The Goal of RPM is Management, Not Monitoring
The following is a guest article by Lucienne Ide, MD, PhD, Founder and CEO at Rimidi
Remote patient monitoring (RPM) is a key capability in healthcare, particularly as we have seen multiple factors align in recent years: advances in medical device technology, decreased cost of cellular connectivity, new reimbursement models, and consumer demand that accelerated during the pandemic. RPM offers the ability to follow the patient from the clinic to the home and to provide a more complete picture of their health by collecting daily metrics such as blood pressure, blood glucose, weight, pulse oximetry, etc. But the healthcare in...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 25, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Chronic Conditions CMS Data Connection Data Interoperability Digital Transformation EMR Fi Source Type: blogs
How RPM Can Reduce AI ’s Bias Problem & Improve Health Equity
The following is a guest article by Arnaud Rosier, PhD, Founder and CEO at Implicity
Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most promising breakthrough technologies of the modern healthcare era, yet it also has the potential to be one of the most dangerous. AI algorithms that are trained on limited or poorly representative data sets can exhibit signs of bias in their results, skewing decision-making and possibly leading to ethnic, gender, and social discrimination and other unintentional consequences for the patients they serve.
Unfortunately, research shows that bias is already creeping into the nascent field of AI an...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 19, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning Analytics/Big Data Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Academic Medical Center Ai Algorithm AI bias AMC Arnaud Rosier PhD Artificial Intelligence Dr. Arnaud Rosier HCP Source Type: blogs
Advances in Early Diagnosis
This article shows how some surprising technologies are improving the early detection of several conditions. Nutromics continuously monitors the delivery of an antibiotic used to treat sepsis. Eye-tracking from Tobii is used by several of its clients to detect certain kinds of autism as early as twelve months of age. And Cordio Medical is detecting oncoming congestive heart failure (CHF) three weeks in advance of an incident.
Minimally Invasive Monitoring Provides Real-Time Measurements
Although doctors learn what people have in their bodies most often through blood tests, technologies developed over the past few decades c...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 18, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: AI/Machine Learning Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring ADOS Agim Beshiri AI Diagnosis Autism CHF Cordio Medical Eye Tracking Eye Tracking Sensors Healthcare Sensors HearO Karen Pierce Source Type: blogs
Wearable Can Take Multiple Sweat Samples
Researchers at the University of Hawaii at Manoa have developed a wearable that can take multiple sweat samples and which also supports on-board colorimetric biomarker analysis. Unlike many sweat collecting methods, which often involve a simple absorbent pad that must be removed and analyzed once wet with sweat, the ‘sweatainer’ employs a complex microfluidic architecture to take multiple sweat samples over time and store them in different compartments for later analysis. 3D printing was the key to creating this more sophisticated sweat analysis wearable, allowing the researchers to create tiny microfluidic channels an...
Source: Medgadget - May 17, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Diagnostics Military Medicine Sports Medicine uhmanoa Source Type: blogs
15 Causes Of High Blood Pressure: Your Essential Guide To Navigating Hypertension Triggers
Conclusion
In conclusion, high blood pressure can go unnoticed until it causes serious health issues, making it crucial to understand its causes and take preventative measures.
Lifestyle factors, genetics, and medical conditions can contribute to high blood pressure, but maintaining a healthy weight, exercising regularly, reducing salt intake, eating a healthy diet, limiting alcohol consumption, and quitting smoking can help prevent it.
Additionally, smart blood pressure monitors and natural supplements can aid in managing blood pressure levels and promoting heart health.
By implementing these strategies and re...
Source: The EMT Spot - May 14, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Rotman, MD, FRCPC, PhD Tags: Blood Pressure Source Type: blogs
World Hypertension Day: A Step Towards Saving 420,000 Lives Annually
This article takes a closer look at the growing concern of hypertension in the Americas, the urgent call for better management by the PAHO, and the potential to save 420,000 lives annually.
Quick Summary
Hypertension, often undiagnosed and untreated, affects 180 million people in the Americas. This silent yet deadly condition is a leading cause of heart attacks, heart failure, and strokes.
There is a pressing need for better management and awareness of hypertension. The PAHO is urging countries to intensify efforts and ensure equitable access to care, which could potentially save around 420,000 lives each year.
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Source: The EMT Spot - May 14, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Rotman, MD, FRCPC, PhD Tags: News Source Type: blogs
Mushroom Magic: A Natural Remedy For High Blood Pressure?
Conclusion
So there you have it, folks!
Mushrooms aren’t just delicious; they’re also potentially a secret weapon in our fight against hypertension.
By incorporating mushrooms into your diet, you’re not just treating your taste buds, but you’re also taking a proactive step towards better heart health.
