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Evidence-based-medicine-and-the-practice-of-personalised-medicine

2024 22 Mar

Sharon Einav-Bromiker from Tel Aviv, Israel, delivered a thought-provoking session @ISICEM, exploring the conflict between evidence-based medicine and personalised medicine. She acknowledged the complexity of the topic and aimed to challenge conventional perspectives.  While evidence-based medicine provides a sense of certainty, it may not be as...Read more

Health Management

Central-role-of-nuclear-medicine-in-personalised-medicine

2023 22 May

Molecular radionuclide imaging and therapies have a central role in the management of some oncological diseases, in particular they find a central application in neuroendocrine tumours (NETs). Peptide receptor imaging is a fundamental part of the tumour staging, preoperative imaging, therapy selection and restaging. Using the same drug, labelled...Read more

Executive Health Management

Eahp-2021-hospital-pharmacy-5-0-the-future-of-patient-care

2021 23 Mar

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2020-another-year-of-radical-change-in-healthcare

2019 13 Nov

As we approach the New Year, it is time for forecasts and predictions. This is not easy, as the healthcare landscape today is changing faster than ever, driven by technological advancements and accompanying social, financial and regulatory shifts. The Editors-in-Chief for HealthManagement.org shared their views on what to look out for in 2020 to...Read more

Executive Health Management

The-death-of-cancer-the-patient-perspective

2019 26 Aug

Summary: Cancer affects everybody's life at some point. ‘The Death of Cancer,' written by one of oncology's leading figures, Dr Vincent T. DeVita, documents his own journey for the cure. Dr Peter Kapitein gives his personal review on the book.   In 2005 I was diagnosed with lymph gland cancer and became interested in the medical industrial...Read more

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Keeping-the-person-in-personalised-medicine

2019 30 May

As Personalised Medicine endeavours to discover more specific aetiologies and treatments of disease based on genetics and basic science research, it is crucial to maintain a focus on the patient-doctor relationship in order to more fully optimise patient care. In a world where the cutting edge is a crowded place, and people’s lives are at...Read more

Health Management

Volume-19-issue-3-2019

2019 22 May

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Executive Health Management

Top-target-treatments

2019 22 May

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 more

Executive Health Management

Telehealth-bringing-personalised-medicine-closer

2019 22 May

What role is telehealth playing in improving the genomics playing field?   How one company is breaking down barriers to implementation of genomics to make Personalised Medicine a growing daily reality in healthcare provision.     What is Genome Medical’s mid to long-term objective in the field of genomics and Personalised Medicine...Read more

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A-primer-on-next-generation-sequencing-data-analytics

2019 22 May

Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) is rapidly becoming more and more standardised in terms of sequencing techniques.   With Precision Medicine coming into the clinical forefront, it is important to know the steps and possibilities associated with Next-Generation Sequencing techniques.   Introduction   Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) is...Read more

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Brexit-means-brexit-radiologists-without-borders

2019 22 May

An in-depth interview with UEMS Secretary General Prof. Vassilios Papalois   Prof. Papalois talks to Healthmanagement.org about BREXIT and the potential repercussions the break from the EU may bring to patients and medical professionals.   Secretary General of The European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS) Prof. Vassilios Papalois, talks...Read more

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Sex-and-gender-in-medicine

2019 22 May

The need for more attention to how sex and gender influences healthcare   Healthcare has not been immune to the gender gap, but the implications go deeper than one would expect.   Biological differences between males and females have a profound impact on how we approach their healthcare needs in terms of pathophysiology and treatment for...Read more

Executive Health Management

Precision-health-and-population-health-can-they-intersect-effectively

2019 22 May

How and where can precision medicine and public health join forces to improve patient care and outcomes and, ultimately, lead to more efficient healthcare. HealthManagement.org spoke to four precision medicine experts for their views. You might also like: Precision Medicine: the future of health   Tienush Rassaf  Department Head...Read more

