Tablo Hemodialysis System Receives FDA Clearance for Home Use
Outset Medical announced that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Tablo Hemodialysis System to be used in the home, expanding its existing labeled indication for use in acute and chronic care facilities.
Touted by Outset as a “dialysis clinic on wheels,” Tablo is designed to reduce dialysis cost and complexity. The device needs only an electrical outlet and tap water to operate, as it includes water purification and dialysate production on demand. A touchscreen tablet guides the user through setup and treatment, and it can also upload data to the cloud for clinician access. Tablo features automated self-cleanin...
Source: Medgadget - April 6, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Cici Zhou Tags: Medicine Source Type: blogs
Ignoring COVID-19 won ’t make it go away
Ignoring a problem won ’t make it go away. I say this all the time, with love and compassion, to my patients who are having trouble accepting a diagnosis. Ignoring your Type 2 Diabetes, for example, won’t make it any less real. It will only land you in renal failure and on dialysis, or with a […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 3, 2020 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/gretchen-lasalle" rel="tag" > Gretchen LaSalle, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions COVID-19 coronavirus Infectious Disease Source Type: blogs
Ambulnz ’s Software Facilitates Timely Medical Transportion During COVID-19 Pandemic
Ambulnz is a non-emergency on-demand ambulance provider that is working to improve on traditional medical transportation through the implementation and integration of various technologies. The firm describes itself as a “software-enabled medical transportation company”.
When a patient needs to be moved to a new facility for treatment out of a hospital, out-patient treatment clinic, doctor, dialysis, or chemo center, a pickup can be scheduled through the Ambulnz app.
The app can help expedite the patient transfer process by allowing protected patient information to be uploaded and moved with the patient. The syst...
Source: Medgadget - April 1, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Alice Ferng Tags: Emergency Medicine Informatics Source Type: blogs
Ambulnz ’s Software Facilitates Timely Medical Transportation During COVID-19 Pandemic
Ambulnz is a non-emergency on-demand ambulance provider that is working to improve on traditional medical transportation through the implementation and integration of various technologies. The firm describes itself as a “software-enabled medical transportation company”.
When a patient needs to be moved to a new facility for treatment out of a hospital, out-patient treatment clinic, doctor, dialysis, or chemo center, a pickup can be scheduled through the Ambulnz app.
The app can help expedite the patient transfer process by allowing protected patient information to be uploaded and moved with the patient. The syst...
Source: Medgadget - April 1, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Alice Ferng Tags: Emergency Medicine Informatics Source Type: blogs
COVID-19 and Audiology: Closed Practices, Empty Campuses, Halted Research
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to affect the country, most everyone has had to adapt in some way to accommodate this strange new normal—audiologists and hearing researchers included.
With calls and procedures for self-quarantine and guidance for small businesses and universities varying from state to state, hearing care professionals may find themselves thrust into new situations. Some are being asked to adopt telepractice for the foreseeable future, and others are quickly switching to virtual-only learning for their audiology students.
ASHA is constantly monitoring the situation as it evolves daily. For more informa...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - March 31, 2020 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Jillian Kornak Tags: Academia & Research Audiology Health Care News Private Practice Slider audiologist COVID-19 Telepractice Source Type: blogs
Is it safe to see the pediatrician for vaccines and medical visits?
We’re tackling a few urgent questions from parents in this time of coronavirus and COVID-19. Are you wondering if babies and children should continue to have vaccines on schedule? Thinking about how to manage regular medical appointments, and which situations require in-person visits to a pediatric practice? Read on.
Should parents take babies for initial vaccines right now? What about toddlers and older children who are due for vaccines?
The answer to this question is going to depend on many factors, including what your doctor’s office is offering. As with all health care decisions, it comes down to weighing risks and...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - March 31, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Claire McCarthy, MD Tags: Adolescent health Children's Health Health care Parenting Vaccines Source Type: blogs
A Family ’s Journey to Peace of Mind
Jama’s mom had been living in a long-term acute care facility on dialysis and a ventilator for nearly five months. Dad was by her side 24/7.“One day, as my sister and I were walking out, I looked at her and said, ‘I think mom is dying,’” said Jama. “We started crying. Of course mom was dying, but no one had told us…or Mom.”Call the CenterJama and her siblings began insisting that the doctors at least be honest with their dad about Mom’s failing condition. Dad thought he had to seek heroic efforts because of religious beliefs. All along Mom thought she was going to get w...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - March 16, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Practical Bioethics Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Fist Assist Helps Prep Vein for Dialysis Surgery, Lead to Healthy Fistula
Fist Assist Devices, a small Silicon Valley firm, won the European CE Mark for its eponymous wearable device. The Fist Assist works to widen the vein diameter in preparation for fistula placement and to help with fistula vein dilation in patients requiring hemodialysis.
