Healthcare Leaders Lay Groundwork for Wave of Innovation in Medical Information Technologies

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Russ Altman, a Stanford University professor of bioengineering, genetics and medicine, told the group that sequencing individual patients’ full genomes will be available for everybody in 10 to 15 years.The government’s economic recovery plan calls for spending more than $19 billion to help medical facilities throughout the country adopt electronic health records.Jones predicted the most valuable innovation will be the integration of these records with medical diagnostic tests, wireless monitoring tools and analytical software that, for example, can detect telltale patterns that presage a heart attack or stroke.Kevin Patrick, a UCSD professor of family and preventive medicine, told me that startup companies also are emerging with innovative healthcare technologies.Patrick said he was one of several researchers helping Santech, a San Diego startup that is exploring novel uses of the Internet and cell phones to tackle such health problems as obesity and diabetes.

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