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Together, the Keck School of Medicine of USC, Keck Medicine of USC, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Tempus are creating a system-wide framework designed to connect research and patient care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n \n

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The Keck School of Medicine of USC<\/a> and Keck Medicine of USC<\/a> have launched collaborations with Tempus AI, Inc.<\/a>, a technology company at the forefront of applying AI to precision medicine, to integrate clinical care, clinical trials and research through a unified framework. The goal of this strategic collaboration, which will span the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Keck Hospital of USC, USC Verdugo Hills and all USC-affiliated hospitals and clinics across Southern California, is to enhance patient care and accelerate research and innovation.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The new framework intends to create an ongoing cycle of learning between patient care and research, with a primary goal of improving outcomes for the more than 1.5 million annual patient visits to Keck Medicine of USC hospitals and clinics. It is designed to promote more personalized and precise care to patients across the Keck Medicine of USC health system with tailored recommendations informed by large-scale clinical data. At the same time, it seeks to use clinical data to inform and accelerate research to develop innovative therapies and algorithms that may translate for public benefit.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy working closely with Tempus, and in collaboration with clinical, research and operational leaders across USC, we are aligning research, clinical care and innovation priorities,\u201d said Vasiliki Anest, PhD, chief innovation officer at the Keck School of Medicine. \u201cOur patient-focused commitment is to ensure discoveries and clinical innovations move thoughtfully and responsibly into practice, expanding access to personalized care and clinical trials, supporting physicians and improving patient outcomes.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Building a scalable model<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the heart of the USC -Tempus collaboration is the pioneering research and patient care delivered by the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center<\/a>. This collaboration will start with a focus on precision oncology, with the intention of creating a proven model for integrating care and research, that can then be extended over time to other specialties, including cardiology, neurology and radiology.<\/p>\n

\u201cFundamentally, this agreement helps accelerate precision medicine for our patients \u2014\u00a0aiming to guide\u00a0them to the most appropriate clinical trials and treatments,\u201d says\u00a0Steven\u00a0Shapiro, MD, senior vice president for health affairs at USC. \u201cBy\u00a0leveraging large data sets, we can better understand disease \u2014 particularly cancer \u2014 on an individual\u00a0level. That will mean faster, more accurate diagnoses and the ability to predict treatment outcomes tailored to each patient\u2019s specific disease, down to the molecular\u00a0level.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tempus is an industry leader in applying AI to health care and supporting clinicians with data-driven precision medicine tools. The collaboration aims to develop a model for how academic medical centers and industry leaders can work together to accelerate innovation and improve patient care.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re excited to embark on this collaboration with USC, an institution that shares our commitment to advancing health care through data and technology,\u201d said Ezra Cohen, MD, chief medical officer of oncology at Tempus. \u201cBy bringing together Tempus\u2019 AI-powered platform with USC\u2019s world-class research and clinical expertise, we have the opportunity to create a powerful, integrated ecosystem that meaningfully transforms care delivery.\u201d<\/p>\n

Connecting patient care and research with the help of AI<\/strong><\/p>\n

The strategic undertaking is anchored by four key pillars. These include clinical testing<\/strong>, which can enable detailed molecular and genetic profiling at the patient level; clinical trials matching<\/strong>, which automatically matches eligible patients with novel targeted therapies; clinical care gap pathways,<\/strong> which uses AI-driven insights to promote evidence-based patient care; and research collaboration and co-development<\/strong>, aimed at moving academic discoveries into real-world diagnostics and treatments. Together, these elements have the potential to create an integrated ecosystem that connects patient care and research.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>The Keck School of Medicine of USC and Keck Medicine of USC are leaders in research, patient care, and innovation. This strategic collaboration aims to build on those strengths by aligning advanced technology with academic and clinical expertise to more closely integrate discovery and care. By bringing together leaders in clinical testing, clinical trials, research, and innovation, USC and Tempus aspire to advance a scalable model that connects data, discovery, and patient care to help advance patient outcomes and accelerate innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":10102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[11,10,446,169,20,86],"class_list":["post-10101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-release","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-cancer","tag-homepage","tag-latest","tag-research","tag-usc-norris-comprehensive-cancer-center"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nUSC and 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