Bonus Features – April 7, 2024 – 86% of health systems had at least 10% of nurses quit in 2023, 25% of providers intend to deploy generative AI for patient engagement, plus 21 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.
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A report from HFS Research and Cognizant found 25% of providers intend to deploy generative AI to enhance patient engagement.
A Nursa survey found 86% of health systems had 10% or more of their nursing staff quit in 202...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 7, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Adherium Alan Tam Andrew Lundquist Availity Axuall Care Directions Carium Cognizant eClinicalWorks Eko G2 Google Cloud Greg Hajcak H1 Hartford HealthCare Healow Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features HFS Resea Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, April 1st 2024
This study supports the proposed model that aging-related loss of colonic crypt epithelial cell AMP gene expression can promote increased relative abundances of Gn inflammaging-associated bacteria and gene expression markers of colonic inflammaging. These data may support new targets for aging-related therapies based on intestinal genes and microbiomes.
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A Skeptical View of the Role of Nuclear DNA Damage in Aging
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2024/03/a-skeptical-view-of-the-role-of-nuclear-dna-damage-in-aging/
It is evident and settled that stochastic nuclear DNA damag...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 31, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Ebstein ’ s Anomaly of Tricuspid Valve
Transcript of the video: Ebstein’s Anomaly is one of the cyanotic congenital heart disease in which survival to adult life is common. In Ebstein’s anomaly, there is downward or apical displacement of posterior and septal tricuspid leaflets. The anterior leaflet is not displaced, but is elongated to meet the other leaflets, so that when it closes, a loud sound, tricuspid sound, is produced, which is called as the sail sound. Ebstein’s anomaly may be associated with atrial septal defect or a patent foramen ovale, in about 50% of cases. The cyanosis in Ebstein’s anomaly, is usually not due to pulmonary...
Source: Cardiophile MD - March 30, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs
The Advantages, Challenges, and Costs of Healthcare at Home Services
Switching to fully remote operations during the pandemic was a rushed adventure into what was mostly uncharted territory. There were a lot of challenges and bugs to work out, but there were also plenty of advantages and unforeseen benefits. And it is thanks to those advantages and benefits that healthcare at home is continuing, even as there are still challenges to work on and in-person operations return. While our first big push into remote care was a leap into the unknown, this time we want to make sure that we are surveying the landscape to make this a safe, smart, and financially responsible decision.
So let’s ta...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 28, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Grayson Miller Tags: Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Revenue Cycle Management Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Alaina Victoria Ash Wellness Brenden Hayden Carenet Health Carium Chris Darland David McCormick Source Type: blogs
Important Complications of Eisenmenger Syndrome
Transcript of the video: Eisenmenger syndrome is an important complication of large left to right shunts which develop later due to development of pulmonary vascular obstructive disease and severe pulmonary hypertension. The first report of Eisenmenger was by Victor Eisenmenger in 1897 and that was in a thirty year old person who later succumbed to massive hemoptysis. This highlights one of the most important complications of Eisenmenger syndrome, that is airway hemorrhage. Airway hemorrhage can occur in those who ascend to high altitude and during air travel. But it commonly occurs at low level itself. It is one of the mo...
Source: Cardiophile MD - March 26, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Estrogen-Related Receptor Agonists as Exercise Mimetic Drugs
Just as the research community is interested in finding pharmaceutical ways to provoke some the beneficial reactions to calorie restriction, there is also considerable effort devoted to the search for drug candidates that can mimic some of the benefits of exercise. If the history of calorie restriction mimetic drug development is any guide, this will be a slow process, and the resulting compounds will produce lesser benefits than actual exercise, as they will only touch on a small subset of the processes involved. Still, there is no shortage of programs in this space, and here is one example.
Exercise benefits bot...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 25, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Ret-He: Reticulocyte hemoglobin equivalent – Marker for iron deficiency in ADHF
It is well known that iron deficiency is associated with poor outcome in acute decompensated heart failure. Different criteria like serum ferritin less than 100 ng/mL or 100-299 ng/mL with transferrin saturation less than 20% have been used to define iron deficiency. Inflammation which is common in heart failure may hinder serum ferritin values [1]. Another marker which has been proposed is reticulocyte hemoglobin equivalent (Ret-He) which is thought to reflect the iron content in reticulocytes.
In a study of 225 patients with ADHF from Japan, median left ventricular ejection fraction was 37%. Median hemoglobin level was ...
Source: Cardiophile MD - March 22, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs
A 50-something with chest pain. Is there OMI? And what is the rhythm?
Written by Willy FrickA man in his 50s with history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and a 30 pack-year smoking history presented to the ER with 1 hour of acute onset, severe chest pain and diaphoresis. His ECG is shown:What do you think?The history thus far is highly suggestive of OMI, so we must study the ECG very closely to see if we can confirm this. Looking at the rhythm strip, we see there is more going on than simple sinus rhythm, and in fact there are two different morphologies of QRS complexes. Take a closer look at the rhythm by itself and see if you can figure out what ' s going on before scrolling further....
