The Unusual Sleep Disorders That Are Difficult To Treat (M)
Parasomnias include a whole range of sleep disorders that are surprisingly difficult to treat. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - October 26, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Sleep subscribers-only Source Type: blogs
Security and Privacy Hurdles Plaguing AI-Driven Health Services
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In the rapidly evolving healthcare landscape, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) has brought numerous security and privacy hurdles. While AI-powered health services promise to revolutionize patient care, diagnosis, treatment, and administrative efficiency, this new technology also presents serious security concerns that demand our immediate attention—both as patients and IT professionals in the healthcare industry.
About Sriram Rajagopalan, Ph.D.
Sriram Rajagopalan, Ph.D. is the Head of Training & Learning Services as well as Enterprise Agile Evangelist at Inflectra. Sriram designs and orch...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 25, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory C-Suite Leadership Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System LTPAC Security and Privacy App Permissions Dr. Sriram Rajagopalan EHR HCO HCP Healthcare AI Healthcare Cybersecurity H Source Type: blogs
Cortica Closes $40 Million Series D Extension Led by CVS Health Ventures, LRVHealth, and Other Strategic Investors, Bringing Round Total to $115 Million
Funding to Support Expanded Access to Whole-Child, Value-Based, Outcomes-Driven Autism Care
Cortica, the United States’ leading physician-led, whole-child, value-based autism services company, has raised $40 million in a Series D extension, bringing the total Series D round to $115 million. The extension was entirely strategic, led by CVS Health Ventures, in conjunction with LRVHealth, Ascension Investment Management (a subsidiary of Ascension), and the University of Wisconsin Foundation.
“There is an increasing need for access to evidence-based care for children with neurodivergent conditions and autism...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 24, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT AIM Ascension Ascension Investment Management Cortica CVS Health Ventures Ellen Herlacher Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Justin Brock LRVHealth Neil Hattangadi MD Unive Source Type: blogs
Sunday Sermonette: Yet another blowhard
It seems that four endless yammerers isn ' t enough. Now we get a fifth. Elihu runs his mouth for the next six chapters and says approximately nothing. He spends the first chapter just blathering about how he is about to speak. Then he says that Job is wrong to claim he hasn ' t done anything to deserve his fate, but the other three Bozos are losers because they haven ' t been able to prove that he ' s wrong. But then Elihu spends the next four chapters equally failing to prove anything and just spewing more endless dreck about the greatness of God. This book could easily be one twentieth as long, probably a lot less, and ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - October 22, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Questions grow about the validity and usefulness of direct-to-consumer blood tests for Alzheimer ’s Disease
For the first time, people worried about their risk of Alzheimer’s disease can go online, order a blood test, and receive results in the privacy of their homes.
This might seem appealing on the surface, but the development has Alzheimer’s researchers and clinicians up in arms.
The Quest Diagnostics blood test, AD-Detect, measures elevated levels of amyloid-beta proteins, a signature characteristic of Alzheimer’s. Introduced in late July, the test is targeted primarily at people 50 and older who suspect their memory and thinking might be impaired and people with a family history of Alzheimer’s or genetic risks for t...
Source: SharpBrains - October 19, 2023 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Judith Graham at Kaiser Health News Tags: Brain/ Mental Health AD-Detect Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s biomarker amyloid-beta proteins brain health brain pathology cognitive cognitive-symptoms mini-strokes neurology neuropsychologist Quest Diagnostics sleep apnea Source Type: blogs
Digital Health Anxiety: When Wellness Tech Becomes A Stressor
In today’s hyper-connected world, technology promises us a clearer insight into our health and well-being. With a glance at our wrist or a quick tap on our phones, we can get a snapshot of our heart rate, the quality of our sleep, or the number of steps we’ve taken in a day. These tools, designed to empower us, can sometimes have an unintended consequence: they can become sources of anxiety and stress.
Lacing up your running shoes, you head out for a morning run. Looking forward to feeling the wind in your hair, the sun on your face, to enjoying the time to connect with nature and yourself. But the real-time...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 19, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF digital health anxiety smartwatch wearables Source Type: blogs
Evernorth Acquires Bright.md Technology Platform, Enhances MDLIVE ’ s Virtual Care Experience for Patients and Clinicians
Acquisition will add Asynchronous Care, Triage, and Navigation Capabilities to Evernorth’s MDLIVE Virtual Care Platform for a More Convenient, On-Demand Experience for Patients and Clinicians Beginning in 2024
MDLIVE Virtual Primary Care Expands Chronic Condition Care Management to Include Health Coaching Beginning Immediately
Evernorth Health Services, the pharmacy, care, and benefits solution division of The Cigna Group, announced it will enhance MDLIVE‘s virtual care by acquiring the technology and clinical capabilities of Bright.md, a leader in asynchronous care, triage, and health care navigation services....
