Quiz: Do You Know Pharmacology Facts?
This is the final post in our miniseries on pharmacology. Check out the others: “What Is Pharmacology?“, “What Happens to Medicine In Your Body?“, and “How Do Medicines Work?“
Credit: NIGMS.
Pharmacologists research how the body acts on medicines (e.g., absorption, excretion) and how medicines act in the body, as well as how these effects vary from person to person. NIGMS-funded pharmacology researchers are:
Conducting research to design medicines with fewer side effects
Exploring how genes cause people to respond differently to medicines
Developing new methods and molecul...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - November 13, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacology Common questions Medicines Miniseries Quiz Source Type: blogs
AI and special needs adults: The AI Guardian is in sight
Over the past decade I ' ve written on social media about the concept of an AI Guardian, but I realize I ' ve never put it into a blog post [4]. With the release of the LLM AIs [1] including ChatGP4,ChatGPT plugins, and recentlyGPT Agents (GPTs) the AI Guardian is much closer than I ' d expected. So it ' s time to write something.First, of course, I decided to ask ChatGPT. I ' ve never seen the concept of an AI Guardian online, but evidently I ' ve been looking in the wrong places. As of its April 2023 incarnationChatGPT4 has quite a bit to say:You: What do you know about the concept of an " AI Guardian " for sp...
Source: Be the Best You can Be - November 11, 2023 Category: Disability Tags: autism cognition cognitive impairment computer finance nsAI smartphone smartphone4all sport support technology Source Type: blogs
Glasses Provide Audible Prompts for Blind Wearers
A team at the University of Technology Sydney has developed an assistive technology for blind people and those with low vision. The system consists of glasses that can view their surroundings through an on-board camera, appraise the objects nearby using computer vision technology, and then play a sound that provides a cue for the wearer as to their surroundings. These “sound icons” could include a rustling sound when leaves are viewed, or a small bark when a dog appears, as examples. The technology could offer additional information on their environment for low vision wearers, and assist with daily tasks.
Technology...
Source: Medgadget - November 9, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Rehab UTSEngage Source Type: blogs
American Telemedicine Association Leaps Into Privacy and AI Policies
The computerization of daily life has evolved from a set of technical decisions to a matter of urgent public policy over the past few decades. The American Telemedicine Association (ATA) recently released two sets of principles that highlights its concerns in two prominent computing issues: privacy and AI.
Of course, privacy and AI both make front-page news these days. Concerns over the data protection of individuals dates back to the 1970s. The issue takes on new urgency since evidence has emerged about the manipulation of voters and exploitation of children. AI became the subject of an international summit at Bletchley P...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 9, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Regulations Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring AI Regulations Artificial Intelligence ATA HIPAA Kyle Zebley privacy Privacy Regulations Telehealth Policy Telemedicine Regulations Source Type: blogs
Microsoft ’ s Multi-Tenbillion Dollar Bet On Healthcare
This article is a part of our series Tech Giants In Healthcare:
Amazon In Healthcare: Disruption, Data Nightmares And Digital Health Dreams
Google’s Masterplan for Healthcare
IBM’s Moonshot Ambition in Medicine
Is Apple Going Into Healthcare?
Take a deeper dive into what these companies aim for in medicine with our e-book, Tech Giants In Healthcare.
Written by Dr. Bertalan Meskó & Dr. Pranavsingh Dhunnoo
At The Medical Futurist, we are building a community for making a bold vision about the future of healthcare reality today.
If you’d like to support this mission, we invite you t...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 9, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Digital Health Research Future of Medicine Health Sensors & Trackers Healthcare Design Security & Privacy tech giants AI Nuance cloud transcription cloud computing Satya Nadella Tom McGuinness Source Type: blogs
Will the AMA Support A Move Toward Single Payer Health Care?
By MIKE MAGEE
The Politico headline in 2019 declared dramatically, “The Most Powerful Activist in America is Dying.” This week, 4 1/2 years later, their prophecy came true, as activist Ady Barkan succumbed at age 39 to ALS leaving behind his vibrant wife, English professor, Rachael King, and two small children, Carl,7, and Willow,3.
His journey, as one of the nation’s leading activists for a single-payer health care system began, not coincidentally, began with his diagnosis of A.L.S. in 2016, 4 months after the birth of his first child. His speech at the Democratic National Convention fully exposed his conditio...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Ady Barkan AMA Mike Magee Single payer Source Type: blogs
Spotlighting SEPA for National STEM Day
The NIGMS Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) program provides opportunities for pre-K-12 students from underserved communities to access STEM educational resources. SEPA grants support innovative, research-based, science education programs, furthering NIGMS’ mission to ensure a strong and diverse biomedical research workforce. SEPA projects generate resources that are mapped to state and national teaching standards for STEM and are rigorously evaluated for effectiveness; most are also available at no cost. These resources include mobile laboratories, interactive health exhibits in museums and science centers, edu...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - November 8, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: STEM Education Research Roundup SEPA Training Source Type: blogs
Optimizing Healthcare IT: Four Innovative Ways to Use QR Codes
The following is a guest article by Ravi Pratap, Co-Founder and CTO at Beaconstac
Technology provides the foundation of modern healthcare, with the potential to generate $410 billion in annual revenue by 2025. Efficient IT solutions in healthcare organizations ensure optimal patient care and seamless operational functionality.
