UnitedHealth hack looms over first-quarter earnings report
UnitedHealth is expected to record higher medical costs in its first earnings report since a cyberattack disrupted its technology systems including those that manage prescription and medical claims, analysts said. The attack, disclosed on Feb. 21, affected hospitals, clinicians, and pharmacies…#clinicians #unitedhealth #gerritsmit #stonehagefleming #pipersandler #jessicatassan #medicare #tdcowen #garytaylor #medicareadvantage (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Swiss Research Study into Long COVID Promises New Diagnostic and Therapeutic Possibilities
New biomarker may lead to new clinical laboratory testing and treatments for long COVID Researchers studying long COVID at the University Hospital of Zurich (UZH) and the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB), both in Switzerland, have discovered a protein biomarker in blood that indicates a component of the body’s innate immune system—called the complement system—remains […]
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Source: Dark Daily - April 15, 2024 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Jillia Schlingman Tags: International Laboratory News Laboratory Instruments & Laboratory Equipment Laboratory Management and Operations Laboratory Resources Laboratory Testing AIGHD Amesh Adalja MD Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development anatomic p Source Type: news
Great-grandmother, 78, has leg amputated after 'four-day wait on trolley in hospital corridor'
Geraldine Newing, 78, was admitted to Medway Maritime Hospital in Kent with a septic foot infection on Good Friday, March 29. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
IMV: Nuclear medicine procedure volumes decrease
Davin Korstjens of IMV Medical Information Division.Total nuclear medicine patient study volumes decreased by 5.7% between 2021 and 2023, with a 10.7% decrease in hospital-based studies and a 2.5% increase in nonhospital-based studies, according to the newly published IMV 2024 NM Market Outlook Report.
Two-year compound annual growth rates (CAGR) between 2021 and 2023 show an overall average 2.9% decrease in total procedures each year, with hospital-based procedures declining by 5.5% and non-hospital procedures increasing by 1.2%. Specifically considering cardiovascular nuclear medicine procedures, total procedures have d...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Davin Korstjens Tags: Nuclear Radiology Source Type: news
FAPI-PET shows promise in patients with lung cancer
FAPI-PET imaging could emerge as a new tool for assessing patients with single pulmonary tumors, especially in those with negative results on other scans, according to a study published April 11 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
A group at University Hospital Heidelberg in Germany assessed the approach in 19 patients referred by their treating physicians because of inconclusive lung cancer findings on CT and F-18 FDG-PET. FAPI-PET either confirmed or ruled out the disease in all cases, the group found.
“Our results suggest that supplemental Ga-68 FAPI-46 PET may improve the noninvasive assessment of primary pulmonary...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Will Morton Tags: Molecular Imaging Source Type: news
Sonio taps new scientific advisory board member
Paris-based AI developer for ultrasound Sonio has appointed Yinka Oyelese, MD, as a new scientific advisory board member.
Oyelese is a maternal-fetal medicine physician currently serving as director of obstetric imaging at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, both in Boston. He has previously worked at St. George's Hospital in London, U.K. and completed his OB/GYN residency at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC, and fellowship training in maternal-fetal medicine at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, NJ, Sonio said. (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 15, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Remote Work for Doctors Has More Alternatives Than You Think Remote Work for Doctors Has More Alternatives Than You Think
Physicians who want to work entirely or partly remote from home can pursue numerous virtual options beyond telemedicine in its usual configuration.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hospital Medicine News Source Type: news
Pedestrians injuries in the north east region of Jamaica: a cross sectional study - Fletcher C, Lambert Fletcher K.
To describe the sociodemographic data of injured pedestrians, temporal patterns of injury, injury patterns, and the independent predictors of hospital admission. A two year cross-sectional study was conducted at the Saint Ann's Bay Regional Hospital in ped... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Ransomware cyberattack associated with cardiac arrest incidence and outcomes at untargeted, adjacent hospitals - Pham TT, Loo TM, Malhotra A, Longhurst CA, Hylton D, Dameff C, Tully J, Wardi G, Sell RE, Pearce AK.
This study examined the CA incidence ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Natural language processing of multi-hospital electronic health records for public health surveillance of suicidality - Bey R, Cohen A, Trebossen V, Dura B, Geoffroy PA, Jean C, Landman B, Petit-Jean T, Chatellier G, Sallah K, Tannier X, Bourmaud A, Delorme R.
There is an urgent need to monitor the mental health of large populations, especially during crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, to timely identify the most at-risk subgroups and to design targeted prevention campaigns. We therefore developed and validat... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Elder abuse geriatrics: describing an important new medical specialist - Bloemen EM, Tietz S, Lindberg DM, Hayes J, Lum H, Gottesman E, Elman A, Sullivan M, Pino C, McAuley J, Shaw A, Hancock D, Chang ES, Yasui R, LoFaso VM, Stern ME, Rosen T.
Elder mistreatment, including elder abuse and neglect, is a difficult diagnosis to make and manage for most providers. To address this, two elder abuse consultation teams were developed for patients in the hospital and emergency department settings. As the... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
Reports of maltreatment in a children's hospital: evaluation of the epidemiological profile and its relationship with the outcome in fractures - Andrade JR, Platt VB, Honicky M.
OBJECTIVE To describe suspected/confirmed cases of child maltreatment related to fractures in a pediatric hospital in southern Brazil. METHOD Study of the Information System of Notifiable Diseases notifications and the victims' medical records be... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
Characteristics of drug poisonings seen in the emergency department of an urban hospital - Bell M, Holbrook A, Wallace C, Hanel E, Rigg K.
BACKGROUND: Drug poisoning, either intentional or non-intentional, is a frequent diagnosis in the emergency department (ED), necessitating patient management from multiple services. OBJECTIVE: To describe the drug poisonings seen in the ED of a lar... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
A reconfigurable multi-terrain adaptive casualty transport aid base on Watt II six-bar linkage for industrial environment - Jiao Z, Wang H, Fei C, Wang L, Yuan J, Meng Q, Lu X.
INTRODUCTION: This paper presents the Reconfigurable Multi-Terrain Adaptive Casualty Transport Aid (RMTACTA), an innovative solution addressing the critical need for rapid and safe pre-hospital casualty transport in industrial environments. The RMTACTA, le... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
From tragedy to resilience in a university hospital: characteristics of patients in the aftermath of the 2023 Turkey earthquake - Ta şkın, Dişel NR.
This study focuses on adults affected by the February 2023 Turkey earthquakes, aiming to uncover demographic and clinical traits. METHODS: A retrospective analysis of data from adult patients who sought emergency care between February 6 ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - April 15, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Disaster Preparedness Source Type: news
