An Image quiz : What is the Investigation & What is the diagnosis ?
Image courtesey : Sekhar, S. et al Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 2015 (Ref 2)
Coronary stent infection (CSI) is no longer a rare and fancy diagnosis. It is increasingly recognized and is equivalent to infective endocarditis. Though CSI appear simple & practical terminology, Infective endo-coronary arteritis may be the ideal term for this device-related infection.
Any prolonged fever following PCI must be investigated with this condition in mind. Unlike other forms of infective endocarditis, vegetations are rare, or do not occur . Instead, the infection erodes endothelium, often leading to the development o...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - October 6, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Revisiting Canada ’s Access to Medicines Regime in Response to COVID-19: A Review of the Legislation and its Underlying Objectives
Muhammad Zaheer Abbas (Queensland University of Technology), Revisiting Canada ’s Access to Medicines Regime in Response to COVID-19: A Review of the Legislation and its Underlying Objectives, 34 Intell. Prop. J. (2022): The current COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the significance of... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - October 5, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
We ’re All In The Hot Seat Now.
BY MIKE MAGEE
It’s not that easy living in the “Big Easy” these days and co-existing with a world dominated by water concerns. When Times-Picayune gossip columnist Betty Guillaud (as the folklore goes) “coined New Orleans’ undisputed nickname” in the 1960’s, it was a lifestyle eponym meant to favorably contrast life in “The Big Easy” with hard living in “The Big Apple.”
That was well before August 23, 2004, when the levies failed to hold back the Gulf waters, and 1,392 souls perished leaving two names to last in infamy – Katrina and Brownie, of “Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job”...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Cholera Mike Magee New York City Saltwater Source Type: blogs
AI Will Help Bridge Gaps in Canadian Healthcare
This study will look for practical ways that AI can be deployed in various healthcare settings and may include pilot implementations that will put AI theory into action.
Robert Fox, Chief Executive Officer of OntarioMD, shared details of this study in an interview with Healthcare IT Today (interview coming!)
AI Prominently on Display at OntarioMD Conference
The exhibit hall at the OntarioMD Conference featured many interesting startups alongside digital health veterans. Most of the exhibitors were touting their use of AI technology.
AI powered chatbots and patient automation was on display by Phelix
Ambient voice for cli...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 4, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System #OMDDHC23 Ambient Clinical Voice Andre Picard DoctorCare Healthcare AI Healthcare Billing OntarioMD patient communications Source Type: blogs
Shhhhh! The secret we don ’ t talk about …
For all my writing about ACT, there are some things that ACT doesn’t directly deal with: what do people use to help them do what matters in their life? OK we do discuss actions, values, perspective-taking, mindfulness, willingness and defusion, but we don’t talk about the specifics of what people living with pain might do to live well. The skills or ways of going about daily life, using things that help people with pain do things. *Scroll to the bottom to see my totally unscientific survey for people with pain*
So for a few weeks I’m exploring self-management: this is one of those poorly-defined terms ...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - October 1, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Back pain Chronic pain Clinical reasoning Coping Skills Coping strategies Low back pain Occupational therapy Research Science in practice biopsychosocial Health pain management self-management Therapeutic approaches Source Type: blogs
Resolving the Paradox of Payroll-Tax-Based Social Insurance for Disability: Lessons from the Canadian Disability Benefit Act
Mark C. Weber (DePaul University), Resolving the Paradox of Payroll-Tax-Based Social Insurance for Disability: Lessons from the Canadian Disability Benefit Act, (Osgoode L. Stud. Research Paper) (forthcoming 2023): This paper discusses contributory social insurance for disability —a social scheme in which... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - October 1, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Two Weeks of Purging, Releasing, and Opening
Integration of my recent MDMA journey has been going well and keeping me busier than I expected. It actually feels like I’m still going through that journey. I sense that the energies involved knew that I’d have two weeks to myself with Rachelle out of town (she’s visiting family in Canada and returns tonight), so they invited me to have an extended solo experience. I’d kept my schedule very open during those two weeks, so I feel that on some level I said yes to that invitation.
I haven’t taken any substances since a microdose of mushrooms on the 16th, opting for a longer break, but that ha...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - September 28, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Creating Reality Emotions Source Type: blogs
Language Barriers: Protecting Your Organization From A Hidden HIPAA Threat
The following is a guest article by Bill Young, Director of Healthcare & Life Sciences at SYSTRAN
Keeping patient data confidential and secure remains a major healthcare challenge today, more than 25 years after the introduction of the 1996 Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act or HIPAA.
