Let ’ s Think of Patient-Centered Care, Not Value-Based Care
This article explores some fundamental changes that could accompany this shift in terminology, revolutionizing how we handle data and patient interventions.
Engagement For Life
We know that maintaining health is an endeavor that takes years, even decades. A successful endeavor must survive the departure of clinicians who have built relationships with the patient, as well as the patient’s own geographic moves, changes of provider, and changes of insurance. Treatment recommendations should also be tailored to the psychology of each patient.
Is there a message in this exhortation for people working with data and healt...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 13, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Interoperability Chronic Care Management Patient Centered Care Patients Society for Participatory Medic Source Type: blogs
Which doctor treats “ Y-36 ” disease ?
If anyone thinks doctors are the only unique and gifted people, who can treat diseases and mitigate human sufferings , realize how incorrect their understanding of the world, humanity & reality.
The ICD-11 , the latest code lists nearly 15000 diseases. Have a look at this much celebrated (respected ?) list put up by the world health organization There are so many entities in the list , that are man made and solution is right there in our minds.
Zoom your eyes on the red rectangle.
Impact of Y-36
Y-36 is a contagious endemic, transmitted by power, pride and foolishness . Y-36 along with violence i...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - February 11, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
The Optimism of Digital Health
By JONATHON FEIT
Journalists like being salty. Like many venture investors, we who are no longer “green” have finely tuned BS meters that like to rip off the sheen of a press release to reach the truthiness underneath. We ask, is this thing real? If I write about XYZ, will I be embarrassed next year to learn that it was the next Theranos?
Yet journalists must also be optimistic—a delicate balance: not so jaded that one becomes boooring, not so optimistic that one gets giddy at each flash of potential; and still enamored of the belief that every so often, something great will remake the present paradigm.
T...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Tech AI DHIS West Jonathon Feit Michelle Snyder venture capital Source Type: blogs
CHIME23 – What Area of Healthcare Needs More Investment and Why?
There are so many good ideas in healthcare, but tragically so little time, resources, people, and money. Because of our limitations, not every project immediately gets invested in and there are also lots of projects that had their investments slowly run dry until they disappeared entirely. The true tragedy of all of this is that even though we don’t have the resources to effectively do what we need to, these projects cannot move forward without investments and often get left behind, all the while new projects keep on coming.
In order to help bring attention to some areas in healthcare that are currently being overloo...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 22, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Grayson Miller Tags: C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Aditya Bansod CHIME CHIME 2023 Clearwater Clint Drawdy Divurgent Healthcare CIO Healthcare Investment Healthcare Triangle Hospital CIO iMethods Impri Source Type: blogs
Some Like It Hot! A Century-Old Disease on Our Southern Shores
By MIKE MAGEE
Naomi Orestes PhD, Professor of the History of Science at Harvard, didn’t mince words as she placed our predicament in context when she said, “If you know your Greek tragedies you know power, hubris, and tragedy go hand in hand. If we don’t address the harmful aspects of human activities, most obviously disruptive climate change, we are headed for tragedy.”
At the time, as a member of the Anthropocene Workgroup, she and a group of international climate scientists were focused on defining and measuring nine “planetary boundaries,” environmental indicators of planetary health. At...
Source: The Health Care Blog - October 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Avian Flu Climate Change Pandemic Sea level change Yellow Fever Source Type: blogs
Abbott Acquires Bigfoot Biomedical. Unity has a new home. Some Bigfoot employees might not like it.
In mid-September 2023, the medical technology startup known as Bigfoot Biomedical, reached a definitive agreement to be acquired by Abbott Laboratories (see the official press release athttps://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/abbott-to-acquire-bigfoot-biomedical-furthering-efforts-to-develop-personalized-connected-solutions-for-people-with-diabetes-301918254.html for details). Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Bigfoot ' s CEO Was Fired from JDRFSome people with diabetes might recall that Bigfoot Biomedical was co-founded by Jeffrey Brewer, whose previous job was as CEO of the JDRF. But Mr. Brewer was sh...
Source: Scott's Web Log - September 20, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Tags: 2023 Abbott Bigfoot Biomedical Bigfoot Unity Dexcom FTC Source Type: blogs
All Is Not Well on Russian Front Lines
For now, despite the Kremlin ' s dysfunctional decisions, Russia ' s defensive positions in Ukraine are still secure. But for how long? The cumulative pressure of bad choices is mounting and the problems endemic to Russia ' s campaign in Ukraine are likely to worsen. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - July 19, 2023 Category: Health Management Authors: Dara Massicot Source Type: blogs
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
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/06/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 yea...