But remember, while mushrooms and their bioactive compounds show great promise, they’re not an alternative to medical treatment.
They’re a dietary intervention, a way to supplement the efforts you’re already making to manage hypertension.
As always, if you have c...
Source: The EMT Spot - May 13, 2023 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Rotman, MD, FRCPC, PhD Tags: News Source Type: blogs
What is Mitochondrial Cardiomyopathy?
Mitochondria have two genomes – mitochondrial and nuclear. Mitochondrial disease could be due to mutations of nuclear or mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA is inherited maternally while nuclear DNA has Mendelian inheritance, which could be dominant or recessive [1]. It may be noted in about one in 5000 live births. Cardiac involvement in mitochondrial disease seldom occurs in isolation and is often part of multiorgan dysfunction [2]. Mitochondria being part of the cellular respiratory chain, tissues with high energy requirements like heart, muscle, kidneys and endocrine system are often involved in mitochondrial d...
Source: Cardiophile MD - May 9, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Two Cases of a Cool Skin Condition (Erythrocyanosis, Pernio or Chilblains, Anyone?)
BY HANS DUVEFELT
A month ago an oncologist called and asked me to see one of my heart failure patients whose chronically swollen legs seemed unusually blue but not cold.
Before I could get him in to see me, he ended up seeing a colleague, who called me up and said the man’s legs were cool and there was no Doppler in that office to check for pedal pulses. The man was sent for an urgent CT angiogram with runoff.
The test was perfectly normal. He had clean arteries.
When I saw him, the legs were less blue than they must have been and they felt OK but he had what looked like a shingles rash around his right elbow...
Source: The Health Care Blog - April 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Medical Practice Chillblains Cool Skin Condition Erythrocyanosis Hans Duvefelt 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
What's new in midwifery - 13th April 2023
I know, it is not long since the last set of posts. I am (as you can guess) a bit behind. Here are some more recent things you might want to know. All sorts of things in one post this time.NewsAddressing Inequities to IMPROVE Maternal Health for All, from the director of the National Library of Medicine, for Black Maternal Health Week in the USA.NICE guidanceGenedrive MT-RNR1 ID Kit for detecting a genetic variant to guide antibiotic use and prevent hearing loss in babies: early value assessment, HTE6, 30th March 2023.ReportsNHS Preceptorship for Midwifery - , March 2023. This is the ...
Source: Browsing - April 13, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
A Narrow Review on Progress Towards Gene Therapies to Treat Aging
There are a great many genes that one might target with gene therapies to treat aspects of aging. The review here is quite narrow in scope, and only looks at a few approaches to gene therapy, and a few of the genes that might be targeted, those that have arguably received more attention in this context and are either the subjects of small clinical trials or might be entering trials in the near future. It even omits follistatin and myostatin in favor of telomerase, klotho, VEGF, and APOE. The latter is probably not all that interesting as a target, but it is very well researched as a result of the strong focus on funding Al...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 13, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, March 27th 2023
This study has potentially significant implications in the field of OA as it provides a novel strategy for OA treatment.
A Vicious Cycle of Heart Failure and Dementia
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/03/a-vicious-cycle-of-heart-failure-and-dementia/
The end of life is not pretty. The body is a failing machine of many complex essential parts, and the failures cascade and feed into one another as it breaks down. There is pain, loss of capacity, loss of the self as the brain runs down. There is a tendency to paper over the ugly reality in public discussion, to not talk about the facts of the matter...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 26, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
A Vicious Cycle of Heart Failure and Dementia
The end of life is not pretty. The body is a failing machine of many complex essential parts, and the failures cascade and feed into one another as it breaks down. There is pain, loss of capacity, loss of the self as the brain runs down. There is a tendency to paper over the ugly reality in public discussion, to not talk about the facts of the matter, even when we all know people who have suffered a slow and painful decline. That the slow progression towards death by aging is an ugly reality, a horrible experience in its final stages, just adds to the reasons why far more effort should go towards the development of rejuven...
Source: Fight Aging! - March 22, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
What is strange about this paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in an otherwise healthy patient? And what happened after giving ibutilide?
Conclusions.The efficacy of transthoracic cardioversion for converting atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm was enhanced by pretreatment with ibutilide. However, use of this drug should be avoided in patients with very low ejection fractions. (N Engl J Med 1999;340:1849-54.) Smith comments from the full text: They included patients who had had a fib for less than 48 hours They excluded patients with a fib for longer than 48 hours unless they proved, by TE echo, to not have an atrial thrombus OR unless they anti-coagulated them for 3 weeks first *Therefore, our patients who have been in afib< 48 hours, or who h...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - March 13, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
