Accelerating Personalized Health With Healthcare Digital Twins
The following is a guest article by Steve Lazer, Global Healthcare & Life Sciences CTO at Dell Technologies. One rapidly advancing trend in healthcare and life sciences is the shift from inefficient, expensive physical models to digital models tested in the virtual world. This is especially critical when time to value and cost are of the essence, as in the case of a global pandemic. One way to address this challenge, is to create a digital replica of a physical system or environment, accumulate data with sensors and collectors to monitor performance, and identify anomalies and trends to predict problems before they oc...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 4, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Artificial Intelligence Dell Technologies Digital Twin Consortium Digital Twins Healthcare AI Healthcare Digital Twins Source Type: blogs

How to organise your photo collection
I have tens of thousands of photos in my archives, some stretching as far back as the pre-digital era (working in and touring the US in 1988, touring Australia in 1989, southern Africa in 1992, and so much more in between, mostly prints, but lots of scans too). My first digital camera (an Agfa ePhoto 307, provided by Agfa itself in 1997). It had a VGA sensor (one third of a megapixel) and no screen. After that I progressed to pocket digital cameras, notably the Canon Ixus 500 and from there to the digital SLRs (Canon 20D to 6D to 7D mark ii. Before you ask, I’ve not gone mirrorless and don’t yet feel the urge t...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - April 3, 2023 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Photography Source Type: blogs

Self ‐​defeating Protectionism Plagues Biden Administration’s “Invest in America” Tour
Colin GrabowThis week the Biden administration kicked off its “Invest in America” tour aimed at highlighting White House ‐​backed initiatives such as the CHIPS and Science Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. While meant to showcase the White House’s legislative achievements, the public relations blitz serves as a reminder of how the administration ’s stated goals are being undermined by protectionist measures that it supports. Here’s a closer look at some of those visits and the protectionist lessons that can be learned from each.President Biden ’s visit to a North Carolina ‐...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 31, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Colin Grabow Source Type: blogs

Did Marx Make Lenin, or Did Lenin Make Marx?
David BoazWas Karl Marx one of the towering intellectual figures of the 19th century? It certainly seems that way. His work iswidelyassigned in college courses,far more than for instance John Locke and Adam Smith, much less F. A. Hayek or Ludwig von Mises.But recently Phil Magness and Michael Makovi have advanced a  different hypothesis: That Marx was a relatively minor figure in his own time, especially after the Marginal Revolution of the 1870s decisively refuted his economic analysis, and his reputation soared only after the Bolshevik Revolution — or the coup led by Vladimir Lenin — of 1917. See their academic pap...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 28, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: David Boaz Source Type: blogs

AI: Not Ready, Not Set – Go!
By KIM BELLARD I feel like I’ve written about AI a lot lately, but there’s so much happening in the field. I can’t keep up with the various leading entrants or their impressive successes, but three essays on the implications of what we’re seeing struck me: Bill Gates’ The Age of AI Has Begun, Thomas Friedman’s Our New Promethean Moment, and You Can Have the Blue Pill or the Red Pill, and We’re Out of Blue Pills by Yuval Harari, Tristan Harris, and Aza Raskin.  All three essays speculate that we’re at one of the big technological turning points in human history. We’re not ready. The subtitle ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 27, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Tech AI Health care tech Kim Bellard Source Type: blogs

What ’ s the Impact of Connectivity on Patients and Providers?
Many of us take high quality internet connectivity for granted since our home networks and cell phones have gotten so good.  However, you know how much it impacts you personally if you have ever had a time where your internet connection is not working properly.  Even small hiccups are frustrating.  The same is true in healthcare organizations.  We take good connectivity for granted until it slows down or stops working.  Unfortunately, this is becoming a common problem that is impacting providers and patients as we add more devices to the network and our connectivity infrastructure starts to age. I recently sat down wi...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 23, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops 5G Healthcare 5G Healthcare Connectivity Healthcare IT Video Interviews Healthcare Scene Featured Heather Haugen Heather Hudnal Source Type: blogs

Throw Away That Phone
By KIM BELLARD If I were a smarter person, I’d write something insightful about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank. If I were a better person, I’d write about the dire new UN report on climate change. But, nope, I’m too intrigued about Google announcing it was (again) killing off Glass.  It’s not that I’ve ever used them, or any AR (augmented reality) device for that matter. It’s just that I’m really interested in what comes after smartphones, and these seemed like a potential path. We all love our smartphones, but 16 years after Steve Jobs introduced the iPhone we should realize th...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

