Using ChatGPT Offline: How Small Language Models Can Aid Healthcare Professionals
By now, you might have come across the term large language models (LLMs), which is a type of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI). If not, you have likely encountered GenAI applications that are based on LLMs. This includes the likes of ChatGPT, Google Bard and Microsoft Copilot. While such models have proved useful, in the healthcare setting, they come with new sets of regulatory, ethical and privacy concerns.
Recently, another type of language model has been gaining attention in the GenAI field: the small language model (SLM). It even holds the promise of addressing some of the challenges with integrating LLMs i...
Source: The Medical Futurist - March 12, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: TMF large language models small language models SLM Source Type: blogs
Quiz: Do You Know Your Immune System?
This post is part of a miniseries on the immune system. Be sure to check out the other posts in this series that you may have missed.
Credit: NIGMS.
Throughout our immunology miniseries, we introduced the immune system and its many functions and components. Additionally, we highlighted how vaccines train your immune system, how the system can go awry, and how NIGMS-supported researchers are studying immunology and infectious diseases. Put your knowledge about the immune system to the test by taking the quiz below.
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Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - March 11, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Cells Injury and Illness STEM Education Common questions Immunology Miniseries Infectious Diseases Medicines Microbes Quiz Source Type: blogs
The Correlation Between Education and Life Expectancy
It is comparatively easy to find correlations in human epidemiological data, but much harder to determine causation. A web of correlations exist between socioeconomic status, education, intelligence, and life expectancy. We can even draw in environmental factors such as degree of exposure to particulate air pollution, which tends to correlate with the wealth of individuals living in a given area. In the matter of education, the effect size is small but the correlation is robust in large data sets. Why this is the case remains a topic for discussion.
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Source: Fight Aging! - March 11, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – March 10, 2024 – Only 36% of CEOs have assessed how to govern the risks of AI, Emory Healthcare is deploying Epic on MacBook Air, plus 27 more stories
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
News
The Biden Cancer Moonshot is advancing a recommended minimum set of key cancer-related data elements under USCDI+ Cancer, a subset of United States Core Data for Interoperability.
Atlanta’s Emory Healthcare is deploy...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 10, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Alayacare Amwell Apple Vision Pro Cancer Moonshot CCS CHG Healthcare ClearDATA Dr. Geeta Nayyar Emory Healthcare Epic Hyperspace Ernst & Young eXeX Experis FDB FertilAI Google Cloud Healthcare IT Today Bonus Source Type: blogs
Home-Based Care Provides Powerful Example for Harnessing Technology Across the Care Continuum
The following is a guest article by Laura Templeton, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer at Compassus
There’s no denying that increased delivery of patient care in the home was accelerated by the pandemic. The upward trend continues today, driven by the growth of our aging population and the continued adoption of technology. Many patients now prefer to receive care at home, when possible, and almost 93% of older adults say aging in place is important to them.
Today’s innovative home-based care providers are leveraging technology in meaningful ways to accommodate patient preferences and improve care. They...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 7, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Care Continuum Care Coordination Compassus Home Health Home-Based Care Laura Templeton Patient Centered Care Remote Care Remote Source Type: blogs
Research Organism Superheroes: Axolotls
The friendly-looking axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) doesn’t seem to have much in common with its namesake, Xolotl—the Aztec god of lightning, death, and fire. In fact, axolotls can regrow lost limbs and other body parts like organs and parts of their central nervous systems—which goes against the concept of death!
The axolotl can regenerate almost any body part, including brain, heart, jaws, limbs, lungs, ovaries, spinal cord, skin, and tail. This ability makes it an excellent research organism to study in the search for regenerative medicine. Credit: Marko Pende, MDI Biological Laboratory; MDI Biological Labor...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - March 6, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: STEM Education Tools and Techniques Coloring Pages Cool Creatures Regeneration Research Organisms Source Type: blogs
Home Health AI: Predicting Illness and Preventing Hospitalizations
The following is a guest article by Shveta Mangal, CEO at VitaWerks
In today’s rapidly evolving healthcare environment, the concept of home as an “extension of care” is gaining traction, ushering in a new era of patient-centered support. Traditionally, healthcare was confined to clinical settings, but with advancements in technology, particularly artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, the paradigm is shifting.
