Let’s put it another way, it can’t exist without IT. Again it all comes back to running algorithms to obtain desired results. As I have mentioned before, Algorithms is one of the hottest words right now in healthcare as we all make decisions from queried results. A while back I had the opportunity...
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on 11-25-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Microsoft/Windows News, EMR, personalized medicine, DNA, Genomics, healthcare, microsoft, Medical Records, EHR, Health IT, Biotech, Pharmacogenomics, Helicos, Sequencing
New abbreviation here to become acquainted with (PGx) which is pharmacogenics, and one more move in the direction of personalized medicine by big Pharma as the marketing of blockbuster drugs slowly evolves to a new business model with genomic data input becoming a part of the process to bring new drugs...
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on 11-06-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, personalized medicine, Genomics, healthcare, Pharma, Pharmacogenomics, Lilly, Pharmacogenetics
Yes there is a genomics based test for this now, male and female. Inquiring minds want to know. If the answer comes back yes, then get a hold of some Propecia ©. If you have the gene variant, you have approximately a 70% chance of going bald, and the same in reverse if you do not have...
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on 10-28-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, personalized medicine, Genomics, Pharmacogenomics, DNA Testing, hair loss, Bald, Hair
In this interview article McKesson discusses visualization and showing the physicians the information they that need to know at the point of decision making at the point of care. The EHR will have to support genetic knowledge. They are working with Proventys to create an integrated product...
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on 10-09-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, personalized medicine, healthcare, Medical Records, EHR, McKesson, Hospitals, Pharmacogenomics, Horizon
I would say genomics and personalized medicine is a very hot topic and developing fast, based on 4 machines being ordered from Singapore. Just this week Stanford university ordered their single sequencing machines from Helicos. Stay tuned and there’s plenty of sequencing and personalized...
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on 10-09-2008
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We are getting closer to the $1,000 genome. Their business though is not to sell the machines, but rather to “wholesale” the process, in other words they will sequence only and offer no interpretations, which would be done by another company they would supply the sequencing information to. ...
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on 10-07-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Other Items of Interest, personalized medicine, Genomics, Pharmacogenomics, DNA Testing, Sequencing, George Church, Complete Genomics
How hot is genomics today? There are several manufacturers of the machines that will accomplish running our DNA, our complete DNA. I know to the average person this gets a little confusing, but the companies listed here are the companies that manufacture the machines that do the entire work...
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on 09-25-2008
Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, personalized medicine, Genomics, Biotech, Pharmacogenomics, DNA Testing, Helicos, Sequencing, RNA