Microplastics, Major Problem
By KIM BELLARD
It’s been almost four years since I first wrote about microplastics; long story short, they’re everywhere. In the ground, in the oceans (even at the very bottom), in the atmosphere. More to the point, they’re in the air you breathe and in the food you eat. They’re in you, and no one thinks that is a good thing. But we’re only starting to understand the harm they cause.
The Washington Post recently reported:
Scientists have found microplastics — or their tinier cousins, nanoplastics — embedded in the human placenta, in blood, in the heart and in the liver and bowels. In one re...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Tech Kim Bellard Microplastics Source Type: blogs
Medicaid, the Supreme Court, and Safe Care for Nursing Home Residents
Nicole Huberfeld (Boston University), Medicaid, the Supreme Court, and Safe Care for Nursing Home Residents (2022): This JAMA Viewpoint explained and analyzed the US Supreme Court litigation in Health and Hospital Corporation v. Talevski after oral arguments occurred. The state-run... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - February 15, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Moral Framing and Affirmative Outreach as Drivers of Health Insurance Enrollment in Medicaid and a State Exchange: A Randomized Field Experiment
Wendy Netter Epstein (DePaul University), Christopher T. Robertson (Boston University), David Yokum (Brown University), Hansoo Ko (New York University), et al., Moral Framing and Affirmative Outreach as Drivers of Health Insurance Enrollment in Medicaid and a State Exchange: A Randomized... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - January 24, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
The Public Stakes of Consumer Law: The Environment, the Economy, Health, Disinformation, and Beyond
Rory Van Loo (Boston University), The Public Stakes of Consumer Law: The Environment, the Economy, Health, Disinformation, and Beyond, 107 Minn. L. Rev. (2023): Consumer law has a conflicted and narrow identity. It is most immediately a form of business... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - January 22, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Private Actions to Protect Medicaid Live to See Another Day
Nicole Huberfeld (Boston University), Private Actions to Protect Medicaid Live to See Another Day, JAMA (2023): This JAMA Viewpoint explored the US Supreme Court ' s decision in Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County et al v Talevski, which held that... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - January 11, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Inspiring the Next Generation of Scientists Through CityLab
Credit: CityLab.
“Many of the students we work with don’t have access to a laboratory through their local schools. For them, CityLab is their first exposure to a laboratory environment—these are hugely important moments for these kids,” says Carl Franzblau, Ph.D., the founder of CityLab at Boston University (BU). CityLab was established more than 30 years ago as a science education outreach program for precollege students and teachers through a partnership between the Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and the Wheelock College of Education & Human Development at BU.
“Since our first Science Edu...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - January 3, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacology STEM Education SEPA Training Source Type: blogs
High Stakes, Bad Odds: Health Laws and the Revived Federalism Revolution
Nicole Huberfeld (Boston University), High Stakes, Bad Odds: Health Laws and the Revived Federalism Revolution, 57 U.C. Davis L. Rev. (2023): The Supreme Court ’s most recent term produced a number of blockbuster decisions, nearly hiding a federalism agenda that surfaced... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 25, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
High Stakes, Bad Odds: Health Laws and the Revived Federalism Revolution
Nicole Huberfeld (Boston University), High Stakes, Bad Odds: Health Laws and the Revived Federalism Revolution, U.C. Davis L. Rev., Vol. 57, No. 2 (2023): The Supreme Court ’s most recent term produced a number of blockbuster decisions, nearly hiding a federalism... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 7, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
AI Joins The Fight Against Hypertension: A Deep Dive Into The Groundbreaking Study
Conclusion
The introduction of AI into the healthcare sphere, specifically in hypertension treatment, represents a significant leap towards individualized patient care.
By harnessing machine learning, we can anticipate a future where treatment plans are custom-made to each patient’s needs.
This can lead to healthier communities, improved patient outcomes, and countless lives saved.