One such technology professionals often overlook is the QR code. And in an era where over six billion people have smartphones, incorporating the tool in healthcare makes sense. The following article shows four practical use cases for QR codes within the healthcare IT landscape.
Managing Medical Equip...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 3, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Ambulatory Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops LTPAC Beaconstac Healthcare Asset Tracking Information Access IT Assets Medical Equipme Source Type: blogs
New Lenovo Server Permits AI to Run Locally
Lenovo has been famous for their laptops for a long time, but they also have a strong business in computer servers. They offer hardware for data centers as well as edge locations, along with a SaaS style pricing model called TruScale.
According to Robert Daigle, Director of Global AI at Lenovo, a new system called the Lenovo ThinkEdge SE455 V3 makes it possible to run compute-heavy tasks such as generative AI in a workplace at “the edge.” The SE455 is only half as loud as comparable servers, and can survive at a temperature of 55°C, and therefore can co-exist with people in a typical office or research center....
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 2, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: AI/Machine Learning Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Healthcare AI Healthcare Edge Servers Healthcare IT Video Interviews Healthcare Servers Lenovo Lenovo Servers Lenovo ThinkEdge Source Type: blogs
The 2023 Healthcare Power Ranking Of Tech Giants
Major tech companies have been venturing into healthcare for years, and we’ve been following and analysing their progress along the way. We have scrutinized their efforts individually (see: Google, Apple, Amazon, NVIDIA, Microsoft, IBM) and in summaries and more summaries, analysed what we can learn from the tech giants-healthcare-collaborations and even dared to publish some forecasts about what we expect their next moves will be.
And most recently we finished a major update on one of our most popular e-books, Tech Giants In Healthcare. As the book is out now, here is a 2023 power ranking of the most important non-...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 2, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Artificial Intelligence in Medicine IBM Innovation technology microsoft AI NVIDIA amazon apple digital health google Source Type: blogs
Microfluidic System Incorporates Eight Organ Tissues for Drug Testing
Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a sophisticated microfluidic system that incorporates tissue from up to eight different organ systems. The technology is unprecedented in allowing researchers to study complex interactions between different organs during disease. Moreover, it also allows for more comprehensive drug testing that investigates the effects of drug candidates on multiple organ systems at once. Called Lattice, the system is a significant advancement over pre-existing in vitro systems, which typically only allow researchers to study two organ tissues at once. The entire system fits into a spac...
Source: Medgadget - October 26, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Materials Medicine northwestern Source Type: blogs
Oracle Health Goes Beyond Visit Summaries with Its Use of AI in Their EHR
Many companies are jumping on the AI bandwagon to offer services ranging from risk stratification to auto-generation of patient notes after a visit. Oracle Health wants to move further. In this video at the Oracle Health conference, Senior Vice President of Product Management, Suhas Uliyar describes how Oracle Health is creating tools that accompany and augment the workflow of physicians, nurses, and patients.
Uliyar addresses the commonly noted problem of burnout among clinicians, and says that Oracle Health wants to speed up administrative work so they can talk more to patients.
During a patient visit, where other tools ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 26, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Clinical EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Ambient Clinical Voice Cerner EHR AI EHR Copilot Healthcare AI Healthcare IT Video Interviews Oracle Source Type: blogs
Y2Q and You
By KIM BELLARD
Chances are, you’ve at least somewhat concerned about your privacy, especially your digital privacy. Chances are, you’re right to be. Every day, it seems, there are more reports about data beeches, cyberattacks, and selling or other misuse of confidential/personal data. We talk about privacy, but we’re failing to adequately protect it. But chances are you’re not worried nearly enough.
Y2Q is coming.
That is, I must admit, a phrase I had not heard of until recently. If you are of a certain age, you’ll remember Y2K, the fear that the year 2000 would cause computers ev...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Tech Kim Bellard Quantum Encryption Y2Q Source Type: blogs
Security and Privacy Hurdles Plaguing AI-Driven Health Services
Conclusion
In the rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) has brought numerous security and privacy hurdles. While AI-powered health services promise to revolutionize patient care, diagnosis, treatment, and administrative efficiency, this new technology also presents serious security concerns that demand our immediate attention—both as patients and IT professionals in the healthcare industry.
About Sriram Rajagopalan, Ph.D.
Sriram Rajagopalan, Ph.D. is the Head of Training & Learning Services as well as Enterprise Agile Evangelist at Inflectra. Sriram designs and orch...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 25, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Security and Privacy App Permissions Dr. Sriram Rajagopalan EHR HCO HCP Healthcare AI Healthcare Cybersecurity H Source Type: blogs
A man in his 60s with syncope and ST depression. What does the ECG mean?
Written by Sean Trostel MD, peer reviewed by Meyers, Smith, Grauer, etc.A man in his 60s with a history of severe alcohol use disorder and epidural abscess on long-term ciprofloxacin presented to the emergency department after an episode of syncope while standing in line at a grocery store.He did not have chest pain.Here is his triage ECG: What do you think?My interpretation:Sinus rhythm, normal QRS, widespread wavy ST depression leading into late T/U-waves with very prolonged QT. No evidence of OMI. QTc/QUc is in the range of 630 msec.What is the most likely cause of the patient ’s ECG findings, and wha...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - October 25, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Pendell Source Type: blogs