It is worn on the arm twice a day starting at about three months prior to fistula creation surgery. Each session lasts about an hour, during which intermittent compression is applied which tends to slowly increase the cephalic vein size. This is the vein that is typically linked to an artery to create a fistula.
After surgery, the Fist Assist is ...
Source: Medgadget - February 26, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Medicine Surgery Vascular Surgery Source Type: blogs
Bioethicist Lecture to Look at Medical Aid in Dying Possibilities in Illinois
A presentation that assesses why a proposal that would allow terminally ill patients to obtain medical assistance to end their lives should be passed by the Illinois General Assembly is the focus of the 2020 John and Marsha Ryan Bioethicist in Residence lecture next week at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Thaddeus Mason Pope, director of the Health Law Institute at Mitchell Hamline School of Law, will present “Medical Aid in Dying: Assessing the Illinois Patient Choices at End of Life Act.”
The lecture is at 5 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 26, at the SIU School of Law in Carbondale. The lecture is ...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - February 20, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Surfacer FDA Cleared for Unusual Dialysis Central Venous Access
The right internal jugular vein is typically the ideal access point for performing hemodialysis via a central venous catheter. Yet, in close to half of patients there’s an obstruction that makes this either a serious challenge or an impossibility. Now, a device called the Surfacer Inside-Out Access Catheter System has been cleared via the FDA De Novo classification, and can penetrate the obstruction and actually use it to its advantage to restore access to the vein.
The device is delivered through the right femoral vein and up into the right internal jugular so it rests within the obstruction. From there, the Sur...
Source: Medgadget - February 19, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Medicine Surgery Vascular Surgery Source Type: blogs
Five healthy habits net more healthy years
Are healthy habits worth cultivating? A recent study suggests healthy habits may help people tack on years of life and sidestep serious illnesses, such as diabetes and cancer. After all, if you’re going to gain an extra decade of life on this earth, you want to enjoy it!
What did this research focus on?
Researchers from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health looked at data from more than 73,000 women enrolled in the Nurses’ Health Study (NHS) who were followed for 34 years, and more than 38,000 men enrolled in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (HPFS) who were followed for 28 years.
In a previous study usi...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - February 19, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Monique Tello, MD, MPH Tags: Exercise and Fitness Health Healthy Aging Healthy Eating Men's Health Women's Health Source Type: blogs
Health in 2 Point 00, Episode 109 | Flywire & Simplee, Headspace, and Iora Health
Today on Health in 2 Point 00, we’re celebrating Valentine’s Day with many new funding deals! On Episode 109, Jess and I discuss Flywire, a payment startup that received not only $120 million from Goldman Sachs, reaching unicorn status, but also acquired the healthcare payments company Simplee which aids the hospital-patient billing process. Headspace raises $93 million, around half of which will be used to build a new ‘Health’ category and the other half to teach meditation. Outset medical raises $125 million for a portable dialysis machine and Iora Health raises $126 million for Series F funding. Finally, I give ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 15, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: arham1023 Tags: Health in 2 Point 00 Health Tech Health Technology Jessica DaMassa Matthew Holt Start-Ups Flywire Goldman Sachs Headspace Iora Health Outset Medical Seekster Simply Takata Source Type: blogs
A Responsible Death
As debates continue about the decisions people make about how to die, I wish to draw wider attention to the death of Paul Drier. There was little extraordinary about his death. He was a widower, had suffered from multiple health problems, and had been on kidney dialysis for 18 months. Considered to be too ill to qualify for a transplant, he decided to end dialysis. Two aspects of Mr. Drier’s death seem worth putting on record for bioethicists to remember.
The post A Responsible Death appeared first on The Hastings Center. (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 27, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Susan Gilbert Tags: Health Care dialysis end of life Hastings Bioethics Forum hospice Paul Drier syndicated Source Type: blogs
The Scope of Advance Directives in Planning for Dementia
In conclusion, advance directives are important to avoid unwanted medical interventions, including simple interventions to address life-threatening conditions. But advance directives cannot preclude someone from entering dementia—to do that, one needs to consider VSED while having capacity. At the point of dementia, standard of care comfort care, with an appropriate strategy of feeding, should be provided.
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Source: blog.bioethics.net - January 27, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Bioethics Today Tags: End of Life Care Health Care advance directives Author: Shelton dementia syndicated Source Type: blogs
