Medicine Offers Hospital Administrators a Way to Address Racial Disparities in Cancer Treatments
Insights into a recently published comprehensive review in Cancer Reports. The review, featuring Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai researchers, discusses the implications of using precision medicine to treat prostate cancer in different populations, particularly African American men.
New Research from Johns Hopkins Will Promote Hospitals’ Ability to Utilize Precision Medicine
This research provides new findings on how the scope of genetic testing programs should be expanded, answers what is Watershed.
Precision Medicine Research Providing Potential for COVID-19 Breakthroughs
Oportunities for precision medicine partnerships. With COVID-19, precision medicine focuses on better understanding of how and why the coronavirus affects different individuals in different ways. This in turn indicates types of treatments that can be targeted toward biological pathways that vary between individuals.
Hospital Administrators Will Need to Understand How the Chronobiome Could Impact Precision Medicine
Recent research into the human chronobiome has shown that the “normal” circadian rhythm can vary significantly in healthy individuals. This means that chronotherapies which are based on an average individual’s circadian rhythm may not be as efficacious for everyone.