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How AI and AIOps are Reshaping the Future of Healthcare IT
The following is a guest article by Scott Pross, VP of Technology at Monalytic, a SolarWinds Company The future of healthcare will be powered by artificial intelligence (AI). AI can enhance the speed and accuracy of diagnosis, book appointments, support clinical trials, reduce costs and errors, and improve cybersecurity posture. AI can also address the shortage of skilled healthcare workers – particularly in the field of IT operation. Indeed, a study by the Health Management Academy found that 47.5% of health systems currently use AI solutions to address workforce challenges and improve productivity, with the rest consid...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 16, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops AIOps Cybersecurity Health IT Monitoring Healthcare AI Monalytic Scott Pross SolarWinds Source Type: blogs

This Vitamin Helps Fight COVID Pneumonia
A vitamin that makes the lung lining stronger against respiratory infection and prevents COVID-19. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - January 15, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Mina Dean Tags: COVID19 Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, January 15th 2024
In conclusion, FMD cycles have high potential to be effective in increasing the toxicity of a range of therapies against ALL and other blood cancers and should be tested in randomized clinical trials, especially in combination with immunotherapy and low toxicity cancer therapies. In summary, we present a new strategy for improving leukemia treatment by combining FMD with chemotherapy to promote the killing of ALL cells in part by an immune-dependent mechanism. Fasting/FMD has been shown to reduce chemotherapy-associated toxicity in pre-clinical and clinical studies and thus represents a safe and potentially effectiv...
Source: Fight Aging! - January 14, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

How health systems are improving preparedness for winter surges
Winters often bring a surge in sicknesses that can overwhelm many health systems. More specifically, a winter-related uptick in the flu, COVID-19, and other illnesses can create overcrowding in physician offices and emergency departments (EDs), which then decreases a health system’s ability to provide timely access to care for non-urgent issues, such as chronic and Read more… How health systems are improving preparedness for winter surges originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 13, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Tech Health IT Source Type: blogs

5 days, 5 minutes: life-changing daily habits for health care professionals
It’s no secret that health care workers are some of the most stressed and burned-out professionals in the workforce. Health care was a tough job even before we had to bear the brunt of the worst of the pandemic. Even now that we’re nearly four years out from the initial outbreak of COVID-19, we’re still Read more… 5 days, 5 minutes: life-changing daily habits for health care professionals originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 12, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Physician Surgery Source Type: blogs

Trial By Error: Study Finds “ Elevated Brain Injury Markers and Reduced Grey Matter Volume ” a Year After Hospitalization for COVID-19
By David Tuller, DrPH A British study of neurological sequelae in patients many months after hospitalization for COVID-19 has found that “post acute cognitive deficits…were associated with elevated brain injury markers in serum and reduced grey matter volume,” according to a pre-print posted earlier this week. (A pre-print is a paper that has not yet … Trial By Error: Study Finds “Elevated Brain Injury Markers and Reduced Grey Matter Volume” a Year After Hospitalization for COVID-19 Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - January 12, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized covid-cns FND Long Covid neurology Source Type: blogs

Stress Temporarily Increases Epigenetic Age
This study used DNA methylation (DNAm)-based aging clocks to measure changes in biological age in response to diverse forms of stress. The researchers began with a laboratory experiment known to produce aged physiology in young mice or restore youthful physiology to old mice by surgically joining young, 3-month-old mice with older, 20-month-old mice, which allowed them to share their blood. At the molecular level, they found that the biological age of the young mice increased when measured with most aging clocks. Once the young mice were separated from the old mice and therefore were no longer experiencing the older mouse ...
Source: Fight Aging! - January 11, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs

Three Ways AI-Powered Automation is Assisting Healthcare Workers
The following is a guest article by Jason Warrelmann, Vice President, Global Services & Process Industries at UiPath From battling COVID-19 surges to an increase in respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), and this year’s cold and flu season, physicians and their staffs continue to navigate one of the busiest times of the year. This, coupled with national healthcare worker shortages, means that healthcare workers are feeling heightened patient volumes and stress levels.  According to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Vital Signs, nearly half (45.6%) of all healthcare workers sur...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 10, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC AI Automation burnout Healthcare AI Healthcare Automation Improving Patient Care Jason Warrelmann Patient Experience Source Type: blogs

God, Guns, and Hair Salons: Public Perceptions of Rights and Liberties During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jessica R. Graham (Harvard Law School), Kyle J. Morgan (Francis Maron University), God, Guns, and Hair Salons: Public Perceptions of Rights and Liberties During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 125 W. Va. L. Rev. (2022): In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, elected... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - January 10, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs

The 6 Most Exciting Medical Technology Breakthroughs Of Recent Years
Amidst the flurry of hyped technologies, it’s not easy to pinpoint which specific technological breakthroughs will have the most impact in the coming years. Dr. Meskó, The Medical Futurist, reviews multiple reports, studies, and articles daily. Consequently, our days are filled with awe-inspiring developments. However, our aim here is to offer more than just a compilation of “wow, look how fascinating” stories. To achieve this, we have selected technologies that: Have undergone significant breakthroughs in recent years, be it in regulatory, technological, or scientific aspects Are anticipate...
Source: The Medical Futurist - January 9, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF artificial intelligence digital health future Healthcare Source Type: blogs

Inequality, Stress, and Obesity: Socioeconomic Disparities in the Short- and Long-Term Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Maria Langlois (Southern Methodist University), Pierre Chandon (INSEAD), Inequality, Stress, and Obesity: Socioeconomic Disparities in the Short- and Long-Term Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic, J. of the Ass ’n for Consumer Rsch. (2023): In a longitudinal study of a large sample... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - January 9, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs

Bridging the health care divide:  All our actions matter
Much has been written on the social divides laid bare and amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. Thankfully, the more divisive punditry and polemics have receded along with the COVID-19 mandates. And yet, as professionals in health care who have worked in direct patient care and in support of our clinician colleagues, we still see a Read more… Bridging the health care divide: All our actions matter originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 8, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors:

Trial By Error: An Interview with Journalist Ed Yong
By David Tuller, DrPH In the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, journalist Ed Yong played a key role in alerting the public to the wave of people suffering prolonged symptoms after an acute bout of COVID-19—the phenomenon that has come to be called long Covid. Yong, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his coronavirus … Trial By Error: An Interview with Journalist Ed Yong Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - January 4, 2024 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Ed Yong Long Covid The Atlantic Source Type: blogs

Telehealth and VR – 2024 Health IT Predictions
As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions.  We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes.  In fact, we got so many that we had to narrow them down to just the best and most interesting.  Check out our community’s predictions below and be sure to add your own thoughts and/or places you disagree with these predictions in the comments and on social media. All of this year’s 2024 health IT predictions (updated as they’re shared): John and ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 4, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring 2024 Health IT Predictions 98point6 Technologies Agora Andrew Norden Anish Sebastian Artisig Source Type: blogs

High-deductible health plans: a barrier to care for chronic conditions
At the peak of the coronavirus crisis in 2020, American policymakers were faced with the critical challenge of how to encourage as many Americans as possible to be tested for and vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. Fortunately, Congress rose to this challenge by passing legislation that, in addition to providing these services to the uninsured, Read more… High-deductible health plans: a barrier to care for chronic conditions originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 31, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Policy Diabetes Endocrinology Source Type: blogs