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  • Can The Mobile Epidemic Reduce Norovirus Contagion?

    Diagnostics World Contributed Commentary | Norovirus is highly contagious and can be contracted through contaminated food, surfaces, and people. Coupled with the stubborn nature of the disease, there is a necessity to develop rapid detection methods which bring cases quickly under control.

    Aug 14, 2018
  • A Harvard Scientist Thinks He Has A Gene Test For Heart Attack Risk. He Wants To Give It Away Free.

    Forbes | A Harvard scientist thinks he's reached a new milestone: a genetic test that helps identify people who are at high risk of having a heart attack. Can he convince doctors to use it?

    Aug 14, 2018
  • A Landmark Law Hopes To Improve Alzheimer’s Care In Massachusetts

    The Boston Globe | Half of people with Alzheimer’s haven’t been diagnosed, and half those with a diagnosis don’t know. This landmark law aims to change that.

    Aug 13, 2018
  • The KOL Conundrum: Love Them Or Leave Them

    Diagnostics World Contributed Commentary | The diagnostics industry often has difficulty effectively working with Key Opinion Leader (KOL) clinicians. The industry must find a way to engage and leverage KOLs without handing over the strategic control and direction of the company.

    Aug 8, 2018
  • Could AI Plus EHR Equal Better Healthcare?

    Diagnostics World News | There are a number of reasons why the valuable data stored within electronic health records (EHRs) can remain buried. Several companies are working to pull information from unstructured text-based EHRs and transform it into actionable insights.

    Aug 8, 2018
  • Diana Bianchi On Cell-Free DNA Screening

    Diagnostics World Brief | Diana Bianchi argues that sequencing fetal DNA could reduce the need for invasive prenatal diagnostics. Bianchi and Rossa Chiu outline their case in a review article published earlier this month in the New England Journal of Medicine.

    Aug 7, 2018
  • Machine Learning-Based Skin Screening Could Lead To Care Disparities For People Of Color, JAMA Op-Ed Says

    MobiHealthNews | While the benefits of clinically-validated automated screenings are easy to imagine, a recent article published in JAMA Dermatology suggests that the training methods for these algorithms may not lead to accurate diagnoses among patients with skin of color.

    Aug 7, 2018
  • HalioDx Signs Agreement With Pronto Diagnostics, Making Immunoscore Colon Assay Available In Israel

    Diagnostics World Brief | HalioDx has announced that Pronto Diagnostics will market and distribute Immunoscore Colon assay in Israel.

    Aug 1, 2018
  • Last Mile Of Molecular Diagnostics In Precision Medicine, Healthcare

    Diagnostics World | Podcast | On this podcast from the Cambridge Healthtech Institute for the Next Generation Diagnostics Summit, Bruce Quinn from Bruce Quinn Associates discusses his latest work, challenges to implementing precision medicine, advice for overcoming them, and tips for integrating into the clinic.

    Jul 31, 2018
  • NuProbe, IBM, CellMax Life, And More: News From July 2018

    Diagnostics World | July featured news, products, and partnerships from around the diagnostics community from numerous companies, universities, and organizations, including NuProbe, IBM, CellMax Life, and more.

    Jul 30, 2018
  • The Opportunities And Challenges Of Microfluidics

    Diagnostics World Contributed Commentary | Microfluidics promise an entirely new medical world to the consumer, where diagnostic answers are delivered on-the-spot, in real time. However, the challenges of microfluidics in biomedical applications are numerous, particularly for measurement devices where subtle interactions can lead to inaccurate results.

    Jul 26, 2018
  • Looking At The Value Of NGS-Based Diagnostic Testing For Lung Cancer Patients

    Diagnostics World | Podcast | On this podcast from the Cambridge Healthtech Institute for the Next Generation Diagnostics Summit, Daryl Pritchard of PMC discusses the chicken-or-the-egg conundrum of building evidence and gaining access, a study looking at the cost effectiveness of using NGS for clinical practice, challenges in the diagnostic reimbursement community, and more.

    Jul 24, 2018
  • LabCorp Investigates A Possible Data Breach

    Fortune | LabCorp, one of the nation’s largest medical diagnostics companies, is investigating a security breach that could have put health records of millions of patients at risk.

    Jul 19, 2018
  • Challenges And Opportunities In Molecular Testing For Infectious Disease

    Diagnostics World | Podcast | Jennifer Dien Bard from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California is featured on this podcast from the Cambridge Healthtech Institute, sharing her insights into what the biggest challenges and opportunities are in implementing molecular point-of-care testing for infectious disease diagnostics, and rapid genetic and phenotypic susceptibility testing.

    Jul 18, 2018
  • Could Drone Delivery Save Time And Lives?

    Diagnostics World | In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicles have been used for everything from shooting movie footage to keeping an eye on endangered wildlife populations. There have also been signs, though, that drones could be put to good use in healthcare by speeding along the transportation of medical samples and supplies.

    Jul 16, 2018