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Dr Jennifer Sigsbee Gonzales – The Places You Will Go – Video

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Dr Jennifer Sigsbee Gonzales – The Places You Will Go Texas Lutheran alumna, Dr. Jennifer Sigsbee Gonzales spoke with science students about her experiences in medical school and afterwards. Continue reading →

Invivoscribe Launches Genection, a New Personalized Molecular Medicine Company Delivering Global Access to the Entire …

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SAN DIEGO, CA–(Marketwire – Dec 4, 2012) – Invivoscribe Technologies, Inc., a privately-held life science company based in San Diego, California, announces the launch of Genection, Inc. Genection provides physicians with a dedicated online platform for global access to the entire clinically-actionable genetic test menu, including both routine and esoteric genetic tests, exome and whole genome sequencing, cancer somatic mutation testing, and pharmacogenomics. Genection’s model is not payor driven, so prescribing physicians have access to genetic tests that may currently be unavailable, overlooked, or even inaccessible through their patients’ managed care plans and health care institutions Continue reading →

Penn Medicine Physician Offers Model for Teaching Residents Value-Based Care

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VALUE Framework Urged for Medical and Surgical Residents Newswise PHILADELPHIA Despite the national consensus on the need to improve the value of health care while reducing unnecessary spending, teaching hospitals often struggle to design curricula to train future physicians to deliver such care to their patients. Working to fill this gap, Mitesh Patel, MD, MBA, a physician and Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, worked with colleagues to develop the VALUE framework for teaching-hospitals, academic medical centers, and residency programs. It can be used by physician trainees to assess whether a medical intervention will help patients while keeping costs down. Continue reading →