Fight Aging! Newsletter, June 5th 2023
In conclusion, higher BMR might reduce lifespan. The underlying pathways linking to major causes of death and relevant interventions warrant further investigation.
Betting Against Progress Turns Out Poorly, But Can Work in the Short Term in a Slow Field
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Setting oneself up as a spokesperson for "we will not achieve this goal", as the fellow noted here is choosing to do, is a bet against technological progress. A glance at any few decade period in the past two hundred yea...
Source: Fight Aging! - June 4, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Betting Against Progress Turns Out Poorly, But Can Work in the Short Term in a Slow Field
Setting oneself up as a spokesperson for "we will not achieve this goal", as the fellow noted here is choosing to do, is a bet against technological progress. A glance at any few decade period in the past two hundred years suggests that such a bet will almost certainly fail in time, sometimes quite rapidly. In highly regulated fields that move as slowly as is the case for medicine, however, one can profitably continue to be a skeptic for quite some time. While progress is rapid and impressive in the lab and in animal studies, a skeptic can continue to shrug and point to the lack of human therapies.
This is the resul...
Source: Fight Aging! - June 1, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Healthy Life Extension Community Source Type: blogs
Why Trustworthy AI is Key to Preventing the Erosion of Trust at Scale
“With Artificial Intelligence we now have the ability to erode trust at scale”
Reggie Townsend, Vice President of Data Ethics at SAS made that statement to a room full of clients, data analysts, AI experts, and media at the SAS Innovate conference. That attention-grabbing line was Townsend’s opening to an engaging keynote on the need for “Trustworthy AI” and thoughtful incorporation of ethics into the AI conversation.
Healthcare IT Today had the opportunity to sit down one-on-one with Townsend to learn how SAS is infusing ethics and trustworthiness into their operations. We also wanted to hear more about the comp...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 31, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: AI/Machine Learning Analytics/Big Data Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System elft University of Technology Erasmus MC Erasmus University Medical Center Health Equity Healthcare AI Healthcare AI Ethics Reggie Townse Source Type: blogs
Investigating Bacteria ’ s CRISPR Defense System to Improve Human Health
Credit: Adrian Sanchez Gonzales.
The earliest Andrew Santiago-Frangos, Ph.D., remembers being interested in science was when he was about 8 years old. He was home sick and became engrossed in a children’s book that explained how some bacteria and viruses cause illness. To this day, his curiosity about bacteria persists, and he’s making discoveries about CRISPR—a system that helps bacteria defend against viruses—as a postdoctoral researcher and NIGMS-funded Maximizing Opportunities for Scientific and Academic Independent Careers (MOSAIC) scholar at Montana State University (MSU) in Bozeman.
Becoming a Biologist...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - May 31, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Cells Bacteria Cellular Processes COVID-19 DNA Profiles Source Type: blogs
Featured Health IT Job: Director, Application Development and Integrations
We like to regularly feature a healthcare IT job that might be of interest to readers. Today, we’re featuring the Director, Application Development and Integrations position that was recently posted on Healthcare IT Central. This position was posted by New York eHealth Collaborative and is in Manhattan, New York.
Here’s a description of the position:
New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) is a not-for-profit organization working in partnership with the New York State Department of Health to improve healthcare by collaboratively leading, connecting, and integrating health information exchange across the State.
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Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 31, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Health IT Jobs Tags: Career and Jobs Healthcare IT Application Development and Integrations Director Jobs Health IT Jobs Healthcare IT Jobs Job Seekers New York eHealth Collaborative New York Health IT Jobs NYeC Source Type: blogs
Fast Facts about Discretionary Spending
Romina Boccia and Dominik LettThe federal government will spend $6.3 trillion in 2023, 27 percent is discretionary and 73 percent is mandatory. Discretionary spending refers to federal programs that receive funding through annual appropriations. Less than half ofdiscretionary spending is for defense. More than half isfor nondefense activitiesincludingeducation, infrastructure, scientific research, and other programs.If Congress does not pass annual appropriations bills before October 1st (the beginning of the federal fiscal year), the government undergoes a partial “shutdown” where non‐essential functions are ha...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 30, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Romina Boccia, Dominik Lett Source Type: blogs
Physician entrepreneurs offer hope for burned out doctors
As I leave a conference organized for a group of physician entrepreneurs, I have so many thoughts running through my head. Some of these thoughts revolve around making my small, fledgling medical practice run more smoothly, reaching more people (and serving them better), and always remembering my why. These are the “business mastermind” skills I
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Physician entrepreneurs offer hope for burned out doctors originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 29, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Cindy Rubin, MD Tags: Physician Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
Unlocking the secrets of cancer conferences: an end-of-life counselor ’ s journey among pharmaceutical giants
“One should . . . be able to see things as hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald I’m in a massive ballroom with numerous tables and promotional placards lining the walls and center. In attendance are every pharmaceutical manufacturer and their sales reps. All the biggies are here;
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Unlocking the secrets of cancer conferences: an end-of-life counselor’s journey among pharmaceutical giants originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 27, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Althea Halchuck, EJD Tags: Conditions Palliative Care Primary Care Source Type: blogs
eClinicalWorks Goes from 0 to 60 with AI Throughout Their Product
We’ve only seen a few times where something has dramatically changed the EHR product roadmap. The first time this happened was when the HITECH act and associated $36 billion of stimulus money was included to stimulate adoption of EHR software. In order to get access to that stimulus money, you had to use a certified EHR. If you were an EHR company at this time, you quickly realized that you weren’t going to make any sales if you weren’t certified. As such, the EHR product roadmap changed to ensure that you could meet the EHR certification and meaningful use requirements. In fact, one could argue...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 26, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT ChatGPT eClinicalWorks eCW FQHC Girish Kumar Navani Girish Navani Healthcare Scene Featured Large Language Models PRISMA Robotic Proces Source Type: blogs
Learning by Listening: A Winning Formula for The Health Management Academy
The Health Management Academy is a hidden gem. For years they have been bringing together leaders from healthcare providers and industry innovators in small group meetings. The smaller event format makes it easier to share ideas, exchange best practices, and transfer knowledge. The Academy now runs 65+ focused meetings each year and operates a Center for Transformation to help its clients.
