PhotoniCare Looks Behind Ear Drums to Help Diagnose Ear Infections
Middle ear infections are one of the most common reasons for visits to the pediatrician. However, because the middle ear is hidden from view by the ear drum, physicians must diagnose based on symptoms and a limited physical exam — and when patients have ambiguous or borderline symptoms, accurate diagnosis can be challenging.
PhotoniCare’s TOMi Scope uses near-infrared light waves to provide 3D views beyond the ear drum into the middle ear, allowing physicians to visualize and better diagnose middle ear infections.
Co-founder and CEO Ryan Shelton, Ph.D. answered a few of our questions about his company’s beginn...
Source: Medgadget - June 24, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Cici Zhou Tags: ENT Exclusive Source Type: blogs
Can Digital Health Go Off-Grid And Still Save Lives?
What would you do without your smartphone or laptop for a week? Some cannot even imagine putting them down for a second, not thinking much of the vulnerability of our entire digital existence. What if a hurricane destroys the electric grid? What if power supplies will get cut off by unstoppable rain? What about a future dystopic scenario with our traditional energy sources depleted due to overconsumption? And what if we just look at less fortunate parts of the world where stable electricity service is a rare treasure? We collected some examples of how medicine could become more independent from the traditional electricity ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - May 25, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Africa asia Caribbean development digital digital health Healthcare smartphone solar sustainability technology Source Type: blogs
Medicine, Hopscotch, and Hope for Syrian Refugees
BY MECCA MADHUN, DO, & SHAZA AOUTHMANY, MDWe pulled up to the northern Lebanese-Syrian border after a two-and-a-half-hour ride from Beirut across bumpy dirt roads, and heard little voices singing, “Ahlan bil, dakatra!” (Welcome, doctors!)We were dressed in our Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS) vests with stethoscopes around our necks, and made our way to the clinic, long alleys of white tarps covering tin walls and ceilings. It was barren and dark; we left the door open and set up our clinic space near the light from the door. We had six plastic chairs, a small plastic side table, an otoscope, alcohol pads,...
Source: Going Global - April 24, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Tyto At-Home Telemedicine Solution Rolling Out Through Best Buy
Tyto Care and Best Buy have partnered up to release one of the more interesting at-home medical devices to come out in the last few years. The TytoHome Medical Exam Kit provides a true telehealth capability by letting parents, caretakers, and people themselves perform physical exams. While the exams are done by average folks, the data, such as otoscope photos, temperature readings, and heart rate can be examined by a physician over a computer. The Tyto device has a camera, onto which different gadgets can be attached, such as a tongue depressor, to give it specialized medical powers.
While the Tyto system has been FDA clea...
Source: Medgadget - April 17, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Cardiology Medicine Pediatrics Telemedicine Source Type: blogs
I Can’t Hear You!
A 50-year-old man presented to the emergency department complaining of ringing in his ears and difficulty understanding what people were saying. He was concerned that he was having a stroke. A full neurological exam was unremarkable aside from decreased hearing, but his hearing deficits appeared to be equal bilaterally. Otoscopic exam demonstrated a normal tympanic membrane, and the rest of his physical exam was unremarkable. The patient's past medical history was significant for hypertension and hypercholesterolemia, for which he took lisinopril and atorvastatin. He was recently treated with a 10-day course of doxycycl...
Source: The Tox Cave - April 1, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Tyto Care Brings the Doctor ’s Visit to Home: Interview with Ophir Lotan
Tyto Care is an on-demand telehealth provider based in Israel that hopes to bring all aspects of a doctor’s visit to the home. Beyond the limits of traditional telemedicine, the platform also allows patients to conduct their own physical exam using a device that combines a camera, stethoscope, otoscope, thermometer, and tongue depressor.
The idea began after Co-Founder and CEO Dedi Gilad, whose daughter had recurrent ear infections as a child, figured there was a better way to receive medical care than repeated visits to a doctor. “He couldn’t understand why he needed to go into these flu clinics or get out of wo...
Source: Medgadget - February 6, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Cici Zhou Tags: Cardiology Exclusive Medicine Pediatrics Telemedicine Source Type: blogs
Tyto Care Brings the Doctor ’s Visit to Home: Seen at CES 2019
Tyto Care is an on-demand telehealth provider that aims to bring all aspects of a doctor’s visit to the home. Beyond the traditional video call of telemedicine, the platform allows patients to conduct their own physical exam using a kit with a camera, stethoscope, otoscope, thermometer, and tongue depressor.
The platform, which has raised $54 million to date, works by connecting patient and physician through the TytoApp on a smartphone or tablet. Once the video call is connected, the physician assesses patient symptoms and guides the patient through a basic physical exam using the toolkit. Patients can measure heart ...
Source: Medgadget - January 22, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Cici Zhou Tags: Cardiology Geriatrics Medicine Telemedicine Source Type: blogs
Foreign Bodies in the Ear and Nose a True Test of EP Mettle
Pediatric patients frequently put foreign bodies into their mouths, noses, and ears. The spectrum of foreign bodies that children place into their facial orifices are impressive. Paper, vegetable matter (such as peanuts), toys, beads, metal screws, and Play-Doh are just a few examples.The insertions are often done surreptitiously, only to be discovered days or sometimes weeks later. Occasionally, the retained foreign nasal bodies will ferment and present with a purulent, unilateral nasal drainage, accompanied by an unrelentingly repulsive odor. Sometimes an occasional cockroach wanders into the external auditory canal l...