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - March 22, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Willy Frick Source Type: blogs
Evaluation of JVP
Transcript of the video: Now we will discuss the basic principles of evaluation of jugular venous pressure and jugular venous pulse. These are assessed in the internal jugular vein and not in the external jugular vein. To revise the anatomy lessons, this is the external jugular vein and this is the internal jugular vein. Now, why we should not be looking at external jugual vein, though it is much easier to find out is that, in lower portion, it may be kinked so that it may not reflect the true right atrial pressure. The whole purpose of assessing the jugular venous pressure and pulse is that it reflects the right atrial pr...
Source: Cardiophile MD - March 21, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Why is an Implantable Defibrillator NOT Useful Soon After Myocardial Infarction?
Here is the transcript of the video: Implantable defibrillator is an important life saving device. It can automatically detect life threatening ventricular arrhythmias and treat them, either with a shock or, sometimes by overdrive pacing. Then, why is it mentioned that, implanting a defibrillator soon after an acute myocardial infarction, in those with left ventricular dysfunction and prone for ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death, is not useful?
This a representative image, showing the implanted defibrillator, and two shock coils, one in the superior vena cava and another in the right ventricle. These are high...
Source: Cardiophile MD - March 18, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs
HealthSnap Closes $25 Million Series B Funding Amidst Continued Triple Digit Growth of Remote Patient Monitoring and Chronic Care Management Platform
New Investment is Led by Sands Capital, with Participation from Comcast Ventures, and Follows Enterprise Health System Expansions
HealthSnap, a Miami-based Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM) and Chronic Care Management (CCM) solution for healthcare providers, today announced its Series B financing totaling $25 million. The round was led by Sands Capital, with new investments from Comcast Ventures, Acronym Venture Capital, and Florida Opportunity Fund. Existing shareholders, Asclepius Growth Capital, Florida Funders, MacDonald Ventures, and TGH Ventures also participated in the round. Scott Frederick, a Managing Partner at...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 7, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Acronym Venture Capital Angela Orsky Asclepius Growth Capital Comcast Ventures Florida Funders Florida Opportunity Fund Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment HealthSnap MacDonald Source Type: blogs
The Wearable Health Tracker Landscape: 18 Devices On 18 Body Parts
Over the last decade, Dr Meskó, The Medical Futurist has had his hands on more than 150 digital health devices, turning his (and our) life into a real-world tech lab. Yet, for all that testing, the wearable universe keeps expanding beyond our reach. Just when you think you’ve seen it all, the field throws a curveball, like earrings that measure your body temperature, introducing us to entirely new categories and possibilities. It’s clear that the innovation train in wearable tech hasn’t slowed down; if anything, it’s picking up speed.
Our latest infographic dives into this fast-changing world, m...
Source: The Medical Futurist - March 7, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF wearables health sensors health trackers Source Type: blogs
Higher Risk of Myocardial Infarction, Heart Failure, and Atrial Fibrillation Noted After Spinal Cord Injury
There are several factors which increase the risk of cardiovascular disease in survivors of spinal cord injury. They have a greater prevalence of obesity, dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome and diabetes mellitus. Energy expenditure is lesser both due to lack of motor function and lack of opportunities to engage in physical activity. Autonomic dysfunction caused by spinal cord injury is associated with abnormalities in blood pressure, heart rate variability, arrhythmias and blunted cardiovascular response to exercise which can limit the capacity to perform physical activity [1].
A recent large study from Korea compared over 5...
Source: Cardiophile MD - February 27, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Left Ventricular Noncompaction
Left ventricular noncompaction is an incidental echocardiographic finding in some while others may be symptomatic. In left ventricular noncompaction, there is a thin subepicardial compact layer and a thick subendocardial layer which is non-compact and has prominent trabeculations and recesses between the trabeculae. Blood flow into and out of these recesses can provide a spectacular view on colour Doppler echocardiography, almost looking like flames of fire near the apex, in the apical four chamber view. When non-compaction is associated with left ventricular dysfunction it is called left ventricular non-compaction cardiom...
Source: Cardiophile MD - February 26, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, February 26th 2024
In conclusion, mTORC1 signaling contributes to the ISC fate decision, enabling regional control of intestinal cell differentiation in response to nutrition.
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Reviewing the Development of Senotherapeutics to Treat Aging
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2024/02/reviewing-the-development-of-senotherapeutics-to-treat-aging/
Senescent cells accumulate with age and contribute meaningfully to chronic inflammation and degenerative aging. Destroying these cells produces rapid and sizable reversal of age-related diseases in mice, demonstrating that the presence of senescence cells ...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 25, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
