HHS design contest seeks to marry test results with built-in, automated, harmonized data capture and wireless transmission capabilities for improved dataset packaging for public health agencies, lesser data reporting burdens for labs.
SPRINT trial finds ancestry not significantly associated with blood pressure, kidney function, left ventricular mass when entire cohort had similar access to providers and therapies.
Studies find fecal immunochemical testing performs poorly in identifying early-stage disease but might have acceptable sensitivity for average-risk individuals; editorialists ask if a new paradigm is needed for assessing the tests’ performance.
Approach combines estimates of within-subject biological variation, analytical variation, and previous test results to develop individualized set points.
