On paper, it looks straightforward; the basis of personalised care and targeted therapy lies in the realisation that every patient has a different level of susceptibility to disease, responds differently to the same treatment, and needs different doses for the same effect. Over the last ten years, healthcare has made huge progress in linking genetics...
READ MOREThe FT Digital Health Summit, is a one-day conference focusing on how innovation can help address healthcare’s increasing bottom line and how the issues of security, engagement and fragmentation can be tackled. Now in its fifth year, the summit brings together leading speakers from the patient, hospital manager and practitioner, investor and innovator...
READ MOREThe two-day forum presents its 2019 themes Lions Health focuses on the creation, conception and execution of awe-inspiring life-changing creativity that has a verifiable impact on healthcare outcomes. It takes place during the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity on the 17-18 June 2019, in Cannes, France. Seminars, round-table...
READ MOREDenise Anderson, President of the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (H-ISAC), spoke to HealthManagement.org about this growing global organisation’s aim to fight cyber threats through cooperation among healthcare stakeholders. H-ISAC aims to foster trust and cooperation amongst members with the objective of achieving...
READ MOREThe case for the lone wolf and pack of wolves Author of lauded book ‘The Art of Innovation – Integrating Creativity in Organisations’, Dimis Michaelides puts forth how to get the balance right with sole and group creative problem solving. Health professionals are well aware of the value of collaboration. The surgery and...
READ MOREA leadership model for the health care sector In medical institutions, leaders are required to ensure, through delegation of responsibility, that working conditions are characterised by interdisciplinary thinking, team-oriented work and ongoing improvement. Leaders in the health sector must be aware of the fact that hospitals operate...
READ MOREThe level of sophistication used in due diligence should be on par with the level of complexity in a given industry. AI-Pharma companies are 100 times as complex as FinTech companies. Methodologies used to assess them should be 100 times as rigorous. Discovering new drugs using AI is one of the most challenging areas in biological...
READ MOREAn overview of the application of personalised medicine in cardiology and the potential benefits it offers for improved cardiovascular care. The term “personalised medicine” was first introduced in the late 1990s. The Council of Advisors on Science and Technology of USA defined personalised medicine as “the tailoring of medical treatment...
READ MORETop target treatments and application of personalised medicine in healthcare
READ MORE(I expert, I question, I answer) Have you got something to say? Visit https://healthmanagement.org/blog/index or contact [email protected] Diane Bell Healthcare Expert - PA Consulting, UK TOP QUOTE FROM THE BLOG: ‘Post-Brexit: should UK healthcare become more European?’ "Even without Brexit, the NHS needs...
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