Medical care, medical costs
Thanks to
the Affordable Care Act, something like 90% of Americans have some form of
health insurance. Great news! That means we can all afford the medical services
we need and nobody has to go broke because they get sick or are injured in a
car crash or by somebody exercising their Second Amendment rights! Err, no. Sadly
it does not mean that. In the first place, for the 50% of people who get their
insurance through employment, it ’s costing them more and more for the premiums –
by three times the rate of inflation, since 1999. With that, plus
deductibles, copays, and payment denials by in...
Source: Stayin' Alive - February 2, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Can Generative AI Improve Health Care Relationships?
By MIKE MAGEE
“What exactly does it mean to augment clinical judgement…?”
That’s the question that Stanford Law professor, Michelle Mello, asked in the second paragraph of a May, 2023 article in JAMA exploring the medical legal boundaries of large language model (LLM) generative AI.
This cogent question triggered unease among the nation’s academic and clinical medical leaders who live in constant fear of being financially (and more important, psychically) assaulted for harming patients who have entrusted themselves to their care.
That prescient article came out just one month before news leaked about ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 30, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Tech AI Generative AI LLMs Mike Magee Patient-Physician Relationship Source Type: blogs
Health IT – 2024 Health IT Predictions
As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. In fact, we got so many that we had to narrow them down to just the best and most interesting. Check out our community’s predictions below and be sure to add your own thoughts and/or places you disagree with these predictions in the comments and on social media.
All of this year’s 2024 health IT predictions (updated as they’re shared):
John and ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 18, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC 2024 Health IT Predictions Aasim Saeed Amenities Health Andrew Harding Ankit Gupta Anthony Hare Ash Wellness Availity Bicycle Health Source Type: blogs
What ’ s in a name?
What names we give the flora and fauna. Names are critical for scientific discourse and general conversation alike. They can be weird and wonderful, informative, confusing, hilarious even, and sometimes baffling. While common, or vernacular, names vary wildly, science, of course, has a relatively standardised method of naming living things. The common format, which is often colloquially known as the Latin name, is to have the species in a genus, a family group, and then to follow that genus name with the species name.
For example, in the UK, we might talk of the Snowdrop, or the Common Snowdrop. This delicate plant with wh...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - January 16, 2024 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Biology Science Source Type: blogs
Patients – 2024 Health IT Predictions
As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. In fact, we got so many that we had to narrow them down to just the best and most interesting. Check out our community’s predictions below and be sure to add your own thoughts and/or places you disagree with these predictions in the comments and on social media.
All of this year’s 2024 health IT predictions (updated as they’re shared):
John and ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 16, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC 2024 Health IT Predictions ABOUT ABOUT Healthcare Amanda Bury Amit Kapoor Cedar Chris Blackley Christian Hardahl Clarify Health Clin Source Type: blogs
How AI and AIOps are Reshaping the Future of Healthcare IT
The following is a guest article by Scott Pross, VP of Technology at Monalytic, a SolarWinds Company
The future of healthcare will be powered by artificial intelligence (AI).
AI can enhance the speed and accuracy of diagnosis, book appointments, support clinical trials, reduce costs and errors, and improve cybersecurity posture. AI can also address the shortage of skilled healthcare workers – particularly in the field of IT operation. Indeed, a study by the Health Management Academy found that 47.5% of health systems currently use AI solutions to address workforce challenges and improve productivity, with the rest consid...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 16, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops AIOps Cybersecurity Health IT Monitoring Healthcare AI Monalytic Scott Pross SolarWinds Source Type: blogs
Losing my religion
I ' m going to interrupt the series on medical costs for today and talk about religion. I ' m sure it won ' t come as a surprise to anyone that I am very pleased by the graph below.I took it from this Daily Kos diary about the actual meaning of " Christian " identity to Trump cultists, which is not really the main point of this post although it ' s relevant.The majority of poll respondents still say they identify as Christian, but it ' s a sharply declining majority. Furthermore, many people who say they identify as Christian do not attend church regularly. Church is for weddings and funerals and maybe Christmas and Easter...
Source: Stayin' Alive - January 15, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Healthcare Generative AI and Data – 2024 Health IT Predictions
The objective is not to supplant human roles but to harness AI’s additional value to aid staff, patients, and their families. Properly executed, AI and automation can cut down non-clinical workloads, freeing up professionals to focus on direct patient care. The industry’s aim for 2024 should be this collaborative approach and ensuring data safety as we advance this remarkable technology.
Healthcare organizations aim to strengthen communication channels. Integrating RTLS visibility with patient workflow software allows automated text updates for patient-approved contacts, enhancing trust, clarity, and safety. RT...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 11, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC 2024 Health IT Predictions AI Data Amy Brown Artificial Intelligence Authenticx Brian Laberge C Source Type: blogs
A fascinating electrophysiology case. What is this wide complex tachycardia, and how best to manage it?
