Precision Medicine Initiative

Program to meet growing need for investigators trained in biomedical computing, says Peter Elkin, MD.

Four organizations are named to start gathering data to support mapping of genomes.

Panel boosts spending by $1.1 billion over the previous year, aiding NIH’s Precision Medicine Initiative and other health IT priorities, while ONC’s budget is slashed.

The Scripps Research Institute will develop, test, maintain and upgrade the mobile apps and web-based platform that will be used to enroll 1 million U.S. volunteers, says Eric Topol, MD.

Each of the groups represent distinct use cases in precision medicine and are specialists in disciplines that will test capabilities in real-life settings, says Gil Alterovitz.

The release of use cases is an important step toward the seamless integration of genomic data into the clinical record, says HL7’s Chuck Jaffe, MD.

Slashing agency’s funding by nearly 20 percent in fiscal year 2018 will decimate medical research, say congressional critics.

ONC-funded pilot is supporting the Precision Medicine Initiative national cohort of 1 million or more Americans, says ONC’s Jon White, MD.

Cuts would hinder nation’s ability to rapidly advance medical discoveries, says AMIA’s Jeff Smith.

FHIR, OAuth security standard to create tech platform for patient sharing of EHRs, says Josh Mandel, MD.