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Healthcare Leaders See AI Tech In Their Future
You’ve probably noticed that the movement of healthcare AI from visionary to commonplace has already begun. There are endless examples I could cite to demonstrate this, but here’s a taste: A UK hospital is delegating some tasks usually performed by doctors and nurses to AI technology The AMA is working to set standards for physician use of AI Competition between AI-based disease management players is increasing New AI software can detect signs of diabetic retinopathy without involving a physician Of course, anytime a technology seems poised to take over the world, there’s a voice in our head saying “Are you ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 30, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Anne Zieger Tags: EHR Electronic Health Record Electronic Medical Record EMR Healthcare Healthcare AI HealthCare IT Hospital EHR AMA American Medical Association Clinical AI Convergys Analytics Financial AI Healthcare AI Barriers Healthcare AI F Source Type: blogs

Treating Depression May StopRepeat Heart Attack
In this study, he pointed out, patients whose depression went into remission within six months fared better -- even if they were in the placebo group.Those on medication were, however, more likely to see a remission: Over half did, versus 35 percent of placebo patients.Blumenthal said that some research has found that regular exercise can help ease depression -- and may be as effective as antidepressants.He is currently leading a trial that ' s testing exercise against escitalopram for treating anxiety in heart disease patients.WebMD News from HealthDaySourcesCopyright © 2013-2018 HealthDay. All rights reserved. (Source: Dr Portnay)
Source: Dr Portnay - July 25, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr Portnay Source Type: blogs

Do French Kids Get ADHD? Yes
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has become an increasing commonplace childhood malady, affecting somewhere between 5 to 9 percent of American children ever year. Back in 2012, a blog was written claiming it explained the reason “Why French Kids Don’t Have ADHD.” In the article, Dr. Marilyn Wedge made the astonishing claim that while American children suffered ADHD prevalence rates of around 9 percent, French children have a prevalence rate of “less than 0.5 percent.” The only problem with this claim? It’s not true. The article appeared on Psychology Today, that bastion o...
Source: World of Psychology - July 20, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John M. Grohol, Psy.D. Tags: ADHD and ADD Children and Teens Disorders Minding the Media Psychology Research Adhd In Children ADHD in France ADHD in French French children Source Type: blogs

A physician ’s warning on the keto diet
The keto diet has recently garnered much fame for its apparent ability to improve diabetes and obesity – results so impressive the Journal of the American Medical Association recently highlighted the diet and thereby christened it as something more than a low-carb craze. However, not all the evidence supports such a positive outlook, leading the diet to straddle the increasingly blurred lines between faddist snake oil and sanctified medical therapy. For starters, the keto diet is not new. Nearly a century ago, prior to the discovery of insulin by Frederick Banting and Charles Best, the keto, or ketogenic, diet was used a...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 11, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/shivam-joshi" rel="tag" > Shivam Joshi, MD < /a > Tags: Conditions Obesity Primary Care Source Type: blogs

Professional Medical Organisations Are Starting To Think About AI And It Implications!
This appeared last week.AMA issues policy statement on use of ‘augmented intelligence’ By Fred BazzoliPublished June 18 2018, 5:20pm EDTThe American Medical Association is weighing in on the potential of what it is calling “augmented intelligence” in fields such as radiology and the practice of medicine by clinicians.The nation’s largest professional association for medical professionals issued its first policy addressing augmented intelligence at its annual meeting last week, adopting broad recommendations for health and technology stakeholders.The AMA action cites both the potential of innovation and concern ab...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - June 29, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

AMA Rejects Recommendation to Reaffirm Opposition to Medical Aid in Dying
The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates today voted 53 to 47 percent to reject a report by its Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs (CEJA) that recommended the AMA maintain its Code of Medical Ethics’ opposition to medical aid in dying. Instead, the House of Delegates referred the report back to CEJA for further work. The AMA Code of Medical Ethics Opinion 5.7 adopted 25 years ago in 1993 before medical aid in dying was authorized anywhere in the United States says: “...permitting physicians to engage in assisted suicide would ultimately cause more harm than good. Physician-assisted suic...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - June 11, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs

American Medical Association May Switch Position on Medical Aid in Dying
The American Medical Association House of Delegates meets this weekend. On the agenda is changing the official position AMA on medical aid in dying. While the CEJA recommendation is against the changing, CEJA concedes that there have been no abuses in... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - June 7, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs

Why Audiologists Need to Pay Attention to CPT Code Surveys
Don’t delete that email! Starting June 11, emails may appear in audiologists’ inboxes, and you want to pay attention to them. A response to these crucial messages can influence how payers calculate reimbursement for your services. As a practicing audiologist, you can help determine fair rates by completing current procedural terminology (CPT® American Medical Association) code surveys related to audiologic and vestibular services and procedures. Are you ready to make a difference? Learn how a CPT code becomes a code and your role in the process. We know—most surveys are an annoyance. But these can directly affec...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - June 4, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Neela Swanson Tags: Advocacy Audiology Slider Source Type: blogs

