Uses of AI in Healthcare – 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):
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Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 17, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: Administration AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC 2024 Health IT Predictions 2bPrecise Alexander Nazem Anish Sebastian Arascia Arun Nagdev Source Type: blogs
The State Of CRISPR Clinical Trials And Their Future Potentials
CRISPR, short for “Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats” – and more specifically CRISPR–Cas9 – relates to a gene-editing method that gained popularity in the past decade; and not for trivial reasons. Being the most efficient and accurate method to edit a cell’s genome, CRISPR holds potentials that range from treating conditions such as HIV to finding new drug targets.
While such potentials are real and are being actively investigated, you might be curious about more practical examples of CRISPR applications. By taking the US Clinical Trials registry as an example, we consider lis...
Source: The Medical Futurist - December 7, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: TMF CRISPR therapy clinical trials gene editing Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – September 3, 2023 – 60% of cybersecurity incidents impact patient care, the average medical device has six or more security vulnerabilities, 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 Research
ONC renewed its contract for The Sequoia Project to be the Recognized Coordinating Entity for TEFCA implementation. That process will involve working with seven current Qualified Health Information Network can...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - September 3, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT AION Biosystems Akshay Sharma Alexander Group American Telemedicine Association Asimily ATA Atropos Health BeMe Health Carenet Health Claroty Cognizant Craig Hovda Digital Medicine Society eClinicalWorks eCW E Source Type: blogs
Precision medicine: the rifle vs. shotgun approach to cancer treatment
Why does one person respond favorably to lung cancer treatment while another does not? The answer lies in their DNA. Just 20 years ago, lung cancer was broadly categorized into two groups: non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and small cell lung cancer (SCLC). Relatively recently, the treatment of NSCLC shifted from chemotherapy as a single treatment optionRead more …Precision medicine: the rifle vs. shotgun approach to cancer treatment originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 20, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/post-author/hirva-mamdani" rel="tag" data-wpel-link="internal" > Hirva Mamdani, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, October 4th 2021
In conclusion, premature thymic involution and chronic inflammation greatly contribute to increased morbidity and mortality in CKD patients. Mechanisms are likely to be multiple and interlinked. Even when the quest to fountain of youth is a pipe dream, there are many scientific opportunities to prevent or to, at least in part, reverse CKD-related immune senescence. Further studies should precisely define most important pathways driving premature immune ageing in CKD patients and best therapeutic options to control them.
Extending Life Without Extending Health: Vast Effort Directed to the Wrong Goals
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Source: Fight Aging! - October 3, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Towards Better Cancer Vaccines via Identification of Important Neoantigens and T Cell Populations
Tumor cells have identifying surface markers that the immune system can in principle attack, but vaccination against those surface markers in order to encourage an anti-tumor immune response has been hit and miss. Researchers here dig deeper into the mechanisms that may explain this variability in response, and thus allow a more viable approach to patient-specific cancer vaccines that will more effectively rouse the immune system to target cancerous cells.
When cells begin to turn cancerous, they start producing mutated proteins not seen in healthy cells. These cancerous proteins, also called neoantigens, can aler...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 28, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Accelerating the Development of Tests for Endometriosis and Cancer
NIGMS’ Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program works toward more effective methods for patient screening, diagnosis, and treatment.
Translating lab discoveries into health care products requires large investments of time and resources. Through the STTR Regional Technology Transfer Accelerator Hubs for IDeA States program, NIGMS helps researchers interested in transitioning their discoveries and/or inventions into products. Here are the stories of three researchers working with the XLerator Hub, which funds projects in the southeastern United States and Puerto Rico.
Ending Diagnostic Delays for Endomet...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - April 7, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Injury and Illness Cancer Diseases Profiles Scientific Process Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, February 10th 2020
In conclusion, the concept of an epigenetic clock is compelling, but caution should be taken in interpreting associations with age acceleration. Association tests of age acceleration should include age as a covariate.
