Embracing Automation to Increase Connection
The following is a guest article by Travis Bias, DO, MPH, FAAFP, Family Medicine Physician and Chief Medical Officer of the Clinician Solutions Team at 3M’s Health Information Systems Division
The release of ChatGPT has ignited dueling flames of excitement and concern regarding the potential of artificial intelligence (AI). Will AI end humanity, or is it going to save the world and usher in a prosperous boom that will recreate our ’90s glory?
The success of AI in health care will fully depend on how clinicians embrace these tools, using them to automate repetitive tasks while channeling augmented outputs through human ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 17, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System 3M AI Automation ChatGPT Dr. Travis Bias EHR Generative AI NLP Physician Workflow Vinod Khosla Source Type: blogs
Career Conversations: Q & A With Physiologist Elimelda Moige Ongeri
Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Elimelda Moige Ongeri.
A career path in science is rarely clear cut and linear, which Elimelda Moige Ongeri, Ph.D., can attest adds to its excitement. She went from working in animal reproductive biology to studying proteins involved in inflammation and tissue injury. Dr. Ongeri is also currently dean of the Hairston College of Health and Human Sciences and professor of physiology at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University (NC A&T) in Greensboro. In this interview, she shares details of her career, including a change in research focus to human physiology; her goals for the f...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - June 14, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Profiles Proteins Source Type: blogs
The Right to Health in Pharmaceutical Patent Disputes
Emmanuel Kolawole Oke (University of Edinnburgh), The Right to Health in Pharmaceutical Patent Disputes (2022): This paper examines how the courts in three developing countries (Kenya, South Africa, and India) have addressed the tension between patent rights on pharmaceutical products... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - April 9, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Biodiversity Mainstreaming for Food and Nutrition Security in Kenya
Kariuki Muigua (University of Nairobi), Biodiversity Mainstreaming for Food and Nutrition Security in Kenya, 9 J. Conflict Mgmt.& Sustainable Dev. 2 (2023): The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals aims to not only achieve biodiversity conservation but to also mainstream... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - April 1, 2023 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Reimagining Pain in the Wake of the Opioid Epidemic
The following is a guest article by Vijay Yanamadala, MD, Chief Medical Officer at Sword Health and System Medical Director of Spine Quality at Hartford Healthcare.
In 2017, after years of over prescribing opioids to treat pain, leading to opioid addiction for millions of Americans, opioid dependency was declared a public health emergency.
Since then, the opioid epidemic has only worsened. The COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact on people’s mental and physical health, has greatly contributed to a rise in opioid-related deaths.
When I was a medical student in the early 2000s, pain was viewed as a vital sign, like heart rate...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 13, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Communication and Patient Experience Healthcare IT Chronic Pain Hartford HealthCare MSK Musculoskeletal Care opioid crisis Opioid Epidemic Pain Management Patient Care Patient Compliance Physical Therapy PT Reimagining Pain Swo Source Type: blogs
Balancing Budget and Need for Updates: The Struggles of Keeping Physician Practices Alive
The world of healthcare embracing the digital world has been a very well celebrated move. This move has helped so many people in so many ways. It allowed people to stay at home and be safe during the pandemic. It allows people in rural areas to connect to specialists far away without all of the travel. And it has been a huge benefit to everyone with mobility issues. Knowing that they can get immediate access to their doctors without the physical toll it would usually take.
But if everything is moving towards digital, where does that leave physician practices? How are they meant to survive if everyone is rushing towards vir...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 21, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Amit Jayakar athenahealth Budgets CareCloud Catalyst Health Group Chad Anguilm Chris Baird Chris Larkin Colin Banas Concord Tech Source Type: blogs
Eliminating Trachoma with the Help of GIS Technology
Trachoma is the world’s leading infectious cause of blindness, yet for decades we have had the antibiotics to treat it. Sightsavers is an international charity dedicated to preventing avoidable blindness and is working in Africa and Asia to eliminate this disease. Their programs are having a significant positive impact. A key to their success is effective use of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology to track and manage both the disease and treatment coverage.
