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New York City-based Mount Sinai’s Tisch Cancer Center has launched a new AI platform designed to help more cancer patients across its health system find and enroll in clinical trials. The platform, called PRISM, uses an oncology-specific large language model…
Philadelphia based-Fox Chase Cancer Center has launched a partnership with Arima Genomics to strengthen diagnostic capabilities in clinical practice through 3D genomic sequencing and analysis. The Cancer Epigenetics Institute at Fox Chase will incorporate Arima’s technology in its diagnostic workflows…
Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute has invested $2.4 million in Advarra’s clinical trial management system to expand its clinical trial capabilities. The Cancer Institute and the UAMS Translational Research Institute are using…
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston is partnering with SOPHiA GENETICS to advance the use of artificial intelligence in cancer diagnostics and research. Through the collaboration, MD Anderson will work with the precision medicine company to…
Houston-based Baylor College of Medicine has appointed Will Parsons, MD, PhD, as chief of the division of hematology-oncology in the department of pediatrics. Dr. Parsons has also been appointed director of Texas Children’s Cancer and Hematology Center, according to a…
Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., have developed and evaluated an AI-powered tool that delivers personalized prostate cancer education by drawing directly from patients’ EHRs. The system, called MedEduChat, combines Mayo-validated clinical data with large language model technology to…
Mountlake Terrace, Wash.-based Premera Blue Cross is expanding its case management resources for cancer care, according to a Jan. 6 news release. The patient navigation program, called Premera Cancer Support, relies on a partnership with Thyme Care, an oncology startup…
Marcee Chmait has been named head of emerging opportunities and ventures at Duarte, Calif.-based City of Hope. She was previously head of digital partnerships and business development at Renton, Wash.-based Providence’s Digital Innovation Group, where she worked for eight years. She has…
Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital has partnered with Lakeland (Fla.) Regional Health to bring the Lakeland region greater access to specialized cancer care and clinical trials. Under the collaborative agreement, TGH oncologists will provide subspecialized cancer care to patients at Lakeland…