Healthcare IT Today had the rare opportunity to sit down with Renee DeSilva, Chief Executive Officer at The Health Management Academy (THMA). We wanted to learn more about the work THMA is doing, what their plans are for the next 12 mont...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 25, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Security and Privacy AWS Health IT Investment Health IT Leadership Healthcare AI Healthcare Leadership Healthcare Scen Source Type: blogs
Using Robots and Artificial Intelligence to Search for New Medicines
Courtesy of Dr. Adam Gormley.
Adam Gormley, Ph.D., describes himself as a creative and adventurous person—albeit, not creative in the traditional sense. “Science allows me to be creative; to me, it’s a form of art. I love being outdoors, going on sailing trips, and spending time adventuring with my family. Research is the same—it’s an adventure. My creative and adventurous sides have combined into a real love for science,” he says. Dr. Gormley currently channels his passion for science into his position as an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey.
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Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - May 24, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Cells Tools and Techniques Bioinformatics Computational Biology Medicines Profiles Source Type: blogs
The Oft Forgotten Benefits of Multi-Cloud in Healthcare
I remember the days when cloud was almost a dirty word in healthcare. Most healthcare CIOs probably saw the writing on the wall that cloud was the future, but there was a lot of fear going to the cloud. Now every healthcare organization is not just in the cloud but is multi-cloud. What’s interesting about healthcare’s move to the cloud is that we often forget the benefits of multi-cloud when it comes to things like patient outcomes and clinician experience.
This was the topic of discussion at the HIMSS 2023 annual conference in the session titled “CXO Spotlight: Improve Patient Outcomes and Clinicia...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 23, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Bill Wilson Clinician Experiences COVID-19 Geoffrey Brown Healthcare Cloud Healthcare Multi-Cloud Healthcare Scene Featured H Source Type: blogs
Just Get Connected Already
When my optometrist notices an odd lesion on one of my eyes, we agreed we should let my PCP know. The optometrist printed his report that I would bring to my next PCP exam, because otherwise my optometrist had no reliable way to transfer the data.
This is the burden still faced by three quarters of U.S. clinicians, as estimated by Paul L Wilder, Executive Director of the CommonWell Health Alliance. The alliance was a bold gesture made ten years ago by leading EHR vendors to demonstrate their commitment to data sharing. Many other health IT firms have joined CommonWell since then.
In the video interview below, Wilder and Li...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 23, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: C-Suite Leadership EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Interoperability Regulations CommonWell CommonWell Health Alliance FHIR FHIR Connectathon Health Data Interoperability Health Data Sharing Health Source Type: blogs
La Sombrita, or, How to Fail at Infrastructure
Paul MatzkoLos Angeles spent $200,000 on La Sombrita ( ‘“in the shade”), a bus stop shade/light structure that provides littleshade or light. It has been almost too easy to criticize its design, the token DEI framing given to the project, how most of the funds went to a global junket for the designers, or the fact that city officials held a tone deaf celebratory press conference for its unveiling. Would this “make waiting for the bus at night [feel]safer” to you?But La Sombrita isn ’t really the problem. Rather, its failures are symptoms of its designers trying to work around deeper, structural problems ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - May 22, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Paul Matzko Source Type: blogs
Weekly Roundup – May 20, 2023
Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.
Addressing Current Pain Points and Building Capacity for Future Needs. Colin Hung spoke to Marcus Perez at Altera Digital Health about helping providers solve cash flow and throughput challenges today while planning for care-at-home and other initiatives to support future business growth. Read more…
Working Together for Stronger Healthcare Cybersec...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 20, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs
