The Optimism of Digital Health
By JONATHON FEIT
Journalists like being salty. Like many venture investors, we who are no longer “green” have finely tuned BS meters that like to rip off the sheen of a press release to reach the truthiness underneath. We ask, is this thing real? If I write about XYZ, will I be embarrassed next year to learn that it was the next Theranos?
Yet journalists must also be optimistic—a delicate balance: not so jaded that one becomes boooring, not so optimistic that one gets giddy at each flash of potential; and still enamored of the belief that every so often, something great will remake the present paradigm.
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Source: The Health Care Blog - February 9, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Tech AI DHIS West Jonathon Feit Michelle Snyder venture capital Source Type: blogs
The Death of Death, in English
The authors of the Death of Death are regulars on the conference circuit for aging research, the longevity industry, and patient advocacy for the treatment of aging as a medical condition. The book was originally in Spanish, and has finally been translated into English. It is a popular science overview of progress towards technologies that will first slow aging, then enable the control of aging, and eventually, at some point, produce large gains in healthy human life span, postponing death by aging essentially indefinitely. The book and its authors also unapologetically and straightforwardly stand in opposition to the horr...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 8, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Activism, Advocacy and Education Source Type: blogs
Broadening Opportunities for Students in STEM at Brown University and Beyond
Credit: Courtesy of Brown University.
Andrew G. Campbell, Ph.D., a professor of medical science at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and previous dean of the graduate school, is passionate about researching understudied diseases and helping students reach their full potential.
Dr. Campbell’s lab has studied the single-cell organism Trypanosoma brucei (T. brucei), a parasite transmitted through the bite of the tsetse fly, which is only found in specific regions of Africa. In humans, T. brucei causes African Trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness. Symptoms of this illness include headache, weakne...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - February 8, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist STEM Education Profiles Training Source Type: blogs
The Shocking Way Depression and Schizophrenia Hijack Learning Abilities (M)
The subtle learning bias seen in people with depression and schizophrenia that stops them grasping patterns in everyday life. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - February 8, 2024 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Depression subscribers-only Source Type: blogs
Multiple Components Render Withings Device Widely Applicable
In this short video, Livia Robic, Product Manager BeamO at Withings, introduces their new BeamO device, which is awaiting regulatory approval and will probably be released at the end of 2024.
BeamO introduces a new “multiscope category” of device. It combines a thermometer, EKG monitor, pulse oximeter, and stethoscope. Using these four components, the device should be useful in a wide range of situations ranging from postoperative recovery to behavioral change.
WiFi allows automatic synchonization with records. It can store symptoms and medications, and results can be shared with doctors. Furthermore, a whole f...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 8, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: Ambulatory Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring BeamO CES CES 2024 EKG Monitor Healthcare Devices Healthcare IT Video Interviews Livia Robic Multiscope Pulse Oxime Source Type: blogs
Staying Informed About Regulatory Changes, Industry Standards, and Technological Advancements to make Informed Decisions
The world of healthcare is constantly changing – both in terms of our tools and inventions and in how we approach things and where our priorities are at. But we also know that being knowledgeable and informed on the entire landscape of healthcare is crucial to being a good Health IT leader who can effectively lead their teams. This leaves us with the big question: in an ever-evolving healthcare landscape, how do Health IT leaders stay informed about regulatory changes, industry standards, and technological advancements to make informed decisions and guide their teams effectively?
So in search of the answer to this qu...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 8, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Grayson Miller Tags: Administration AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT 1upHealth Arcadia BJ Boyle Brent Dover Brightside Health Carta Healthcare Caryn Hewitt CenTrak Data-Driven Decisions Don Rucker Edifecs H Source Type: blogs
How Comprehend PT Takes Clinical Notes Out of Physical Therapists ’ Hands
Physical therapists have unique needs for an ambient clinical voice solution. They are constantly walking about the floor, chatting with different patients and watching how many reps and sets they do. Comprehend PT uniquely meets the PT’s needs and allows the therapist to create notes in their particular tone and style just by speaking while they work. The inputs are called “mini brain dumps” by CEO Jake Michalski.
In this video, Michalski takes us in our imagination to a PT setting. The therapist carries a phone in their pocket, speaking whenever a patient completes an exercise. Both intakes (longer and ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 7, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andy Oram Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory Clinical EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Ambient Clinical Voice Comprehend PT EHR AI Asssistant EHR Automatic Note Creation Healthcare IT Video Interviews Jake Michalski PT AI Assistant Source Type: blogs
Increasing Opportunities in STEM at Brown University and Beyond
Credit: Courtesy of Brown University.
Andrew G. Campbell, Ph.D., a professor of medical science at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and previous dean of the graduate school, is passionate about researching understudied diseases and helping students reach their full potential.