We sat down with Andy Tate, Senior Data and Reporting Advisor for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) at Sightsavers to learn more about their work and how t...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 20, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Andy Tate ArcGIS esri Esri Quick Capture GIS technology Health GIS Healthcare GIS Healthcare Scene Featured Kenya neglected tropical diseases NTD Sightsavers Trach Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – September 25, 2022 – More than 90% of patients prefer providers who offer telemedicine, Sequoia Project releases info blocking resources, and more
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.
News and Studies
More than 90% of patients prefer providers who offer telemedicine, and 62% of patients prefer to consult with physicians remotely when possible, according to a poll of 1,002 patients from Software Advice. At t...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 25, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring 21st Century Cures Act American Diabetes Association American Heart Association Atrium Health Bruce Johnson Butterfly Networ Source Type: blogs
Regulation of the Marketing of Processed Foods to Children in Kenya
James Nthenya (Independent), Regulation of the Marketing of Processed Foods to Children in Kenya, SSRN (2022): This research paper focuses on the available child protection laws and mechanisms that have been put in place for the protection of children against... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - August 18, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Elder Abuse as a Human Rights Challenge in Kenya
Denin Omondi (Central European University), Elder Abuse as a Human Rights Challenge in Kenya, SSRN (2021): The elderly in Kenya encounter abuse from all quarters, including care givers, community, and even their own family. Thus goes on despite provisions in... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 16, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Health Equity in the Spotlight at 2022 Esri User Conference
Health Equity is a complex challenge with multiple root causes and contributing factors making it difficult to know where to start. For many government and healthcare organizations, mapping health equity using a Geography Information System (GIS) was the best place to start. By showing health equity issues on a map, several organizations and individuals who presented at the 2022 Esri User Conference were able to spur action and direct resources to the areas that needed it the most.
Incorporating Race into GIS Dashboards
In 2019, the County of Milwaukee became the first jurisdiction in the country to declare racism a public...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 15, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: AI/Machine Learning Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System ArcGIS Carten Lange County of Milwaukee COVID-19 esri Esri User Conference Health Disparities Health Equity Healthcare GIS HealthG Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - addendum - 4th January 2022
Here are three other items that were unavailable when I wrote the earlier post.I also forgot two things in that earlier post:1. You may need librarian intervention to get some of the items in full2. To acknowledge McMaster ' s very useful Evidence Updates for the items in that post (and this one as well).Global healthCost of maternal near miss and potentially life-threatening conditions, Kenya (Bulletin of the WHO)Developing global guidance on human milk banking (Bulletin of the WHO)Maternal mortality associated with COVID-19 in Brazil in 2020 and 2021: Comparison with non-pregnant women and men (PLoS One) (Source: Browsing)
Source: Browsing - January 4, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
What to Be Thankful For
David BoazEndless war. A $28 trillion national debt. Intrusive regulation. Criminal injustice. Presidents who don ’t think the Constitution limits their powers. The rise of illiberalism on both left and right. It’s easy to point to troubling aspects of modern America, and I spend a lot of time doing that. But when a journalist asked me what freedoms we take for granted in America, I found it a good opportunity to step back and consider how America is different from much of world history — and why immigrants still flock here. If we ask how life in the United States is different from life in mo...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 24, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: David Boaz Source Type: blogs
A Look At Sustainable Development In Kenya: An Analysis Of Environmental, Natural Resources, Health And Infrastructure Governance
Edwin Kimani, A Look At Sustainable Development In Kenya: An Analysis Of Environmental, Natural Resources, Health And Infrastructure Governance, SSRN: Since attaining independence, Kenya has been keen on development. Recently, the development discourse in Kenya has adopted sustainable development sentiments... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - April 21, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Organ Donation and Transplantation: A Comparative Analysis of Legislations in Kenya, South Africa and United Kingdom
Elizabeth Mbugua, Organ Donation and Transplantation: A Comparative Analysis of Legislations in Kenya, South Africa and United Kingdom, SSRN: Organ donation and transplantation as a practice of modern medicine has over time been used as a life-saving therapy for end... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - March 3, 2021 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
