A physician shows incredible strength and resilience in an emotional moment [PODCAST]
Subscribe to The Podcast by KevinMD. Catch up on old episodes! In this episode, we follow Houda Bouhmam, a radiology resident, as she struggles to deliver the devastating news to a patient that there is no cure for their disease. Despite the emotional toll it takes on her, Houda perseveres and shares the difficult news,
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Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - January 15, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: The Podcast by KevinMD Tags: Podcast Radiology Source Type: blogs
Senior Gynaecologist fined for doing Anomaly Scan as it missed the Anomaly, Important Judgment
According to https://advrohiterande.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-senior-gynaecologist-fined-for-doing.html it appears to be a case of medical malpractice where Dr. Usha Mukhi, a gynaecologist, is being held liable for not detecting a congenital abdominal wall defect during an ultrasound examination of a patient ' s pregnancy. The patient, Seema Deswal, argues that the Dr. Mukhi should have referred her to a qualified radiologist and that the anomaly could have been detected earlier and the baby could have been aborted within 20 weeks of pregnancy. The case was initially dismissed by the District Forum, but was later allowed...
Source: Sumer's Radiology Site - January 15, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Sumer Sethi Source Type: blogs
Expanding Real World Datasets
How are you working to advance research and improve patient outcomes? Are you precisely matching records across disparate datasets? Find out at a Webinar on Feb 1st 1pm ET Sponsored by LexisNexis Risk Solutions Health Care
Healthcare’s fragmented data silos and strict but necessary privacy restrictions make it difficult to link real-world datasets. Legacy tokenization technology has helped link records across disparate data sources, but it lacks the accuracy required to uncover actionable insights that can truly improve patient outcomes. Next-generation tokenization technology leveraging a Referential Data Layer is ne...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Tech Camille Cook Chirag Parghi DataSets Lexis Nexis Token Matching Source Type: blogs
Onc.AI Raises $25 Million Series A Financing Co-Led by MassMutual and Action Potential Venture Capital
Financing will support commercialization of a novel digital clinical management solution focused on immuno-oncology therapies
Onc.AI, a medical technology company developing a novel digital clinical management solution focused on immuno-oncology, announced today it has closed a $25 million Series A financing co-led by MassMutual and Action Potential Venture Capital (a GSK venture fund). Also participating were Life Extension Ventures and all existing investors including Blue Venture Fund, Accomplice, Digitalis Ventures, and KdT Ventures.
“Having first learned about Onc.AI through a leading precision-oncology expert, we a...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 10, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Genomics-Precision Medicine Health IT Company Healthcare IT Accomplice Action Potential Venture Capital Akshay Nanduri APVC Blue Venture Fund David Diaz-Casariego Digitalis Ventures Dr. Emir Sandhu Dr. Julie Hambleton GlaxoSmithKli Source Type: blogs
Neuropathology Blog is back
It ' s been more than a year since I ' ve posted anything on this site. But, I ' ve thought on and off about reviving the blog. Finally, I have come around to it. So, stay tuned as new posts are coming.... (Source: neuropathology blog)
Source: neuropathology blog - January 7, 2023 Category: Radiology Source Type: blogs
Fujifilm Announces Asset Purchase Agreement with Inspirata, Inc. to Acquire the Company ’s Digital Pathology Business
Company to expand robust Enterprise Imaging offering with addition of Inspirata’s Digital Pathology technology and team
FUJIFILM Corporation (President and CEO, Representative Director: Teiichi Goto) today announced the company has entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire the global digital pathology business of Tampa, Florida-based Inspirata, Inc. Upon completion of this agreement, Inspirata’s Dynamyx® digital pathology technology, employees and customers will become part of Fujifilm. The addition of digital pathology will expand Fujifilm’s robust Synapse® Enterprise Imaging offering to enable th...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 27, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Cardiology PACS digital pathology Dynamyx FUJIFILM FUJIFILM Corporation FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas Corporation FUJIFILM Healthcare Europe FUJIFILM Medical Systems Europe Fujifilm’s Robust Synapse® E Source Type: blogs
Exciting Medtech at the Healthcare ᐩ Expo Taiwan
Medgadget was recently invited to Taiwan to cover the 2022 Healthcareᐩ Expo in Taipei. As is the case for most trade shows, the exhibit hall comprised a large portion of the expo. Consisting of over 2000 exhibitors in two massive halls, the main hall showcased the best of Taiwan’s healthcare industry. Here are some notable trends we observed while roaming the aisles.
Big Tech is Invested in Healthcare
At the MedTex Summit Asia that took place during the expo (see here for our coverage), speakers from ASUS, Microsoft, Intel, and Oracle shared about how each of their companies were partnering with hospitals ...