The patient is female in her 80s with a medical hx of previous MI with PCI and stent placement. She also has a hx of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and is on oral anticoagulant treatment. She had a single chamber ICD/Pacemaker implanted several years prior due to ventricular tachycardia. The last echocardiography 12 months ago showed HFmrEF.She presented to the emergency department after a couple of days of chest discomfort. The ECG below was recorded. What is your assessment? How would you manage this patient?The ECG was interpreted as showing atrial flutter with 2:1 conduction. The patient was deemed stable and...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - January 10, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Magnus Nossen Source Type: blogs
Healthcare Interoperability, Data, and Cloud – 2024 Health IT Predictions
As we kick off 2024, we wanted to start the new year with a series of 2024 Health IT predictions. We asked the Healthcare IT Today community to submit their predictions and we received a wide ranging set of responses that we grouped into a number of themes. In fact, we got so many that we had to narrow them down to just the best and most interesting. Check out our community’s predictions below and be sure to add your own thoughts and/or places you disagree with these predictions in the comments and on social media.
All of this year’s 2024 health IT predictions (updated as they’re shared):
John and ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 9, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Interoperability IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops 2024 Health IT Predictions Barnes & Thornburg Brian Drozdowicz CenTrak Christoph Pedain CloudWave CPSI Cristina Source Type: blogs
Pharma IT and AI – 2024 Health IT Predictions
Discussions will focus on the nuanced packaging and delivery requirements for MABs, emphasizing the commitment to safety standards while ensuring the drugs’ effectiveness.
AI/Automation in Pharma and Healthcare
In 2024, the pharmaceutical landscape can expect a continued shift as AI continues to reshape drug development and healthcare practices. Across genomics, proteomics, and patient data, AI algorithms are beginning to decipher vast datasets to discover new drug targets, refine clinical trials, and tailor treatments to individual patients. The application of machine learning and deep learning is enhancing the crea...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 8, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Analytics/Big Data Health IT Company Healthcare IT Regulations 2024 Health IT Predictions Abpro Adhere Health Angie Franks Archana Hedge BioPhy Curavit Clinical Research Dave Latshaw Definitive Healthcare Dr. Kate Sasser Ian Ch Source Type: blogs
25th Amendment Still Not the Right Response to a Mentally Ill Trump
By MIKE MAGEE
On May 16, 2017 New York Times conservative columnist, Russ Douthat, wrote “The 25th Amendment Solution for Removing Trump.”
That column was the starting point for a Spring course I taught on the 25th Amendment at the President’s College in Hartford, CT. I will not summarize the entire course here, but would like to emphasize four points:
The American public was adequately warned (now 7 years ago) of the risk that Trump represented to our nation and our democracy.
Douthat’s piece triggered a journalistic debate which I summarize below with four slides drawn from my lectures.
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Source: The Health Care Blog - January 8, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy 25th Amendment Mike Magee Trump Source Type: blogs
Replacing Crash Bleeps – The Time Has Come
The following is a guest article by Hannah Parrish, Marketing Executive at Alertive
Improving coordination among hospital staff helps reduce the risk of communication errors (70% of sentinel events are caused by poor communication), positively impacts patient wait times, and improves staff morale. The traditional practice of using bleeps to respond to emergency calls, often referred to as crash calls, is now being replaced by a digital alternative with the benefit of data to evidence the improvements that can be delivered.
The Shift from Bleeps to Digital Messaging
John Wintour-Pittom, Head of Ops for Telecoms at Imperial ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 4, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Alertive Bleeps Chelsea and Westminster NHS Foundation Trust Digital Messaging Hannah Parrish Helen Pardoe Imperial College Health Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, January 1st 2024
Discussion of What is Need to Speed the Pace at which Drugs to Treat Aging Arrive in the Clinic
Cellular Senescence in the Aging Brain, a Contributing Cause of Cognitive Decline
Reviewing What is Known of the Mechanisms of Taurine Supplementation Relevant to Aging and Metabolism
Blunt Thoughts on Calculating the Revealed Value of Human Life
A Look Back at 2023: Progress Towards the Treatment of Aging as a Medical Condition
Towards Adjustment of the Gut Microbiome to Slow Aging
Gene Therapy Enhances Object Recognition Memory in Young and Old Mice
Benefits of Sem...
Source: Fight Aging! - December 31, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Digression -- an important economic fact
I commend to your attentionJeffrey A. Winters in The American Interest, with the essential truth about our present historical moment, that gets obscured in the deliberate distractions thrown up by politicians and journalists who would rather make us think and talk about something else. Pull quote:Despite polls consistently showing that large majorities favor
increasing taxes on the wealthiest Americans, policy has been moving for
decades in the opposite direction. Reduced taxes on the ultra-rich and
the corporations and banks they dominate have shifted fiscal burdens
downward even as they have strained the government ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - December 30, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
