What Is Medical Coding Automation And Its Potentials In Healthcare?
When it comes to the term ‘coding’, what comes to mind is probably programmers writing software. While this applies to the medical setting in the digital health age, traditionally, medical coding has referred to a specific process. It involves the conversion of medical records, generally from clinician’s texts, into structured codes based on a classification system for the appropriate patient diagnosis and relevant procedure.
The result is clinical information that is consistent and comparable over time and across healthcare departments. Such data can subsequently be used to inform relevant research, policies and,...
Source: The Medical Futurist - June 1, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: TMF Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Medical coding clinical coding AI AI in medical coding AI in hospitals digital health Source Type: blogs
Another myocardial wall is sacrificed at the altar of the STEMI/NonSTEMI mass delusion (and Opiate pain relief).
I received the following text message with these 3 EKGs (providers text me ECGs all day every day; most are false positives; many are subtle true positives):" Hi Steve, here are 3 EKGs for you (my colleague ' s case). A 67 yo f developed chest pain this morning. "EKG #1Followed 15 minutes by this #2 EKG:Then the patient received aspirin andDilaudid (hydromorphone, same effect as morphine) and the pain went away and there was this 3rd ECG:Smith comment: hydromorphone will make any pain go away (or improve) without any improvement in the underlying pathology. Do NOT give it unless you are committed to t...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - May 31, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, May 29th 2023
In this study, we used a Drosophila model to understand the role of the dec2P384R mutation on animal health and elucidate the mechanisms driving these physiological changes. We found that the expression of the mammalian dec2P384R transgene in fly sleep neurons was sufficient to mimic the short sleep phenotype observed in mammals. Remarkably, dec2P384Rmutants lived significantly longer with improved health despite sleeping less. In particular, dec2P384R mutants were more stress resistant and displayed improved mitochondrial fitness in flight muscles. Differential gene expression analyses went on to reveal several altered tr...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 28, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Why HIPAA is failing and what you need to know to protect your data [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! Join us in this episode as we discuss the limitations of HIPAA and U.S. law in protecting health information privacy with our guest, Brian R. Jackson. As a pathologist, Brian provides a unique perspective on the challenges of modernizing health privacy law and the
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Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - May 26, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Podcast by KevinMD Tags: Podcast Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs
Cellular Senescence in Skin as an Early Sign of Aging
We reported that skin inherently possesses mechanisms to remove senescent cells. In the epidermis, this is achieved by the binding of JAG1, a Notch ligand expressed on adjacent non-senescent keratinocytes, to Notch1 receptors expressed by senescent keratinocytes, which promotes the exclusion of senescent cells from the basal layer by inducing differentiation. Meanwhile, in the dermis, senescent cells are phagocytosed by macrophages through recognition by the phosphatidyl serine (PS) receptor STAB1. However, since ageing is associated with the accumulation of senescent cells in skin tissue, it is hypothesized that this accu...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 25, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Automated Computer Assistant for Kidney Transplant Rejection Diagnostics: Interview with Study Authors
A recent study in Nature Medicine, entitled “An automated histological classification system for precision diagnostics of kidney allografts,” has showcased the efforts of a group of researchers who have developed an automated system that can diagnose kidney transplant rejection.
A variety of disparate factors can affect the chances that a transplant will be rejected. At present, clinicians have to manually consider these complex data when making decisions about transplant patients, which can lead to a high level of misdiagnosis and patient morbidity.
This new system incorporates an algorithm that can synthesize t...
Source: Medgadget - May 23, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Exclusive Surgery Urology INSERM kidney transplant univ_paris_cite Source Type: blogs
Cell Culture Chamber Mimics Mechanical States of Disease
Researchers at the University of Göttingen in Germany have developed a cell culture chamber that lets them culture tissue samples, mimic the mechanical conditions that tissues experience in various disease states, and closely monitor tissue reactions. The technology could be particularly useful for pre-clinical drug testing, allowing researchers to test the effects of various drug candidates on tissues without the need to use experimental animals. The chamber includes elastic posts to which muscle fibers can attach and pull against, and permits high-resolution microscopy so that the researchers can appraise how the tissue...
Source: Medgadget - May 23, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Cardiology Medicine Pathology uniGoettingen Source Type: blogs
Decline in Vascular Function Correlates with Decline in Physical Function
The vasculature becomes increasingly dysfunctional with age in a number of different ways, from loss of capillary density to tissue stiffening and issues with smooth muscle function that lead to raised blood pressure, as well as the development of endothelial inflammation and atherosclerotic lesions that lead to heart attack or stroke. It isn't surprising to find that even simple measures of vascular aging, such as raised blood pressure, correlate fairly well with other aspects of aging, such as declines in physical function.
