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Diagnostics World News Contributed Commentary | Despite the benefits, the potential of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) to serve as a liquid biopsy for cancer has been underutilized, mostly due to the inability to acquire intact CTCs, along with the associated technical challenges. More importantly, until now, the role of CTC information in the design of oncology clinical trials has been greatly overlooked.
Jun 3, 2020
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Diagnostics World News | When COVID-19 hit the U.S., a multitude of emergency waivers to the federal statute governing telehealth were necessary to ensure Medicare-age patients could see their doctor and healthcare providers could continue practicing medicine. In the political arena, some saw this as an example of the overly regulated nature of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. To others, it simply signaled the need to update CMS rules specific to telehealth.
Jun 2, 2020
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Diagnostics World News | This week has seen diagnostics continue to play a vital role in combating the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 29, 2020
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Diagnostics World News | A multidisciplinary team of researchers has developed a machine learning algorithm shown to be “slightly better” than 11 neurologists at diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease in a head-to-head comparison.
May 28, 2020
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Diagnostics World News | May featured news, products, and partnerships from around the diagnostics community from numerous companies, universities, and organizations, including FNIH, Foundation Medicine, Certara, and more.
May 27, 2020
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Diagnostics World News | Healthcare providers across the country have unexpectedly become part of a forced natural experiment in rapid telemedicine deployment that will be providing answers about the technology’s potential, limitations and unintended consequences.
May 26, 2020
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Diagnostics World News | A proposed point-of-care diagnostics platform would use either nanoparticles or magnetic levitation to diagnose COVID-19 infection and assess future risk. An online COVID Digital Pathology Repository. These and other news are included as we round up the week’s research and industry news for COVID-19.
May 22, 2020
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Diagnostics World News | Four years ago, a small group of hospitalists launched TeleHealth Solution to address identified issues in the existing healthcare delivery model—among them, a shortage of physicians at Critical Access Hospitals in small towns across America and fractionated, disruptive care for patients in skilled nursing facilities.
May 19, 2020