Source: Fight Aging! - June 4, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Caremark's President Speaks at'Forum 2023 '
David Joyner is President& EVP of CVS ' Caremark PBM business. Caremark refers to that event and business as " Payor Solutions " whose website is athttps://payorsolutions.cvshealth.com/. Truth be told, CVS Caremark would rather patients whose insurance use Caremark as their PBM do not know what the PBM ' s executives say or do behind their veil of secrecy.On May 5, 2023, the Caremark PBM business of CVS Health hosted an event it called " Forum 2023 " , and Mr. Joyner gave a presentation on " What ' next for payors " . It was rather amusing that CVS Health said: " though the [PBM] system is working – from claim adjudi...
Source: Scott's Web Log - May 31, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Tags: 2023 Aetna Caremark CVS Caremark CVS Health David Joyner Payor Solutions Source Type: blogs
Examining a Low Socioeconomic Status Group that Lives Longer than Expected
The correlation between socioeconomic status and life expectancy is well established, a part of a web of connections that include intelligence, education, lifestyle choices, use of medical services, air pollution, and wealth. Why does a higher socioeconomic status add a few years to life expectancy? That is the question, and in formulating a reasonable hypothesis it is always interesting to find groups that buck the trend. Here, for example, researchers examine a population in which low socioeconomic status individuals live for longer than is the case in the general population. I can't say that the focus on community by th...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 31, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Cascade Health Announces Venture Funding Round to Build Intelligent Platform for Healthcare Transparency
Company’s Advanced Generative AI-Powered Cloud Platform Creates Clarity Around Healthcare Pricing, Coverage for Consumers, Employers, Government Agencies, Hospitals, Insurance Companies, and Other Businesses in the Healthcare Industry
Cascade Health, an intelligent platform for healthcare transparency, announced it has raised $1.7 million in venture funding led by AlleyCorp with participation from other strategic angel investors. The company also announced the launch of its first two products: a generative AI assistant to personalize the consumer experience with full visibility around cost and quality of care, as w...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 23, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT AI AI-Powered Cloud AlleyCorp Ana-Maria Constantin API Artificial Intelligence Cascade Health Datasets Generative AI Generative AI Assistant Generative AI-Powered Cloud Platform Health IT Funding Source Type: blogs
Rapid Test for Mpox Virus Developed
Researchers at Penn State have engineered a rapid testing technology for mpox, previously known as monkeypox. The mpox virus, which is transmitted through close contact with an infected person and that spread around the world last year, left healthcare staff grappling with a new problem. As the disease can be transmitted before symptoms arise, diagnosis is important in helping to stop the spread. However, conventional diagnostic approaches, such as PCR, are time consuming and require access to expensive lab equipment and qualified technicians. This latest technology uses gold nanoparticles that can bind viral nucleic acid....
Source: Medgadget - April 25, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Diagnostics Medicine Public Health monkey pox mpox penn PennState Source Type: blogs
State Department ’s Human Rights Reports and Their Failures
Jordan CohenIn March 2023, the State Department released theirannual“Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.” While these reports do provide useful information about individual countries’ human rights practices that allow for better policy research, analysis, and implementation, they do little to stop human rights abusers from receiving U.S. aid. Considerin g a recipient ’s human rights record before sending military assistance is important as states who violate human rights tend to go towar more frequently, facerisks of political instability, and are the most likely todisperse U.S. weapons to terrorists an...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 17, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Jordan Cohen Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, April 17th 2023
In conclusion, oral NR altered the gut microbiota in rats and mice, but not in humans. In addition, NR attenuated body fat mass gain in rats, and increased fat and energy absorption in the HFD context.
Glycine Supplementation as a Methionine Restriction Mimetic
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/04/glycine-supplementation-as-a-methionine-restriction-mimetic/
Supplementation with the non-essential amino acid glycine has been shown to modestly slow aging in short-lived laboratory species. In today's open access review paper, researchers note glycine supplementation as essentially a calorie restricti...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 16, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Demographic Aging is Absent in Naked Mole Rats
Naked mole rats are an extreme example of compression of morbidity in mammals, in that individuals show few signs of aging until very late in life. Their biochemistry is peculiar in a number of ways when compared with other mammals. Their senescent cells do little harm to surrounding tissues; their protein synthesis is highly efficient; the are better at repairing DNA damage; they exhibit impressive cancer suppression mechanisms; and so forth. Will it be possible to build human enhancements or medical technologies from what is learned of naked mole rat metabolism? It is plausible that this is a very complicated extremely l...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 12, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
