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Diagnostics World | Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) could benefit from new and improved diagnostic methods, and the arrival of a newly commercialized blood test—along with other efforts headed toward a similar end goal—could be nudging the field toward earlier detection and intervention.
Feb 20, 2019
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Diagnostics World News Brief | The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard announced the launch of the Gerstner Center for Cancer Diagnostics at the Broad Institute. The Gerstner Center aims to advance blood-based biopsies for tracking disease progression and pursue other cancer diagnostics that have the potential to benefit millions of patients worldwide.
Feb 19, 2019
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Diagnostics World News | Mayo researchers have significantly improved their predictive Recurrence of Kidney Stone (ROKS) tool by making it applicable to patients who have already had two or more attacks. The revised model, developed by a new study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, uses 13 readily available clinical characteristics of stone formers.
Feb 14, 2019
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Diagnostics World News | Diagnostics for acute infections and sepsis typically focus on “finding the bug,” but most patients with infections do not have pathogens in their bloodstream. Novel technologies coupled with machine learning are the answer for physicians when seeing a patient they suspect of having an acute infection.
Feb 13, 2019
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Diagnostics World | AI’s ability to diagnose melanoma with higher fidelity illustrates the potential impact on patient outcomes, but its usefulness has met some challenges along the way.
Feb 7, 2019
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Diagnostics World Contributed Commentary | As the healthcare system moves from fee-for-service to value-based care, we must do our part to be advocates for new diagnostic tests that can help the model mature and become more efficient and effective. Aiding in the early diagnosis of asthma is one example of how we can help to meet the Triple Aim goals to improve patient experience of care, improve the health of populations, and reduce the per capita costs of care.
Feb 5, 2019
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Diagnostics World Brief Members of 63 leading health care companies and organizations representing patients, providers, academic medical centers, laboratories, and diagnostic manufacturers urged the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to revise its interpretation of the National Coverage Determination (NCD) for Next Generation Sequencing (NGS). In a letter to CMS Administrator Seema Verma, the organizations expressed serious concerns that the overly broad interpretation will restrict patient access to medically necessary and relevant clinical tests and adversely impact cancer care and outcomes.
Feb 1, 2019
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Diagnostics World | According to the director of the Point-of-Care Testing Center for Teaching and Research at the UC Davis Health System, we should be asking ourselves why we have not reached out and teamed up with the public health profession in America to educate and get ready for outbreaks in our communities by enabling everyone with point-of-care testing.
Feb 1, 2019
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Diagnostics World | These days, OpGen is focused on combating the global rise of antibiotic resistant pathogens. The company, which has a long history in sequencing technology, is now focused tightly on genes that confer antimicrobial resistance.
Jan 31, 2019
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Diagnostics World Brief | The iQ Group Global today introduced the Saliva Glucose Biosensor, the world’s first saliva-based glucose test for diabetes management that measures glucose in saliva rather than blood.
Jan 31, 2019
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Diagnostics World | January featured news, products, and partnerships from around the diagnostics community from numerous companies, universities, and organizations, including Biocare, First Light Diagnostics, the government of Ghana, and more.
Jan 30, 2019
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Diagnostics World | As cancer continues to claim lives and ring up cash registers along the way, it’s no wonder scientists continue to search for clever ways to battle back. Liquid biopsies, with a combination of AI, are one approach gaining attention and traction thanks in part to their ability to test patients multiple times in less invasive ways than traditional approaches.
Jan 29, 2019