A people-first approach to cardiac rehabilitation
How do you change the paradigm in a rigid system? When the COVID-19 pandemic emerged in 2020, my team and I didn’t have a choice. We had built our hospital’s in-person cardiac rehabilitation program from the ground up, but this was a moment of reckoning. Our program would need to incorporate virtual care. Completing cardiac rehabilitation
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A people-first approach to cardiac rehabilitation originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 7, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Melissa Tracy, MD Tags: Conditions Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Guarding and flow: an observational study
This study is an observational study of physiotherapists watching videos of people with chronic low back pain doing movements. The movements are pretty decontextualised (ie they’re not integrated with everyday life activities) but they are the kinds of movement that people can find difficult. They were: reaching forward with arms horizontal in standing position (reach forward), bending down towards the toes in standing position (forward-bend), standing from sitting stand), and sitting from standing (stand-to-sit). The videos were of 10 people with low back pain, and were chosen from a larger set of 16 people all perf...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - February 4, 2024 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Assessment Chronic pain Clinical reasoning Coping strategies Low back pain Physiotherapy pain management Research Source Type: blogs
Is the Future of Healthcare Modular?
When most of us think of modular buildings, we picture those trailer-like structures on construction sites – the ones with panel walls and the electrical wire that dangles outside. Modern modular buildings are a far cry from those flimsy seventies-era trailers.
Modern modular buildings are marvels of technology and engineering. To learn more, Healthcare IT Today went to visit Fero International, a company that fabricates advanced modular buildings for the healthcare, education and municipal markets. We sat down with Fero’s CEO, Sabrina Fiorellino to learn more.
Modular Buildings for Healthcare
For healthcare providers,...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 25, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Communication and Patient Experience Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Fero International Healthcare Buildings Healthcare Construction modular clinics modular construction modular OR Sabrina Fiorellino Source Type: blogs
The words we use to talk about pain
Are you a ‘pain sufferer’? A ‘pain warrior’? A ‘pain victim’? Do you ‘ache’ or is it a ‘stabbing’ pain? Do you even know what ‘lancinating’ means?
And let’s add in: are you a ‘catastrophiser’? Has your pain been developed through ‘chronification’? Is your body ‘unbalanced’ or ‘asymmetrical’? Do you ‘comply’ or ‘adhere’? Are you ‘motivated’?
The ways we talk about pain are weird! We blithely use words, us clinicians and researchers (and yes, people with pain)...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - January 21, 2024 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Assessment Chronic pain Clinical reasoning Professional topics Resilience/Health Science in practice biopsychosocial healthcare Source Type: blogs
XRHealth Secures $6 Million in Funding Led by Asabys Partners and Welcomes NOVA Prime as a New Investor
Funding will Support Development of AI Clinician, Using Spatial Computing
XRHealth, the leading healthcare platform in Spatial computing, announced today that the company secured $6 million in funding led by Asabys Partners, with the participation of NOVA Prime Fund, a venture capital fund created by global innovator LG Electronics and Clearbrook, LLC., and XRHealth’s current investors. Marking the completion of the merger between XRHealth and Amelia Virtual Care, the funding supports the growth of the combined entities. The funding will also further the development of an AI-based clinician that can treat patients for m...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - January 19, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Ali Diallo Amelia Virtual Care Asabys Partners Clearbrook LLC. Eran Orr Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment LG Electronics NOVA Prime Fund XRHealth Source Type: blogs
The Future Of Cognitive Health: This Is How Digital Health Can Help
According to this study, digital healthcare technologies offer ways to manage and slow down the progression of conditions like dementia and mild cognitive impairment. However, choosing the right technology is difficult because there’s no comprehensive review that covers the various types of digital technology for cognitive impairment, including their effects and limitations.
The goal of the study was to identify different types of digital health technologies used for dementia and mild cognitive impairment and evaluate how the results are measured and aligned with their intended purposes.
A total of 13...
Source: The Medical Futurist - January 16, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF cognitive health Source Type: blogs
Concerted Effort to Define Responsible Use of AI in Healthcare is Sorely Needed
The following is a guest article by Amy Hester, PhD, RN, BC, FAAN, Chairwoman and CEO at HD Nursing
The growing use of artificial intelligence (AI) across a number of industries, particularly in healthcare, has shown both great promise as well as cause for alarm.
A perfect example of not only misusing AI, but also continuing to use a model to make decisions affecting individual care that can be error-prone involves a recent class-action lawsuit filed against one of the nation’s largest health plans and its subsidiary.
Both companies stand accused of illegally using an algorithm to deny rehabilitation care to seriousl...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 22, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Regulations Artificial Intelligence Dr. Amy Hester Ethical AI HD Nursing Healthcare AI Healthcare Automation responsible AI Source Type: blogs
Self monitoring – focusing on pain too much? or an essential part of living with pain?
I was just a tiny bit surprised when I looked at the results of my self-management strategy survey: self monitoring was smack bang in the middle of the list! Take a look yourself –
Self monitoring is not something we discuss much in pain management circles. It’s like ‘Oooh if you keep noticing your pain you’re fixating on it and that’s bad!’ and yet I suspect it forms part of the background interoceptive awareness that most of us do whether we live with pain or not.
Let’s take a deeper look at it.