Executive Health Management

Personalised-medicine-the-road-ahead

2019 22 May

How can healthcare accelerate the implementation of the science?   Where is Personalised Medicine (PM) already improving the lives of patients and what is needed to make it the standard of care across multiple conditions?     What’s your brief at the PMC?   I have a science and genetics background and bring scientific...Read more

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A-human-centric-approach-for-data-collection

2019 22 May

The promise of personalised medicine     Based on extensive market research, the precision medicine sector is fast becoming a multibillion market. It consists of innumerable companies involved in the research and development, manufacturing and commercialisation of several novel drugs and diagnostic kits to boost the precision medicine workflow...Read more

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Personalised-medicine-and-cardiovascular-disease

2019 22 May

An 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 more

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Top-target-treatments-infographic

2019 22 May

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Healthcare-and-industry-partner-for-tech-innovation

2019 22 May

Implementing emerging technologies in healthcare: incentives, challenges and successes  How a healthcare hub can bring industry and healthcare together to foster tech exploration and development for better care. Technology opens up new opportunities, and we expect implementation. Use of the new possibilities is now taken for...Read more

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15th-annual-personalised-medicine-conference

2019 13 Nov

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Ecr2019-5-year-success-eurosafe-imaging

2019 06 Mar

EuroSafe Imaging celebrated 5 years of success in it’s mission to support and strengthen medical radiation protection across Europe following a holistic, inclusive approach with a dedicated series of sessions, activities and events during this year’s European Congress of Radiology . The flagship initiative created by the European Society of...Read more

Executive Health Management

Healthio-invites-patients-professionals-and-innovators-to-create-a-new-healthcare-ecosystem

2018 19 Oct

HEALTHIO will bring together healthcare users, professionals, entrepreneurs and innovators with the aim of creating a new ecosystem which all the stakeholders can assist in designing. Thus, from 16 to 18 October, Pavilion 8 of the Montjuïc venue will bring together more than 300 speakers and the technological breakthroughs achieved in recent...Read more

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Well-being-personalised-medicine-and-chronic-diseases-the-pillars-of-healthio

2018 19 Oct

The major hallmark which defines Healthio as an unprecedented arena for innovation in the world of events devoted to the health sector is the existence of guided tours which, grouped together into three thematic areas (health and well-being, personalised medicine and chronic diseases and ageing), define the exhibition and education-related aspects...Read more

Health Management

What-is-the-future-of-breast-cancer-screening

2018 21 Aug

Αdvances in technology and the advent of precision medicine point to a move away from ‘one size fits all’ breast cancer screening. Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cause of death from cancer in women worldwide and the second leading cause of death from cancer in women in developed countries (Ferlay et al. 2014a; 2014b). Breast...Read more

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Leading-the-way-in-patient-healthcare-portals

2018 25 Jan

Th e r e i s n o “ o n e - s i z e - f i t s - a l l ” a p p r o a c h t o p a t i e n t po r t a l s. With the Eu r opean Commission's eHealth Action Plan 2012-2020 f or wide digital health imple mentation...Read more

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Radiomics-as-a-tool-for-personalised-medicine

2017 14 Sep

Radiomics is an image analysis approach that has the potential to improve the management of cancer patients, but further research is required before it can be adopted into routine clinical practice, according to an article published in the journal eLife. Medical imaging techniques underpin much decision-making in cancer medicine and can be used to...Read more

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Volume-17-issue-1-2017-1

2017 16 Mar

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Personalised-precision-medicine

2017 16 Mar

The progress towards, and potential of, personalised/ precision medicine in intensive care is the theme for our cover story. We are making progress in moving away from therapies based on poorly characterised patient populations to more personalised treatment of critically ill patients, although true precision medicine, based on individual genes, environment...Read more

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Top-5-hyped-technologies-in-healthcare

2017 30 Jan

1.    Wearables and sensors The most popular trackers are able to measure movement to assess sleep quality and exercise patterns. Other trackers measure brain waves during meditation. While 24-hour blood pressure and Holter monitors are at the heart of diagnosis and remote patient monitoring is looking incredibly promising, the real value from wearables...Read more