News from the healthcare data industry
Greensburg, Pa.-based Excela Health has appointed Vasanth Balu its new senior vice president and CIO, according to a news release shared with Becker’s. Mr. Balu was previously a vice president of technology for Optum Behavioral Health. He has also worked in IT leadership roles for Express Scripts, Medco Health and ESPN…
The Synthetic Data Metrics help compare individual aspects of synthetic data vis-Ã -vis real data AI laboratory DataCebo, an MIT startup introducesSynthetic DataMetrics, a new tool, for companies to compare synthetic data to real-world data sets. Synthetic Data Metrics is an open-source Python library that defines metrics for synthetic data and works across different types of tabular data for evaluating…
Ciox’s digital electronic medical record (EMR) connections combined with services-based retrieval of other electronic data ensure compliance with the 21st Century Cure Act deadline ALPHARETTA, Ga., Oct. 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — As the industry leader in compliant exchange of medical data, Ciox, a Datavant company, partners with health systems to efficiently deliver…
Center will serve as a hub for commercialization of promising cancer therapies UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center has launched a Center for Experimental Therapeutics in Cancer to accelerate promising cancer therapies from the lab to the bedside. The goal is to facilitate the commercialization of promising drugs emerging from UC Davis…
DENVER, Oct. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE: PLTR) today announced that it was selected by the U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC) to support its prognostic and predictive maintenance and supply chain optimization efforts. AMC will utilize Palantir’s software to support logistics in contested environments, improve equipment reliability, and advance supply…
October 06, 2022 10:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Tempus, a leader in artificial intelligence and precision medicine, today announced a new collaboration to develop a companion diagnostic (CDx) test with Kartos Therapeutics, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company, in support of its ongoing Phase II study of navtemadlin (KRT-232). Tempus’ CDx…
TORONTO (PRWEB) OCTOBER 06, 2022 The data characterizing the real-world clinical, economic and humanistic impact of innovative medical products are increasingly used across the broad spectrum of clinical and commercial development to support both regulatory approval and market access (with the former being a relatively new phenomenon since implementation of the…
Columbus-based OhioHealth named Valda Clark Christian senior vice president and chief ethics and compliance officer. In her new role, Ms. Clark Christian will oversee ethical issues and policies that protect patient privacy, ensure fair and accurate billing and maintain cyber security, according to an Oct. 6 news release from the health system. …
Renton, Wash.-based Providence Health has promoted Mark Premo to chief data officer and group vice president. Prior to his promotion, Mr. Premo served as the vice president of information management and platform engineering at Providence, according to Mr. Premo’s LinkedIn. Mr. Premo has previously served in IT leadership positions at Providence Health…
Oct 5, 2022 For patients with mCSPC, the current standard of treatment is to intensify androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) with docetaxel or androgen receptor axis-targeted therapy (ARAT: abiraterone, apalutamide, enzalutamide). But there aren’t enough indicators to help with therapy decision-making. Researchers had previously demonstrated that ADT enhanced the survival results…