• Artificial Intelligence In Health Care IT – The Potential And The Watch-Outs

    Bio-IT World Contributed Commentary | Few topics have captured the imagination of the general public and executives in the healthcare IT world like Artificial Intelligence. It is important to look beyond the Sci-Fi of AI and instead look at Artificial Intelligence from a purely computer science perspective.

    Jan 21, 2019

  • Deadline For Innovative Practices Awards Entries: What You Need To Know

    Bio-IT World | There’s still time to submit an entry for the inaugural Innovative Practices Awards. But the final deadline is coming soon.

    Jan 21, 2019

  • EMERSE: How Better Big Data Search Could Change Healthcare

    Bio-IT World | The electronic health record (EHR) has become both a blessing and a curse for many people in healthcare. Software tools are now available that can help to leverage the data in these documents, one of which is EMERSE, the electronic medical record search engine.

    Jan 16, 2019

  • GenScript Launches Instrument For Protein, Antibody Purification

    Bio-IT World News Brief | GenScript today announced the AmMag SA semi-automatic purification instrument, a novel technology that accelerates and simplifies protein and antibody purification, reducing the process from days to hours.

    Jan 14, 2019

  • How Common Data Could Lead To Uncommon Alzheimer’s Discoveries

    Bio-IT World | Now that healthcare and IT are so closely intertwined, the onslaught of data presents possibilities like never before, and those caught up in the effort to save current and future generations from the ravages of Alzheimer’s disease wonder how all this data might be better used to pinpoint patterns of interest and discover pathways for treatments.

    Jan 14, 2019

  • MGI Announces First Customer For MGISEQ-T7, Complete Genomics Accuracy Tech

    Bio-IT World News Brief | At the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference this week, MGI, a subsidiary of global genomics leader BGI Group, announced its first early access customer for the MGISEQ-T7, announced an MGI global sequencer user program, and updated numbers for the product install base. The company released a statement summarizing the presentation.

    Jan 11, 2019

  • The Scope Of Scrutiny

    Bio-IT World Contributed Commentary | As biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical device companies pursue treatment innovations to improve patient outcomes across diagnoses, many miss a significant step that has been fundamental in financial services and insurance: financial compliance risk management.

    Jan 11, 2019

  • 23andMe Will Add Weight-Loss Advice To Its DNA-Testing Services

    Bloomberg | Consumer DNA-testing giant 23andMe plans to add new wellness offerings it hopes will help its customers shed a few pounds, but some genetics experts say the jury is still out on the science behind the products.

    Jan 9, 2019