Source: Medgadget - December 21, 2022 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Scott Jung Tags: Diagnostics Exclusive Informatics Medicine Radiology Source Type: blogs
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Source: cochinblogs - December 19, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: blogs
A woman in her 70s with chest pain
Submitted and written by Quinton Nannet, MD, peer reviewed by Meyers, Grauer, SmithA woman in her 70s recently diagnosed with COVID was brought in by EMS after she experienced acute onset sharp midsternal chest pain without radiation or dyspnea. She felt nauseous and lightheaded with no neurologic deficits. EMS noted prehospital vitals for heart rates in the 60s, SPO2 of 98% on room air, initially hypotensive to 66/34 with improvement to 100/70 after 800 mL of IV fluids by EMS. Here is her ECG on arrival to the ED: What is your differential? What are your next steps?The ECG is quickly reviewed and shows si...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - December 18, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Pendell Source Type: blogs
THCB Gang Episode 110, Thursday December 15, 1pm PT 4pm ET
Joining Matthew Holt (@boltyboy) on #THCBGang on Thursday December 15 patient safety expert and all around wit Michael Millenson (@mlmillenson); policy expert consultant/author Rosemarie Day (@Rosemarie_Day1); writer Kim Bellard (@kimbbellard), consumer expert Lygeia Riccardi (@Lygeia) radiologist Saurabh Jha (@RogueRad), and Olympic rower for 2 countries and all around dynamo Jennifer Goldsack, (@GoldsackJen). It’s a full house and it’ll be lots of fun.
You can see the video below & if you’d rather listen than watch, the audio is preserved as a weekly podcast available on our iTunes &&n...
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 15, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Abdul Ghafar Tags: THCB Gang Jennifer Goldsack Kim Bellard Lygeia Ricciardi Matthew Holt Michael Millenson rosemarie day Saurabh Jha Source Type: blogs
THCB Gang Episode 110, Thursday December 15
Joining Matthew Holt (@boltyboy) on #THCBGang on Thursday December 15 were patient safety expert and all around wit Michael Millenson (@mlmillenson); policy expert consultant/author Rosemarie Day (@Rosemarie_Day1); writer Kim Bellard (@kimbbellard), consumer expert Lygeia Riccardi (@Lygeia) radiologist Saurabh Jha (@RogueRad), and Olympic rower for 2 countries and all around dynamo Jennifer Goldsack, (@GoldsackJen). It was a full house and lots of fun, with a lot wrapped round the theme of protecting consumers (or not) online.
You can see the video below & if you’d rather listen than watch, the audio is preserved...
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 15, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Abdul Ghafar Tags: THCB Gang Jennifer Goldsack Kim Bellard Lygeia Ricciardi Matthew Holt Michael Millenson rosemarie day Saurabh Jha Source Type: blogs
Weekly Roundup – December 10, 2022
Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.
Improving Quality of Life for People with Cognitive Disabilities. Remote monitoring and other types of smart technology can help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities measure stress. John Lynn spoke with Andrea Palmer at Awake Labs and Edward Amey at Jay Nolan Community Services about the role of this technology in developing patient-ce...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 10, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs
8 Interesting Exhibitors at #RSNA22
The 2022 edition of the Radiological Society of North America conference #RSNA22 featured almost 650 exhibitors. The exhibit hall was dominated by established radiology leaders like GE Healthcare, Siemens, Philips, Canon, FujiFilm, and Agfa HealthCare. However, it was other exhibitors that had the most interesting stories. Here are eight that stood out.
ScanSlated
Engaging patients so they are an active partner in their care is a laudable goal, but with the economic and workforce challenges facing by healthcare providers, it may not be a top priority. Nicholas T. Befera, MD, Co-Founder & CEO at Scanslated believes othe...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 6, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Healthcare IT Interoperability #RSNA22 Able Innovations Beau Jones Change Healthcare Datafirst Formlabs Greg Patrick imaging solutions Josh Gluck MD Source Type: blogs
The Digital Future Of Pathology
Pathology is the motor that drives healthcare to understand diseases. Digital technologies could push the field into becoming more efficient and more scalable. They could transform the job of pathologists into a more creative and data-driven profession while allowing patients to receive diagnoses faster and more accurately. Let’s see what the digital future of pathology looks like!
The foundation of medicine, pathology, has barely changed for over 150 years
Although the whole edifice of medicine rests on the pathologist’s diagnosis, the field has not experienced any significant change for the last 150 years;...
Source: The Medical Futurist - December 6, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Future of Medicine AI artificial intelligence biotechnology digital digital health pathology Radiology precision medicine medical imaging deep learning Source Type: blogs
Endometrial cavity fluid, pyometra
Sonography of the uterus in a middle aged female shows:=Large fluid-filled endometrial cavity with particulate matter = usually caused by obstruction to outflow of fluid from the endometrial cavity = TVS scan advised to rule out carcinoma cervix = CT scan confirmation needed = ultrasound images below suggest pyometra or purulent fluid collection in endometrial cavity For more visit:Sonography of uterus (Source: cochinblogs)
Source: cochinblogs - December 6, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: blogs