Dr. Campbell’s lab has studied the single-cell organism Trypanosoma brucei (T. brucei), a parasite transmitted through the bite of the tsetse fly, which is only found in specific regions of Africa. In humans, T. brucei causes African Trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness. Symptoms of this illness include headache, weakne...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - February 7, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist STEM Education Profiles Training Source Type: blogs
98point6 Technologies Announces the Acquisition of Bright.md to Accelerate the Launch of its Asynchronous Care Module
New Module to Offer More Robust Integrated Virtual Care Delivery Options
98point6 Technologies, a leader in licensed on-demand virtual care software, announced the addition of a new asynchronous module to its flagship technology, allowing providers the option of delivering both live and asynchronous care capabilities. By enabling healthcare organizations to license this additional model of care delivery, 98point6 once again sets the bar with an integrated, purpose-built clinician solution that future-proofs virtual clinic operations. In related news, the company announced it has doubled down on its growth strategy, acquir...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 7, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT 98point6 98point6 Technologies Baptist Health Brett Oliver Bright.md Evernorth Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Jay Burrell UAB Medicine Source Type: blogs
Medicare Is Now Profitable as a Total Program Because of Medicare Advantage
By GEORGE HALVORSON
Medicare made $83.4 billion very real dollars in 2022. The 17% discounts below the average cost of fee-for-service Medicare, that happen in every county for Medicare Advantage, have been very real and extremely successful in paying for Medicare coverage — in a way that now makes the program a profit center for the US Government.
You can see the actual financial report page from the 2023 Medicare trustee report below. It shows that the Medicare trust fund grew in 2022 for the first time in decades. More than half of the Medicare members are now enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans. Those members ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - February 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy George Halvorson Medicare Advantage Medicare Trustees report Source Type: blogs
Envision Radiology Setting a Fast Pace for Interoperability with DataFirst
Envision Radiology wanted more control over how healthcare information was shared so they could focus on delivering outstanding patient experience and outcomes. With DataFirst’s Silverback platform and close partnership, they achieved their goal. Here’s how.
At the 2023 Annual RSNA Conference (RSNA23), Healthcare IT Today arranged for an exclusive interview with Beau Jones, President & CEO at DataFirst and Jeff Emery, CIO/CTO at Envision Radiology to learn more about their deep collaboration.
Sharing Imaging Information
Envision Radiology offers medical diagnostic imaging services including MRIs, CAT scans, X-rays...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 6, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: EMR-EHR Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Interoperability Beau Jones Datafirst Deconstructed PACS Envision Radiology healthcare partnership Healthcare Scene Featured imaging interoperability Jeff Emery patient-centricity ra Source Type: blogs
Strategies and Best Practices for Developing and Nurturing Leadership Skills in Health IT
The new year is a time of personal growth and self-improvement. We all set out with a list of resolutions, determined to become the best versions of ourselves. While we are still in this mindset, let’s talk about how we can also improve as health IT leaders. Aristotle believed that in order to become a virtuous person, you must do virtuous things. So to become a better leader in health IT, we need to figure out what skills and best practices we must do and find out if these skills for health IT leadership is different than other healthcare sectors.
We reached out to our incredible Healthcare IT Today Community to ask...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 6, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Grayson Miller Tags: C-Suite Leadership Career and Jobs Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Arcadia best practices Caryn Hewitt CenTrak CliniComp e4health Health IT Leadership Health IT Skills Healthcare Leadership John Johnson Source Type: blogs
An Interview with Karl Pfleger
Karl Pfleger is one of the more prolific angel investors in the longevity industry. Naturally he is an investor in Repair Biotechnologies, the company that I co-founded with Bill Cherman and which is currently focused on a gene therapy approach to reversal of atherosclerosis. In addition to his investment and conference-going activities, Pfleger runs the very useful Aging Biotech Info resource, which has expanded from the starting point of a list of companies in the longevity industry to its present state of listing of a great many more items: conferences, books, blogs, interventions, diagnostics, and so forth. In the podc...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 5, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Healthy Life Extension Community Source Type: blogs
Ambient Clinical Voice – Healthcare IT Today Podcast Episode 133
For the 133rd episode of the Healthcare IT Today Podcast we are talking about ambient clinical voice! We kick off this episode by debating the percentage of clinicians we think are going to adopt ambient clinical voice. Next, we discuss the key factors in determining which vendors will be successful in this market. Then, we debate whether we think ambient clinical voice will just do documentation or if it will become a two-way AI assistant. Lastly, we wrap the episode up by talking about how EHR vendors should be approaching ambient clinical voice and what it would mean for them.
Here’s a preview of the topics and questi...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 5, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn John Lynn and Colin Hung Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Clinical EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Podcasts Abridge Ambient Clinical Voice athenahealth Augmedix Automated Clinical Documentation Colin Hung Co Source Type: blogs
Cybersecurity ’s Role in the Office of the Chief Medical Officer
The following is a guest article by William Thorn, CISSP, CDPSE, Senior Strategist and Architect at Trellix
Do cyber threats feel like an inevitable workplace hazard? Attacks may seem rare when trying to anticipate them from afar. Once the threat materializes, it is common in healthcare settings for hospitals to choose a reactive approach. To choose not to invest in cyber defense education, tools, or any other preventative measure until it is too late.
But picture a similar strategy in a clinical setting — imagine if we didn’t approach health safety in layers of defense. Examination rooms wouldn’t be regularly saniti...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 5, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Ambulatory Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Security and Privacy Chief Medical Officer CISO CMIO CMO Cyber Attacks Cybersecurity Healthcare CISO Healthcare Cybersecurity Healthcare Secur Source Type: blogs
