Artificial Intelligence Tool Developed to Help Make Real-Time Diagnoses During Surgery
Deep-learning model improved the image quality of frozen tissue samples to increase the accuracy of time-critical pathology diagnostics (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - December 22, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Randomized Trial Finds Therapies for Spine Pain Improved Disability and Quality of Life But Did Not Decrease Healthcare Spending
What ’s New in Research: December 2022 (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - December 20, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Researchers Map Deep Brain Stimulation Target for Alzheimer ’s Disease
Analysis of multiple patient cohorts suggests stimulating the intersection of two brain networks may result in optimal outcomes for Alzheimer ’s disease patients (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - December 14, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Pilot Study Finds Computer Vision Technology Effective at Determining Proper Mask Wearing in a Hospital Setting
In a survey and study of hospital employee volunteers, researchers found that a low-cost computer vision system was feasible and well received (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - December 12, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Brigham Named Top Teaching Hospital by Leapfrog Group, Earns & #39;A & #39; in Hospital Safety
Brigham and Women ’s Hospital received two national distinctions from The Leapfrog Group in recognition of its achievements in care quality and patient safety. The Brigham was named a Top Teaching Hospital by Leapfrog and received an ‘A’ Leapfrog Hosp (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - December 6, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
New Insights into Cholera
With cases of cholera on the rise worldwide, Dr. Waldor ’s discoveries are a step forward to better understanding how to prevent spread and infection (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - November 30, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Rao Awarded Rheumatology Research Foundation Edmund L. Dubois, MD, Memorial Lectureship
Deepak Rao, MD, PhD, of the Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation and Immunity, was awarded the Rheumatology Research Foundation ’s Edmund L. Dubois, MD, Memorial Lectureship, which he delivered at the 2022 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Annu (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - November 30, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Young People Make Up Greater Proportion of COVID-19 Deaths in 2021 Compared to 2020
Study finds an increase in “years of life lost” due to a shift toward younger people dying of COVID-19 during first two years of the pandemic (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - November 28, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Schiff, Stone Receive $3.8M AHRQ Grant to Study Delayed Cancer Diagnoses in Marginalized Populations
Gordon Schiff, MD, associate director of the Center for Patient Safety Practice and Research, quality and safety director for the Harvard Medical School Center for Primary Care and an internist in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - November 22, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Shingles Associated with Increased Risk for Stroke, Heart Attack
Study of more than 200,000 people demonstrated that herpes zoster (shingles) is associated with an almost 30% higher long-term risk of a major cardiovascular event (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - November 22, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Brigham and Women ’s Hospital Earns Another ‘A’ Rating for Patient Safety in Fall 2022 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grades
Brigham and Women ’s Hospital received an ‘A’ Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for fall 2022, the non-profit Leapfrog Group announced Nov 16. (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - November 16, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Dias Receives NSF and NHBLI Research Grants
Roger Dias, MD, PhD, MBA, director of Research and Innovation for the Neil and Elise Wallace STATUS Center for Medical Simulation, was awarded research grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NH (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - November 14, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Burak Awarded Tersus Life Sciences, NORCH Research Grants
Mehmet Furkan Burak, MD, of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, was awarded a $2.5 million research grant from Tersus Life Sciences for his clinical trial on the effects of pure palmitoleic acid on insulin sensitivity and lipoge (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - November 14, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Singhal Receives Race to Erase MS Foundation Innovation Grant
Tarun Singhal, MBBS, MD, of the Department of Neurology, received the Race to Erase MS Foundation ’s Innovation Grant for his research project aimed at studying the role of imaging synaptic integrity in patients with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - November 10, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Kang Named President-Elect of American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
James Kang, MD, chair of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, was elected to the position of President-Elect of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (ABOS) for a one-year term. He will become president in October 2023. Kang, who is also the Th (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - November 10, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
