NTT, Harvard announce digital twin partnership to engineer the heart

NTT Research announced that its Medical & Health Informatics Lab has entered a three-year joint research agreement with the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, focused on digital twins. WHY IT MATTERS Researchers are working to advance cardiac care through a… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More

AWS launches Amazon Omics for precision medicine

To enhance clinical insights at the point of care and help identify the best treatment or prevention options for patients, Amazon Web Services has launched a service that utilizes artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and other AWS and partner products and services to run IT-heavy… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More

University of Maryland consortium launches Institute for Health Computing

The University of Maryland Strategic Partnership this week announced a transformative partnership to establish the University of Maryland 3 Institute for Health Computing, or UM-3-IHC. WHY IT MATTERSThe effort is led by the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and the University of Maryland,… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More

J&J, SciBase to pilot AI-driven skin monitoring for infants

Nevisense Go, a portable, non-invasive tool that uses electrical impedance spectroscopy measurements for skin barrier assessment, will be studied in clinical practice at hospitals in Switzerland. WHY IT MATTERS With 20% of children developing atopic dermatitis, SciBase, developer of the AI… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More

Microsoft, Sophia Genetics team up to drive data-driven medicine

The new Microsoft partnership aims to enhance data interoperability with artificial intelligence and machine learning and drive a global transition to precision medicine. WHY IT MATTERS Multimodal health data sets can be the largest and most complex to structure, analyze and archive.  The… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More

Harnessing big data to solve healthcare’s biggest concerns today

Workforce management and the rising cost of care are just two of the pressing issues healthcare needs to address today. Health systems will need to adopt big data approaches to move toward new patient-centric and technology-driven models of care in an effort to resolve such issues, said Dr Chris… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More

Fred Hutch gifted $78M for precision oncology research

The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington state, will use the funds to establish the Stuart and Molly Sloan Precision Oncology Institute and accelerate the center’s precision oncology research. WHY IT MATTERS Fred Hutch’s work… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More

Freenome, working with Oracle Cerner network, launches multiomics oncology study

Freenome on Tuesday announced the launch of its new Sanderson Study, which will use its multiomics platform, in combination with real-world data, some derived from Oracle Cerner’s Learning Health Network, to improve detection and treatment of several cancers. WHY IT MATTERSSan Francisco-based… Source: Healthcareitnews.com and Read More