These cutting-edge technologies are now being harnessed to predict health issues before they escalate, revolutionizing home health care and paving the way for proactive interventions tha...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 5, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Healthcare at Home Home Health AI Home Health Care Home Healthcare Hospitalization Prevention Illness Prediction Source Type: blogs
Confronting the damaging hierarchy in graduate medical education
Although I have a deep respect for everyone who contributes to the education of our next generation of physicians, I also feel that the current hierarchy in graduate medical education is damaging U.S. health care. That is, the best students go to the best residency programs and get the best jobs and subsequently teach the
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Confronting the damaging hierarchy in graduate medical education originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 3, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: David M. Mitchell, MD, PhD Tags: Education Residency Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – March 3, 2024 – 75% of healthcare leaders expect widespread implementation of AI in 3 years, 78% of orgs lack knowledge on how to train employees to use AI, plus 18 more stories
This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s so much happening out there in healthcare IT we aren’t able to cover in our full articles, we still want to make sure you’re informed of all the latest news, announcements, and stories happening to help you better do your job.
Studies
Roughly 75% of healthcare leaders expect widespread implementation of AI within three years, according to a BRG survey. Additionally, 60% believe current AI regulations provide adequate safety measures.
While healthcare...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 3, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Amazon Web Services AnalyticsIQ Belong.life Berkeley Research Group Brand Engagement Network care.ai CharmHealth CHIME Deloitte Center for Health Solutions eClinicalWorks FHIR GE Healthcare Greenway Health hc1 Ins Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, March 4th 2024
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Increased Dietary Leucine Activates mTOR Signaling in Macrophages, Accelerating Atherosclerosis
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2024/02/increased-dietary-leucine-activates-mtor-signaling-in-macrophages-accelerating-atherosclerosis/
Leucine is an essential amino acid, only obtained from the diet rather than synthesized by our cells. Leucine supplementation has been proposed as a way to slow the loss of muscle mass with age, as leucine processing becomes dysregulated with aging in a way...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 3, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Particulate Air Pollution Correlates with Risk of Alzheimer's Disease
Researchers here use data on air pollution from a single US metropolitan area to show a correlation with Alzheimer's disease risk. Air pollution is shown to increase chronic inflammation via the interaction of particulates with lung tissue, and inflammation is an important component of the onset and progression of neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's disease. That said, the researchers were primarily interested in traffic as a source of particulate air pollution, and one might think that this introduces a correlation with wealth, given the usual distribution of cost of living versus proximity to major flows of ...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 29, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Generative AI in Your Desk Drawer: A Wealth of Uses
Previous articles in this series introduced the role of generative AI in the healthcare back office and examined its use in billing and revenue management. We’ll cover a lot of other uses in this article.
Patient Contact and Care Management
CEO Rahul Sharma of HSBlox says that the next version of its CureAlign platform will use generative AI to help improve the care management processes in its CareTracker module.
Many patients need reminders, if not actually coaxing, to come in for appointments. The CureAlign platform personalizes outgoing communication based on past interactions with the patient. Sharma says that ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 28, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: Administration AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Abhishek Sharma Accenture Administrative Burden AdvancedMD Amazo Source Type: blogs
The Mystery Of Cognitive Decline: Why Only Some People Age Gracefully (M)
From education to cognitive reserve, discover the key factors that slow down cognitive decline as we age. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - February 28, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Dementia subscribers-only Source Type: blogs
Healthcare Review of the Brother MFC-L6915DW All-in-One Printer, Scanner, Copier
When I first started doing IT in healthcare, I remember the thought and excitement around the paperless office. I remember seeing all those paper charts stored in the HIM office and thinking how nice it will be when everything is paperless. No more managing those charts and everything quickly accessible with a few keystrokes. While those paper chart rooms have disappeared, the paperless office hasn’t really come to fruition the way that many of us thought it may.
The reality in healthcare is that there’s still a lot of paper floating around the office. It turns out that paper is a great form factor that...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 28, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Ambulatory Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops LTPAC Brother Brother 6915 Brother All-in-One Devices Brother MFC-L6915DW Brother Printers Brother Scanners Healthcare Printer Review Source Type: blogs
Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company Announces Acquisition of HealthBeacon PLC
Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company today announced that, through its Hamilton Beach Health subsidiary, it has acquired HealthBeacon PLC, a medical technology firm and strategic partner of the company. HealthBeacon develops connected devices that enable patients with chronic conditions to manage their injectable medication regimens at home and provides other health services.
Gregory H. Trepp, President and Chief Executive Officer at Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company, said, “This acquisition is a key step in support of our strategic initiative to expand in the fast-growing home health and wellness market, and it...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 27, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Gregory H. Trepp Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company Hamilton Beach Health Health IT Acquisitions HealthBeacon PLC Healthcare M&A Kieran Daly Rob George Source Type: blogs