Source: M2E Too! Mellick's Multimedia EduBlog - November 1, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Tyto Lets Primary Care Docs Examine Patients Remotely, Now Cleared in Europe
Tyto Care, based in Israel, won the European CE Mark, allowing it to introduce its telemedicine system on the continent. This product lets people perform exams on each other under the guidance of a physician who is able to see and hear what’s going on in real time and is able to review the various measurements.
The Tyto at-home device has a stethoscope, otoscope, tongue depressor with a built-in camera, and thermometer that can be used to examine the heart, ears, throat, abdomen, and other parts of the body. The physician gives instructions to the operator of the device and monitors how it’s used. When applie...
Source: Medgadget - October 18, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Medicine Pediatrics Telemedicine Source Type: blogs
How I met your mentor: tips to finding sponsorship and mentorship
If someone asked you on day one of medical school, as a fresh-faced first year, to name the essential components of a successful career, what would you have answered? A solid education? Good test scores? Publications? An $800 otoscope? Some are more obvious than others. Who of the enlightened among us would have mentioned a proper work-life balance? How about a strong support system — or the right mentor?
Navigating the jungle of career advancement in the medical field can be treacherous without a guide, and, the experts agree, finding mentors can be paramount to your future success. That necessity is heightened for wome...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 16, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/lindsey-migliore" rel="tag" > Lindsey Migliore, DO < /a > Tags: Education Medical school Source Type: blogs
I ’m retiring my first stethoscope
I retired my first stethoscope today. I bought my Littmann Cardiology III during my first term of medical school in 1999. It came with a penlight, otoscope, ophthalmoscope, manual blood pressure cuff, tuning forks and reflex hammer, all contained within a traditional black leather physician’s bag with my initials in gold. Receiving your medical student diagnostic kit is one of the rites of passage for all of us who enter this profession.
I still own all of these items. Most are in that same black leather bag on a shelf in my office. But it was my stethoscope that I have used most often since then, well, until today.
That...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 26, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/matthew-bowdish" rel="tag" > Matthew Bowdish, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Allergies & Immunology Cardiology Source Type: blogs
What If Amazon Ran Hospitals?
What if Dr. Alexa offered you the next appointment with your doctor in the Amazon Clinic? What if you could buy your prescription drugs in Amazon’s online pharmacy? What if you could get your personalized plaster cast from the 3D Printing Department? In light of the recent moves of Amazon and other tech giants in the healthcare field, we imagined what it would look like if Amazon operated an entire hospital.
Tech giants move into healthcare
Facebook, Google, and Amazon are aiming for new horizons. The playfield must be too small for them solely on the technology markets. They certainly have the capacity to move into n...
Source: The Medical Futurist - January 30, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Healthcare Design 3d printing amazon artificial intelligence digital health digital technology Innovation Personalized medicine wearables Source Type: blogs
Watching for Signs of Ear Infections in Young Clients
Approximately two-thirds of children get at least one middle-ear infection (otitis media) by age 3, and one-third of these children will experience at least three episodes. The earlier a child gets their first ear infection, the more susceptible they are to recurrent episodes. Children with recurrent ear infections accompanied by middle-ear fluid (otitis media with effusion) often experience fluctuating mild to moderate hearing loss. This type of hearing loss can be difficult to detect, yet can have a major effect on language and speech-sound acquisition. Speech-language pathologists can play an important role in tracking ...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - June 8, 2017 Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Jody Vaynshtok Tags: Audiology Speech-Language Pathology ear infection Early Intervention hearing loss hearing protection Language Disorders Speech Disorders Source Type: blogs
I sometimes need to be reminded I ’m not just a doctor, I’m human too
I took my dog to the vet today. You’d think this would be a straightforward sort of thing for a medical professional. You’d be wrong.
When I woke my dog up at 5:15 a.m. (my new daily start time, as it’s apparently the only way I can find time to do board questions and is also the excuse I use when I miss the majority of said questions), he seemed sleepy.
He’s a super hyper, ADHD-type dog, so slowly slinking about was not his usual MO. Despite my rational patient-assessing abilities, I naturally assumed he had cancer and checked his lymph nodes and examined his poop. I stuck my stubby “people” otoscope in his ea...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 13, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/april-edwards" rel="tag" > April Edwards, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Primary care Source Type: blogs
Dehiscent jugular bulb : CT
Case Report :43 year male patient presents with complaint of chronic giddiness for HRCT mastoid which showed dominant high riding dehiscent jugular bulb on left side protruding into left middle ear cavity. Jugular bulb could not be made out on right side – likely hypoplastic.Salient points by Dr MGK Murthy, Dr Rajshekhar, Dr GA Prasad. - The superior border of the jugular bulb normally lies below the hypotympanum of the middle-ear cavity. However, in rare cases the jugular bulb may extend upwards, elevating the floor of the hypotympanum and presenting in the middle-ear ...
Source: Sumer's Radiology Site - February 22, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Sumer Sethi Source Type: blogs