As we look forward, we can only imagine the transformative impact AI will have on healthcare, steering us towards a future where each patient receives personalized, effective care.
Read also: 12 Ways To Effectively Preven...
Source: The EMT Spot - June 9, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Rotman, MD, FRCPC, PhD Tags: News Source Type: blogs
iLet Bionic Pancreas Cleared by FDA
The iLet Bionic Pancreas for use by type 1 diabetes patients has been cleared by the FDA and is now available commercially. The device is offered by Beta Bionics, a medtech company based in Massachusetts and California, but the underlying technology originally developed by researchers at Boston University. The system can be paired with a Bluetooth glucose monitor to deliver personalized insulin dosing every five minutes, and calculates doses based on past and current glucose levels and its experience of how the user reacted to previous insulin doses. The technology has a personal origin story, as one of the researchers dro...
Source: Medgadget - June 8, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Medicine artificial pancreas BetaBionics diabetes Type1 Source Type: blogs
The New Rules of Healthcare Platforms: APIs Enable the Platforming of Healthcare
Conclusion
The API economy is growing and changing rapidly, with new business models, tools, and strategies being developed to meet the needs of patients, healthcare organizations, and developers. As APIs become more ubiquitous across industries, they are reshaping the way businesses grow and innovate.
It’s time for healthcare to join the thriving API economy.
Vince Kuraitis, JD, MBA, is a health care consultant and primary author of the e-CareManagement blog, where this post first appeared. (Source: The Health Care Blog)
Source: The Health Care Blog - May 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Tech Health APIs Health Data Healthcare Platforms vince kuratis Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – March 26, 2023 – Epic sees “ tremendous potential ” for GPT, more than 90% of patients want self-scheduling, and more
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
News
In a Microsoft press release announcing the availability of GPT-4 in Azure OpenAI Service, Epic’s Seth Hain, Senior Vice President of Research and Development, said the EHR vendor sees “tremendous potential̶...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 26, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: AI/Machine Learning Healthcare IT Advata Amwell athenahealth Atropos Health Barbara Allen Bill Scott Boston University Caregility Carenet Health Carium Carnegie Mellon University Castle Connolly Top Doctors ChatGPT CHG Health Source Type: blogs
Taking Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) From Data to Analysis and Action
The following is a guest article by Diana Zuskov, MPH, Associate Vice President of Healthcare Strategy at LexisNexis® Risk Solutions.
SDoH Success Stories to Inspire Adoption and Action in Your Organization
Healthcare organizations are spending significant resources – time, money, and human capital – to address social determinants of health (SDoH) and health equity. Effective execution requires going upstream of the programming itself to understand the social determinants of a population.
According to Data Bridge Market Research, the U.S. SDoH market is growing with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22.9% betw...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 24, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Interoperability Clinical Data Data Action Data Analysis Diana Zuskov EHR Electronic Health Records Health Gorilla Health Gorilla’s Source Type: blogs
ISFAR Criticizes New Alcohol Guidance Issued by Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction But Fails to Reveal Its Conflicts of Interest with Big Alcohol
Earlier this year, the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction released anew guidance on alcohol use. The guidance was notable for concluding that there is a dose-response relationship between the amount of alcohol one consumes and one ' s risk of disease or injury and therefore, greater amounts of alcohol consumption are associated with poorer health outcomes. In particular, the guidance concluded that drinking no alcohol is safer than drinking a low or moderate amount of alcohol.The International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research (ISFAR) has just published a stingingcritique of the new guidance. The critique es...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - February 23, 2023 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs
The No Surprises Act: A Conservative Band-Aid to Protect Business as Usual
Marc A. Rodwin (Suffolk University), Alan Sager (Boston University), The No Surprises Act: A Conservative Band-Aid to Protect Business as Usual, 53 Int ’l J. Soc. Determinants Health& Health 1 (2023): Hailed as a major reform, the No Surprises Act... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - February 3, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
