Emerging Technologies Shaping the Health IT Landscape and How They Contribute to Improving Patient Outcomes and Healthcare Delivery
It’s been said many times before, but the truth remains the same: the world of healthcare is ever-evolving. We are learning and growing every day, which means we are also coming up with new ideas, technologies, and practices every day. But with all of this constant news of new technologies and changes in practices, it can be really tricky to stay on top of it all. To help, we reached out to our talented Healthcare IT Today Community and asked them: what emerging technologies in Health IT are currently shaping the landscape, and how do they contribute to improved patient outcomes and healthcare delivery? The following...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - February 12, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Grayson Miller Tags: Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Regulations athenahealth Azalea Health Baha Zeidan Caregility CenTrak Deepi Source Type: blogs
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Source: SharpBrains - September 6, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: The Conversation Tags: Brain/ Mental Health antidepressants anxiety Cognitive Neuroscience Combination therapy depression neuroplasticity psychedelics psychiatry Psychology Psychotherapy Source Type: blogs
Still Here: My Experience with Repeating a Year of Medical School
On a hot and humid July afternoon, the white coat ceremony for the class of 2025 at the Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine was in full swing. Not even the threat of a giant thunderstorm, which happens often during the summer in Miami, could dampen the excitement of 150 aspiring physicians and their families. I walked onstage, slipped on brand-new white coat, and accepted the coveted “medical student” title I had spent years working for. I thought about why I was embarking on this journey: my family of Vietnam War refugees, my brother who has autism, and my father who suddenly passed a...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - August 1, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Laura Siegel Tags: 1st Year Med Student Motivation Resilience Source Type: blogs
Good news about hypoglycemia awareness
Welcome to episode 3 of BDI Briefs! Our aim with BDI Briefs is to take a brief look at important issues about the emotional side of diabetes.In this short discussion, Scott, Bill, and Susan discuss some good news recently published about the fear of hypoglycemia. I also encourage you to look at more research from the Behavioral Diabetes Institute. Enjoy! And please let us know what you think and what you’d like to hear more about from BDI.And remember to subscribe to BDI’s YouTube channel!
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Source: Scott's Diabetes Blog - March 30, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Scott K. Johnson Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Panic Attack Treatment: Are Meds Or CBT Best For The Disorder?
The very best panic attack treatment is revealed by large studies that compare meds and CBT. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - February 16, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Anxiety Source Type: blogs
Panic Attack Symptoms And How To Deal With Them
How to deal with panic attacks, the signs, symptoms, causes, treatment and how it differs from a heart attack. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - December 15, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Anxiety Source Type: blogs
What do you think of this " Ventricular Bigeminy " ?
Written by Bobby Nicholson MD, with edits by MeyersA woman in her 50s with past medical history of heart failure, prior stroke, atrial fibrillation on Eliquis, lung cancer in remission, and CKD, presented to the emergency department for evaluation of cough and shortness of breath. EKG was obtained in triage and read as ventricular bigeminy. What do you think?On my first read of the EKG, I agreed with the initial interpretation. Pendell Meyers then recommended that I take a second look at the morphology of the QRS complexes. I think it was easiest for me to see in the rhythm strip, but there are clearly P waves in front of ...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - November 19, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Pendell Source Type: blogs
Caffeine in Coffee: How Does It Affect Your Blood Pressure?
Coffee is a daily essential to kick-start most people’s days. But did you know caffeine in coffee can affect blood pressure in hypertensive patients?
With its annual consumption of nearly 8.6 billion kgs, coffee is a must-have for most people. If you regularly enjoy a cup of java, you must be familiar with the energetic buzz that sets in shortly after your first sips.
For some, even just the aroma of coffee is enough to give you a boost. However, scientists often debate whether drinking coffee regularly benefits your cardiovascular health and blood pressure, or the opposite.
Find out if your daily cup of cof...
Source: The EMT Spot - November 8, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Kutryk Tags: Guides Blood Pressure Source Type: blogs
DiGA: How Germany Channeled Digital Health Apps Into Its Healthcare System
Digital health applications and solutions are increasingly becoming part of our healthcare experience. Partially because they offer fast and convenient solutions for problems arising from capacity shortages of the traditional medical systems (like skin checking apps), or because they enhance the capabilities of doctors, medical personnel, or hospitals (like sepsis watch algorithms or A.I. diagnostics models).
While these apps are available in a large number of medical specialities, channelling them into state-run healthcare systems to harness the benefits on population-wide scales is challenging.
Germany’s Di...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 4, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Digital Health Research Healthcare Policy healthcare system germany digital health apps DIGA Source Type: blogs
Why healthcare keeps losing good clinicians (or, why I walked away for a second time)
Guest post written by a wonderful PT who has walked away from the profession.
Why healthcare keeps losing good clinicians (or, why I walked away for a second time)
Firstly, I don’t know if the above statement is true. I just know a lot of good people who’ve left healthcare, across many different professions. And I highly recommend reading “This is going to Hurt” by Adam Kay, or if you don’t have the attention span, it’s now a TV series in 25 minute bites.
Last week I resigned from my position as a Physiotherapist and Keyworker, working for a supplier on the ACC pain contract and other physical injury c...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - July 24, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Chronic pain Pain conditions Physiotherapy Professional topics Resilience/Health healthcare pain management Source Type: blogs
Wide Complex Tachycardia with Huge ST Elevation. What is going on?
This 70-something woman with no significant past history (no previous ECGs or cardiac history) presented by EMS with fairly acute chest pressure and shortness of breath, with nausea and diaphoresis. " Like an elephant sitting on my chest. " She had no history of atrial fibrillation and was not on any anticoagulants.She stated that she had had a similar episode a couple weeks earlier, lasting 24 hours, with rapid heart beat but without chest pain, that spontaneously resolved. She thought she was having a panic attack. Since then she has had " little spurts " of the same thing lasting 1-2 hours.E...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - January 12, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
January 2022: Not Everything is Anxiety
A 30ish-year-old woman had been shopping and felt dizzy. The shop owner called 911. She said she had a history of anxiety. This is her ECG. Her heart rate was about 125 bpm with a blood pressure hovering around 110 systolic. She didn't have specific complaints, but said she just didn't feel right. No P waves were seen on the ECG. Adenosine for this narrow complex tachycardia.The nurse had questions, though. Didn't supraventricular tachycardia usually have a rate between 150-250 bpm? This patient's rate was slow; was adenosine really the right choice? Shouldn't she be able to handle a rate of 125? The ans...
Source: Lions and Tigers and Bears - January 4, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Why MDMA-assisted psychotherapy may become an FDA-approved treatment for PTSD within 2 years
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Source: SharpBrains - December 21, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: The Conversation Tags: Brain/ Mental Health antidepressants Cannabidiol cannabis CBD Ecstasy MDMA MDMA-assisted psychotherapy neural plasticity Physical assault post-traumatic-stress-disorder psilocybin PTSD Sexual assault street drugs substance-ab Source Type: blogs
A 19 year old with panic attacks. On the previous ECG, the diagnosis was missed, as it frequently is!
This young woman presented with recurrent anxiety attacks with chest pain and dyspnea. She was otherwise healthy except for history of cholecystitis and cholecystectomy one year prior.I saw her in triage and ordered an EKG:What do you think? How did I interpret this?There is a short PR interval. The eye is taken immediately to the ST depression and T-wave inversion in multiple leads. But as I pointed out in this recent post (I thought the ECG diagnosis was obvious. But many missed it. So I ' m showing it.) when there are ST-T abnormalities, one must look at the entire PQRST and look for reasons...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - November 12, 2021 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