The ‘definition’ I used was ‘noticing your pain i...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - December 17, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Coping Skills Coping strategies biopsychosocial Chronic pain interoception pain management Research Therapeutic approaches Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features – December 10, 2023 – 84% of physicians still use manual processes to manage care transitions, 70% of executives prefer managed services for RCM, plus 26 more stories
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 Studies
ONC announced the launch of the USCDI+ Platform, the single place where datasets for all USCDI+ domains will be located.
Clinician shortages, virtual care partnerships, and weight loss medications are the majo...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - December 10, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT AdvancedMD Airstrip Amenities Health athenahealth b.well Brent Dover Brooks Rehabilitation Carta Healthcare DUOS eClinicalWorks Ensemble Health Partners Epic EHR FDB Vela GE Healthcare Healthcare IT Today Bonus Source Type: blogs
A complex patient interviews a retired physician
Dr. James (Jim) Whitlock, a neurologist, and Ann McColl met at a writers’ workshop in Maine in 2022 and discovered a shared interest: patients with complex conditions and their journeys in the medical system. Dr. Whitlock’s practice focused on the rehabilitation of individuals with severe traumatic brain injuries. Attorney McColl had been a patient with
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A complex patient interviews a retired physician originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 9, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: James Whitlock, MD and Ann McColl Tags: Conditions Rheumatology Source Type: blogs
“ S/he ’ s just not taking the message on board ” – A word to clinicians
I’ve heard it many times, probably said it myself some years back. You’ve presented an idea to the person, but they just don’t seem to be ‘getting it.’ What to do, what to do?
The context of this kind of problem is often when someone’s pain isn’t settling down, or when some kind of self-management strategy is being recommended. To the clinician, the message is probably quite logical: “Here’s some information about pain that I am telling you about” and the unspoken assumption is that the person ought to listen carefully, maybe ask some questions, but essentially...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - December 4, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Back pain Chronic pain Clinical reasoning Coping Skills healthcare Occupational therapy pain management Therapeutic approaches Source Type: blogs
SEMCAP Health Continues Strategic Investment in SafeRide Health and Secures Memorial Hermann Health System Co-Investment
Recent Series C Financing of Leading Non-Emergency Medical Transportation Platform Fuels Rapid National Expansion
SEMCAP Health announces its continued support of portfolio company, SafeRide Health, with participation in the company’s recently announced Series C funding. This follows SEMCAP Health’s November 2021 initial investment in SafeRide Health, the leading network optimization platform for Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (NEMT). SafeRide Health’s ability to improve member experience and reduce costs for Medicaid and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries also attracted a strategic investment from Memorial Herm...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 27, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Feby Abraham Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Memorial Hermann Memorial Hermann Health System Ralph Muller Robbins Schrader SafeRide Health SEMCAP SEMCAP Health Vic Kats Source Type: blogs
What are the most commonly used pain self-management strategies?
This study also demonstrates how novel interventions can be examined in groups with small numbers, but still allowing us to measure important changes. As an exploratory design, single case study design replicated with several participants is a method we need to use more.
In a systematic review and meta-analysis, Blasco-Belled and colleagues (2023) found that positive psychology interventions do enhance positive affect and reduce anxiety but didn’t alter depression. There were not many studies included in this analysis suggesting that we still have a hang-up on promoting joy and compassion and all the good things i...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - November 26, 2023 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Chronic pain Clinical reasoning Coping Skills Coping strategies Occupational therapy Resilience Resilience/Health Science in practice biopsychosocial pain management Research Therapeutic approaches Source Type: blogs
Will We All Have To Become Biologically Enhanced Superhumans?
Okay, hands up who can tell who’s the most famous biologically enhanced superhuman in the world? True, it’s a quite close call between Captain America and The Incredible Hulk (sorry Spidey, you’re not even close). But are human-invented superhumans just a thing of a Stan Lee comic, or is it an actual scientific idea from a real laboratory?
As a matter of fact, enhancing human capabilities has been on the minds of people for ages, but it has come a long way from ancient training methods to exoskeletons. Enhancing our abilities, be it permanently or temporarily is a tempting but risky matter. Will it be possibl...
Source: The Medical Futurist - November 21, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Forecast Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Augmented Reality Bioethics Biotechnology Cyborgization Digital Health Research E-Patients Genomics Health Sensors & Trackers Healthcare Policy Medical Education Robotics Science Ficti Source Type: blogs
Kento Health Raises $4.1 Million CAD to Bring AI to Cardiovascular Care
Dialogue Alumni’s New Startup is Gearing up to Strike Hard in the Battle Against the Leading Cause of Death
Montréal-based healthtech startup Kento Health has closed a $4.1 million CAD ($3 million USD) pre-seed financing round.
The round was led by Boreal Ventures and N49P and saw participation from Broom Ventures, Graphite Ventures, and several other strategic angel investors as well as an undisclosed US-based medical institution. Kento claims it is poised to make a substantial impact in the fight against the world’s leading cause of death by using technology like artificial intelligence (AI).
“This funding not...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 8, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Alex Norman Boreal Ventures Broom Ventures David Charbonneau Dialogue Health Graphite Ventures Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Jonah Davies Kento Kento Health Max Leca Source Type: blogs