HIPAA is regulatory guidance to ensure Patient Health Information (PHI) is protected in specific entities, mainly healthcare facilities, and healthcare admin support institutions, for the transfer and flow of health information.
How has the HIPPA management challenge increased? To review, in 2021, the US Department of H...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 28, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Administration AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Regulations Security and Privacy Bill Young Data Breaches Health Data Translation Healthcare Translation HIPAA HIPAA B Source Type: blogs
COVID-19 unleashed an ongoing crisis of delirium in hospitals
Older adults have borne the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic. While Canadians aged 60 years and older make up only 20 percent of the population, they account for 69.5 percent of all COVID-19 hospitalizations, and most — 91.7 percent — of all COVID-19 deaths. One aspect of health care during the pandemic that has received
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COVID-19 unleashed an ongoing crisis of delirium in hospitals originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 27, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Christina Reppas-Rindlisbacher, MD, Nathan Stall, MD, and Tags: Conditions Geriatrics Source Type: blogs
WHO Report: Tackling Hypertension Could Avert 76M Deaths Globally
Conclusion
Hypertension, often referred to as the “silent killer,” isn’t just a mere health term; it’s a pressing global challenge with vast implications.
As the World Health Organization’s report underscores, controlling high blood pressure is more than a matter of personal health. It’s about potentially averting millions of deaths worldwide by 2050.
It’s heartening to see countries like Canada and South Korea lead the charge with effective treatment programs, offering hope and a pathway for others to follow.
Yet, the contrasting statistics on sodium intake and the p...
Source: The EMT Spot - September 26, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Rotman, MD, FRCPC, PhD Tags: News Source Type: blogs
Abbott Acquires Bigfoot Biomedical. Unity has a new home. Some Bigfoot employees might not like it.
In mid-September 2023, the medical technology startup known as Bigfoot Biomedical, reached a definitive agreement to be acquired by Abbott Laboratories (see the official press release athttps://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/abbott-to-acquire-bigfoot-biomedical-furthering-efforts-to-develop-personalized-connected-solutions-for-people-with-diabetes-301918254.html for details). Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Bigfoot ' s CEO Was Fired from JDRFSome people with diabetes might recall that Bigfoot Biomedical was co-founded by Jeffrey Brewer, whose previous job was as CEO of the JDRF. But Mr. Brewer was sh...
Source: Scott's Web Log - September 20, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Tags: 2023 Abbott Bigfoot Biomedical Bigfoot Unity Dexcom FTC Source Type: blogs
My First MDMA Journey (Solo)
Yesterday I had my first MDMA journey, alone. I had planned to do it about two weeks in advance, knowing it was going to be a big deal for me. It was not what I expected. But I think it was the most remarkably life-shifting experience I’ve ever had. I can tell it changed me profoundly.
The short version is that it was like having my higher self embody me fully for 8-9 hours, letting me feel HIS feelings, hear HIS thoughts, speak with HIS voice, understand HIS perspective, and experience HIS energy. No, it wasn’t LIKE that. It was EXACTLY that.
Here’s the more detailed version:
I got up early that...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - September 17, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Creating Reality Lifestyle Source Type: blogs
The last bumper sticker: The Sacred Text
Okay, we ' ve finally come to the end of this tedious exercise. The U.S. Constitution is the strongest guarantor of freedoms in history. Again, I ' m not sure what the political point is supposed to be here. As far as I know the only people who want to repeal the Constitution are conservative Republicans, notably the followers of Donald J. Trump. But as a liberal of the non-neo variety, I do take issue with the statement.For some reason Americans are inclined to see the Constitution as equivalent to holy scripture. It ' s the infallible word...
Source: Stayin' Alive - September 11, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
“The Greatest Scientist of All Time” says Scientific American. Who is it?
BY MIKE MAGEE
When it comes to our earthly survival as a human species, words are often under-powered and off-the-mark. Clearer concepts, definitions and terms are required for clarity. Here are five terms that are useful and worth remembering:
Planetary Boundaries
Earth Systems
Human Perturbations
Planetary Scale Destabilization
Holocene Epoch vs. Anthropogenic Epoch
These terms all tie back to a single source – a child of World War II, only seven when his home in Amsterdam was overrun by Nazis. His father was a waiter, his mother a cook in a local hospital. He’d later recall with a sh...
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Non-Health Chemistry Mike Magee Ozone Paul Crutzen Scientific American Source Type: blogs