Supreme Court Treads Carefully in Gonzalez
Will DuffieldLast month the Supreme Court heard oralarguments inGonzalez v. Google, a case about whether Section 230 protects platforms from liability for algorithmically recommended speech. This is the first time the Court has heard a case involving Section 230, and a bad ruling wouldremake the internet for the worse. Although many had feared that justices would use the opportunity to get at Big Tech, the Court was skeptical of petitioners ' counsel Eric Schnapper ’s textual arguments and mindful of algorithms ' almost universal use in sorting information online.Going intoGonzalez,there wasn ’t a circuit split about a...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 22, 2023 Category: American Health Authors: Will Duffield Source Type: blogs

Concerning privacy concerns and device fingerprinting
TL:DR – If you’re online, you cannot ensure complete privacy. But, here are some tips on keeping at least some of your private life private. Often those in power declare that we shouldn’t worry about privacy, they often say “If you’ve got nothing to hide, then you’ve got nothing to worry about”. So let them all have clear bathroom windows and no shower curtains, shall we? Isn’t that a good idea? No? Didn’t think so! Wanting privacy isn’t about hiding something it is about being in control of what other people can see, whether that’s your bathroom or bedroom...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - March 21, 2023 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Technology Source Type: blogs

Privacy concerns and device fingerprinting
TL:DR – If you’re online, you cannot ensure complete privacy. But, here are some tips on keeping at least some of your private life private. Often those in power declare that we shouldn’t worry about privacy, they often say “If you’ve got nothing to hide, then you’ve got nothing to worry about”. So let them all have clear bathroom windows and no shower curtains, shall we? Isn’t that a good idea? No? Didn’t think so! Wanting privacy isn’t about hiding something it is about being in control of what other people can see, whether that’s your bathroom or bedroom...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - March 21, 2023 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Technology Source Type: blogs

Beyond bulky VR headsets: Voice recognition, eye tracking, and natural gestures in the era of the metaverse and the “Medi-verse”
Imagine you have moved to a new city and bought a condo advertised as “metaverse enabled.” Upon closing, along with the physical keys to your condo, you receive a unique cryptographic key to the community. You move into your neighborhood both physically and digitally. With the crypto key, you link your own personal metaverse profile to the condo. This merges your personal metaverse, including a digital catalog of all the objects in your home, to a digital map of the new space integrating all the sensors and devices that control the objects through the metaverse. As you move from your bedroom to the kitchen, the li...
Source: SharpBrains - March 21, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Dr. Cori Lathan Tags: Technology & Innovation AnthroTronix AR display eye-tracking healthcare delivery Medi-verse metaverse personal metaverse spatial computing stress relief voice recognition wearables Source Type: blogs

N of 1 studies – great examples
This study examined whether it’s more fruitful to expose people to many activities they’ve previously avoided, or instead, to limit the number of activities each person was exposed to. This is SUCH an important component of therapy where people have avoided doing things that bother them because they anticipate either that their pain will go to untolerable levels (or interfere with other important things like sleep) or because they’re worried they’ll do harm to themselves. Why? Because doing things in one safe space is not life. We do lots of activities in lots of different spaces, and most of them a...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - March 12, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Chronic pain Clinical reasoning Low back pain Research Science in practice pain management single case experimental design Source Type: blogs

The dangers of sharing personal health information online: Protecting your privacy and health
As the internet has become increasingly accessible, many individuals have turned to online platforms, such as ChatGPT  and “Doctor Google,” to search for information about their symptoms and health concerns. While these resources can help provide individuals with a general understanding of their symptoms, there are risks associated with self-diagnosis and relying on online resources Read more… The dangers of sharing personal health information online: Protecting your privacy and health originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 11, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Tech Health IT Source Type: blogs

Leverage Advanced Analytics to Process Petabytes of Streaming Clinical Data at the Edge
In conclusion, real-time data management strategies are essential for healthcare and life sciences organizations to enable data-driven decision-making critical for business survival in today’s digital landscape. With the vast influx of data and access to real-time data streams, these HCLS organizations must collect, store, and use data securely, efficiently, and cost-effectively. They require intelligent compute infrastructure, software, and algorithms to rapidly turn data into meaningful insights to deliver individualized experiences for their patients, innovate smarter services, and develop new data-driven business...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - March 8, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning Analytics/Big Data Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Security and Privacy Artificial Intelligence Big Data Analytics Data Management Data Management Strategies Source Type: blogs

OI May Be The Next AI
In the past few months, artificial intelligence (AI) has suddenly seemed to come of age, with “generative AI” showing that AI was capable of being creative in ways that we thought was uniquely human.  Whether it is writing, taking tests, creating art, inventing things, making convincing deepfake videos, or conducting searches on your behalf, AI is proving its potential.  Even healthcare has figured out a surprising number of uses. It’s fun to speculate about which AI — ChatGPT, Bard, DeepMind, Sydney, etc. – will prove “best,” but it turns out that “AI” as we’ve known it may become outdated...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Tech Artificial intelligence health technology Kim Bellard Organoid Intelligence Source Type: blogs