The AMA Gets it Right by Defending Evidence-Based Medicine and Patient, Physician Autonomy
Gun control advocates like to accuse legislators of being “afraid of the NRA,” implying that reason and principle have nothing to do with their legislative decisions. In the same way, Jackie Kucinich, in a column in The Daily Beast, suggests that the failure of Congress to pass CARA 2.0 (Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act) is due primarily to the lobbying clout of the American Medical Association, pointing to its status as the “seventh highest lobbying spender in 2017.”  The article quotes opioid reform advocate Gary Mendell as saying “the AMA will resist anything that regulates healthcare”—an inter...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 30, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs

Compassion & Choices Defends California ’s Legal Definition of Brain Dead as Dead (Israel Stinson)
Compassion & Choices has filed an amicus brief defending California’s legal definition of brain dead as dead. The California UDDA is under challenge because of a decision by Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles to stop artificial life support for a brain dead two-year-old boy. The deceased boy’s mother and a right-wing religious group have filed a lawsuit in a federal appeals court. A federal judge previously dismissed the lawsuit in March 2017, Jonee Fonseca et al v. Karen Smith et al, challenging the state law’s definition of death filed on behalf of Israel Stinson’s mother, Jonee Fon...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - May 10, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs

Preventing CTE is a no brainer
Any debate as to whether chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a legitimate neurological malady that affects football players is slowly being put to bed. Repetitive hits to the head resulting in sub-concussive trauma and that concussions are the culprit here. Clinical findings associated with CTE include memory loss, depression, anxiety, violent behavior, mood disorders and heightened suicidality, among other impairments. It tends to progress with time and can lead to dementia according to a 2014 article by Stein et al. in Alzheimer’s Research and Therapy. A retrospective 2017 study by Mez et al. published in the Jou...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 4, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/chris-nyte" rel="tag" > Chris Nyte, DO < /a > Tags: Conditions Neurology Source Type: blogs

9/11 firefighters have an increased risk of developing cancer, especially multiple myeloma
I have read that firefighters in general are three times more likely to get cancer because of their exposure to toxic chemicals that they inhale and that also get stuck in their clothing. But it really saddened me last week to read a recently published report about the 9/11 firefighters… In this NBC News article, multiple myeloma is the first cancer mentioned: goo.gl/XaZJsa The fact that so many of these brave people were being diagnosed with MGUS and MM is actually not the news of the day. I’ve been reading articles about this for years now. But, as I wrote above, there is a new study, published last week in...
Source: Margaret's Corner - April 30, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Margaret Tags: Blogroll 9/11 firefighters multiple myeloma Source Type: blogs

a dog's life
Cooper, New York City, 20071.Thursday morning, I woke up, got my kids ready and took them to school. I came home, tidied up the rest of the dishes, and gave my dog Cooper an indulgent breakfast: a full can of her favorite soft dog food —not just a quarter of a can mixed in with her dry food like usual, but the whole thing, every last bit, all to herself. After she finished, I carried her to my car. We drove to the vet, where a kind receptionist showed me into an exam room, past a potted ficus plant and a cheerful wooden sign rea ding, “Think PAWS-ITIVELY!” I sat down on a bench. Cooper stuck her head behind my knees....
Source: the underwear drawer - April 29, 2018 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Michelle Au Source Type: blogs

Autism Prevalence Rates Increase in 11 States Monitored by CDC
This report covers data from 2014, which compared with the previous report in 2012, shows a prevalence increase of nearly 15 percent. This continues the pattern of consistent growth in prevalence of autism since the ADDM launched in 2000 and found the autism rate to be one in 150 children. ADDM data represent about 8 percent of the nation’s population of 8-year-olds, according to the report. In addition, prevalence varies widely among the states. The lowest rate is in Arkansas, at 13.1 in every 1,000 children age 8, and the highest rate is in New Jersey,  at 29.2 in every 1,000 children age 8. Another report, published ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - April 27, 2018 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Shelley D. Hutchins Tags: Academia & Research News Slider Speech-Language Pathology Autism Spectrum Disorder Source Type: blogs

Patient-Reported Outcome Measures: Progress Across the Pond
By TIM WILLIAMS & DAVID INTROCASO This past October CMS Administrator Seema Verma announced the agency’s “Meaningful Measures” initiative.[1] Ms. Verma launched the initiative because, she admitted, the agency’s current quality measurement programming, widely criticized for years by MedPAC and others, ran the risk of outweighing the benefits. Under “Meaningful Measures,” CMS will, Ms. Verma stated, put “patients first” by aligning a smaller number of outcome-based quality measures meaningful to patients across Medicare’s programs. Since “the primary focus of a patient visit,” Ms. Verma...
Source: The Health Care Blog - April 19, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs