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    Expanding Precision Medicine through Integrated Decision Support

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    Catherine Shaffer
    Published on March 22, 2018

    Paving the way for precision medicine

    Interdisciplinary data handling may enable clinical decision support.
    Dr. Ihab Kamel, Clinical Director MRI, Professor of Radiology, Radiological Science and Oncology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

    Collating data in cardiac care

    A patient dashboard supports clinical decisions.
    Dr. Ronak Rajani, Head of Cardiac CT at Guy’s and St Thomas, Reader in Cardiovascular Imaging at King’s College, London, UK
    Alt. Image Text Clinical decision support is enabled by interdisciplinary data handling in healthcare.<br /><br />

    Towards precise cancer staging and risk stratification

    Dr. Katarzyna Macura, Professor of Radiology, Urology, and Oncology, Assistant Director ICTR Imaging Translational Program, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
    A patient dashboard enables an overview of a patient&rsquo;s data for clinical decision support.
    Dr. Bram Stieltjes, Vice Chair of Research, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Project leader Comprehensive Digital Diagnostic Department, University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
    Interdisciplinary data handling in healthcare is supported by a patient dashboard.

    Integrating patient values

    Dr. Ritse Mann, Breast and Interventional Radiologist, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    Clinical decision support is enabled by interdisciplinary data handling in healthcare.
    Dr. Mathias Prokop, Professor of Radiology, Chairman of the Department of Radiology, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    By Catherine Shaffer
    Catherine Shaffer is a science writer specializing in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, IT, and medical devices. A former lab scientist with a master’s degree in biochemistry, she has covered advances in healthcare for over 15 years. Catherine is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.

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