Approximately 10% of older adults have muscle weakness and diminished physical function t...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 22, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – May 21, 2023 – 82% of wearable users willing to share data with their physicians, 81% of Americans trust pharmacists and nurses to diagnose minor illnesses, 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
More than four in five (82%) of wearable device owners are willing to share health data with their physicians, according to a poll conducted by the Connected Health Initiative. Additionally, 87% of users said t...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 21, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT AccYouRate BeeKeeperAI Bill Lewkowski Cerner Cognizant Connected Health Initiative Cylera Deloitte Dispatch Health eClinicalWorks eHealth Exchange eHealth Initiative Epic EscrowAI HCTec Hea Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, May 22nd 2023
Conclusions to be Drawn
A High Fat Diet Accelerates Atherosclerosis Less Directly than One Might Suspect
How to Construct Measures of Biological Age
A Long-Term Comparison of Metformin in Diabetics with Non-Diabetic Controls
In Search of Distinctive Features of the Gut Microbiome in Long-Lived Individuals
Greater Fitness in Humans Implies a Younger Epigenome and Transcriptome
Intestinal Barrier Dysfunction as a Feature of Aging in Many Species
NAFLD as an Age-Related Condition
Towards Sensory Hair Cell Regeneration in the Inner Ear
Raised Leve...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 21, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Evidence for Parkinson's Disease to Have a Bacterial Origin
This study aimed to investigate whether Desulfovibrio bacteria induce alpha-syn aggregation.
Fecal samples of ten PD patients and their healthy spouses were collected for molecular detection of Desulfovibrio species, followed by bacterial isolation. Isolated Desulfovibrio strains were used as diets to feed Caenorhabditis elegans nematodes which overexpress human alpha-syn fused with yellow fluorescence protein. Curli-producing Escherichia coli MC4100, which has been shown to facilitate alpha-syn aggregation in animal models, was used as a control bacterial strain, and E. coli LSR11, incapable of producing curli, was...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 16, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, May 15th 2023
In this study, we examined the average telomere length and telomerase activity, as well as the formation of telomere associated foci (TAFs) and the mRNA expression levels of the shelterin components in cultured primary cells of Spalax, a long-lived, hypoxia-tolerant, and cancer-resistant blind mole-rat species.
We showed that with cell passages, Spalax fibroblasts demonstrated significant shortening in telomere length, similar to rat cells, and in line with the processes observed earlier in tissues. We also demonstrated that the average telomere length in Spalax fibroblasts was significantly higher than the average ...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 14, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Frailty and Metabolic Disease
Chronic inflammation and oxidative stress go hand in hand, both disruptive of tissue function and health. This is in part because mitochondrial dysfunction, which generates an increased amount of oxidative molecules, can provoke inflammation via the innate immune sensing of damage-associated molecular patterns, such as mislocated mitochondrial DNA fragments. Further, broad mitochondrial dysfunction can push a greater number of cells into a senescent state, in which they produce pro-inflammatory signaling. Other links also exist between these two harmful states.
Both frailty and metabolic syndromes lead to the foll...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 10, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – May 7, 2023 – Less than 1% of all medical claims include an ICD-10 Z code, 78% of consumers say virtual health is important when considering health plans, and more
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News
CMS has opened the Hardship Exception application period for eligible hospitals and critical access hospitals (CAHs) that participated in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program in 2022. Hospitals may be exempt from...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - May 7, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Alan Bugos Alexander Group Amazon Amazon Web Services CAHs Carenet Health CarePort Connect CGI CharmHealth CMS Consensus Cloud Solutions Controlled Medications CrunchBase DAS Health DEA eClinicalWorks eCW Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, May 8th 2023
In conclusion, NAT mitigated age-associated cerebral injury in mice through gut-brain axis. The findings provide novel evidence for the effect of NAT on anti-aging, and highlight the potential application of NAT as an effective intervention against age-related diseases.
Retinal Cell Reprogramming Restores Vision in Non-Human Primate Study
https://www.fightaging.org/archives/2023/05/retinal-cell-reprogramming-restores-vision-in-non-human-primate-study/
Early applications of in vivo cellular reprogramming to medicine are cautiously focused on retinal regeneration. The eye is as close to an isolated system...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 7, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