A Discussion of Recent Work on Allotopic Expression of Mitochondrial Genes at the SENS Research Foundation
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2020/02/a-discussion-of-recent-work-on-allotopic-expression-of-mitochondrial-genes-at-the-sens-research-foundation/
A paper published last month outlines recent progress on allotopic expression of mitochondrial genes carried out by the SENS Research...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 9, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
A Mechanism by which Chronic Inflammation Spurs Cancer Metastasis
Chronic inflammation is a risk factor for cancer and cancer mortality. There are numerous reasons as to why this might be the case, some much more proven and settled than others, but the research here is focused on metastasis, the spread of cancerous cells throughout the body. Since cancer mortality is largely determined by whether or not a tumor progresses to the point of metastasis, we should not be surprised that researchers can identify mechanisms linking inflammation with metastasis.
Dysregulated inflammation is recognized as one of the hallmarks of cancer and is involved in tumor initiation, progression, an...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 5, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Psychology Around the Net: December 28, 2019
This article goes into depth describing how to make your best New Year’s resolution yet.
Smartphone Apps: Can They Improve Our Mental Health?: Let’s say you have 2 weeks until your next therapy appointment, but you could really use some help now. Should you download one of the hundreds of mental health apps for smartphones? What should you look for? Do they even work? This article offers specific advice on how to choose a legitimate app for mental health.
People With Terminal Illness Badly Need Mental Health Support. My Wife Was One: Do you have a loved one with a terminal illness? In this article, the author shares hi...
Source: World of Psychology - December 28, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Traci Pedersen Tags: Anxiety and Panic Death & Dying Depression Disorders General Green and Environment Grief and Loss Health-related Inspiration & Hope LifeHelper Mental Health and Wellness Psychology Around the Net Research Self-Help Cancer hik Source Type: blogs
AI Tool to Predict Checkpoint Therapy ’s Effectiveness
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University have developed a new computational tool to predict, based on CT imaging, whether lung cancer patients will benefit from immune-checkpoint inhibitor cancer therapy. This is an exciting development for patients suffering from lung cancer, and may one day help inform medical decisions.
Currently, there are no predictive biomarkers to point to whether non-small cell lung cancer (NSLC) patients will benefit from immune-checkpoint inhibitor therapy, a new form of cancer therapy that helps the body’s immune system fight cancer more effectively. Currently, only 1 out of 5 NSLC ...
Source: Medgadget - December 2, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Siavash Parkhideh Tags: Informatics Medicine Source Type: blogs
Real-World Evidence is What Pharma Needs Now to Help Cure Lung Cancer
The following is a guest blog post by Julie Krommenhoek from Ciox. Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) is a designation that accounts for more than 80 percent of lung cancers diagnosed, and it has emerged as a new hotspot for investment by pharma manufacturers. Globally, the NSCLC therapeutics market is expected to rise to a […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 11, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Blogger Tags: Administration Analytics/Big Data Clinical Health IT Company Healthcare IT HIM Hospital - Health System Revenue Cycle Management CDI CDQI Ciox CIOX Health Clinical Documentation Improvement Clinical Documentation Quality Improvem Source Type: blogs
Study Concludes That Liquid Biopsies Can Help Guide Cancer Treatment
It now seems likely that liquid biopsies will have a well-defined and important role in the diagnosis of cancer and the screening of treated cancer patients for recurrences. The value of the procedure continues to improve due to new scientific discoveries (see:Scientific Breakthrough on the Correlation of Liquid Biopsies with Cancer Type) and a recent article was the most positive of any that I have read about the value of liquid biopsies (see:Liquid Biopsy Is Effective at Guiding Treatment of Lung Cancer, Study Finds). Below is an excerpt from it:...[T]wo years ago, Dr. Li and his colleagues [at Memorial Sloan Kettering] ...
Source: Lab Soft News - June 13, 2019 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Bruce Friedman Tags: Clinical Lab Industry News Clinical Lab Testing Diagnostics Genomic Testing Lab Industry Trends Lab Processes and Procedures Medical Research Surgical Pathology Source Type: blogs
It ’s time to change the face of lung cancer
“Please don’t tell my family, ” Mary (identifying information changed) immediately asked me after I disclosed the results of her lymph node biopsy and diagnosis of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer. At the time, I was a first-year oncology fellow. Initially, I thought it was a normal reaction (an example of my lack of expe rience). I […]Find jobs at Careers by KevinMD.com. Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now. Learn more. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - March 24, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/narjust-duma" rel="tag" > Narjust Duma, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs