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 18, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Bright.md Dr. Eric Weil Evernorth Health Services Health IT Acquisitions Healthcare M&A Jon Salon MDLIVE Steve Giannini The Cigna Group WellDoc Source Type: blogs
Sunday Sermonette: Desperate to get this over with
neJob now goes on a three chapter rant saying the same shit over and over again that he already said nineteen times. I ' m really sorry about this, I ' m as anxious to come to the end of it as you are. So I ' m going to post three chapters today, they ' re all Job yammering on so why not? It ' s just more of God and His creation are beyond understanding; and I ' m righteous, I don ' t deserve this, but nevertheless I ' m not going to say anything bad about God. I ' ll just make a couple of notes.First, all of the stuff Job says we can ' t possibly understand -- notably in Chapter 28 -- we do understand, at least a lo...
Source: Stayin' Alive - October 15, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Bonus Features, HLTH Edition – October 11, 2023 – Announcements from Best Buy, General Catalyst, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Walgreens, and more
This article will be a roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, partnerships, research studies, company launches, and more from the annual conference. Because there’s so much happening out there at HLTH that 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.
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VC firm General Catalyst is creating Health Assurance Transformation Corp., which will partner with 20+ health system partners to guide their transition to value-based care and potentially acquire a health ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - October 11, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Acuity aidoc athenahealth b.well Best Buy BrightInsight care.ai Circadian Health CLEAR ClearDATA DatosX DAX Copilot DeepScribe Dexcom DUOS Elation Health Evernorth Health Services General Catalyst Google Source Type: blogs
Expert human ECG interpretation and/or the Queen of Hearts could have saved this patient's anterior wall
This is a re-post of an excellent case from 2021. See it again now, along with our new Queen of Hearts functionality. We ' ve come a long way in 2 years! And the pace only quickens.A man in his mid 60s with history of CAD and stents experienced sudden onset epigastric abdominal pain radiating up into his chest at home, waking him from sleep. He called EMS who brought him to the ED. He had active chest pain at the time of triage at 0137 at night, with this triage ECG:What do you think?I sent this ECG, without any text at all, to Dr. Smith, and he replied: " LAD OMI with low certainty. V3 is the one that is convincing. "&nbs...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - October 1, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Pendell Source Type: blogs
Two Weeks of Purging, Releasing, and Opening
Integration of my recent MDMA journey has been going well and keeping me busier than I expected. It actually feels like I’m still going through that journey. I sense that the energies involved knew that I’d have two weeks to myself with Rachelle out of town (she’s visiting family in Canada and returns tonight), so they invited me to have an extended solo experience. I’d kept my schedule very open during those two weeks, so I feel that on some level I said yes to that invitation.
I haven’t taken any substances since a microdose of mushrooms on the 16th, opting for a longer break, but that ha...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - September 28, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Creating Reality Emotions Source Type: blogs
Beyond The Hype: The Top 5 Digital Health Devices Making A Real Difference In My Life
In the digital health era, an abundance of devices promises to streamline our health and optimize every breath we take. For enthusiasts like us at The Medical Futurist, it’s a realm of fascinating trials, rigorous testing, and delightful discoveries. As Dr. Meskó and the team have experimented with over a hundred devices, we’ve had the pleasure of immersing ourselves in this tech-filled healthcare voyage. While all devices had their moments, five stood out as champions in enhancing our everyday lives and bringing the most practical benefit. Let’s see our subjective list of the top 5 digital health devic...
Source: The Medical Futurist - September 26, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Health Sensors & Trackers digital health smartwatch wearables continous glucose monitoring best digital health devices air quality Source Type: blogs
The Top 5 Digital Health Devices Making A Real Difference In A Healthy Lifestyle
In the digital health era, an abundance of devices promises to streamline our health and optimize every breath we take. For enthusiasts like us at The Medical Futurist, it’s a realm of fascinating trials, rigorous testing, and delightful discoveries. As Dr. Meskó and the team have experimented with over a hundred devices, we’ve had the pleasure of immersing ourselves in this tech-filled healthcare voyage. While all devices had their moments, five stood out as champions in enhancing our everyday lives and bringing the most practical benefit. Let’s see our subjective list of the top 5 digital health devic...
Source: The Medical Futurist - September 26, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Health Sensors & Trackers air quality digital health smartwatch wearables continous glucose monitoring best digital health devices Source Type: blogs
Sunday Sermonette: Life sucks and then you die
Ch. 14 is yet more of the seemingly eternal lamentation and despair, now all about mortality. This does seem a bit ambiguous about the possibility of an afterlife. Job seems to be saying that there isn ' t one, but there is at least a hint of some sort of possible resurrection in the future, or anyway a question about the possibility. At least that ' s how I read it. But no, there really isn ' t any.14 “Mortals, born of woman, are of few days and full of trouble.2 They spring up like flowers and wither away; like fleeting shadows, they do not endure.3 Do you fi...
Source: Stayin' Alive - September 24, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
What Your Bedtime Reveals About Your IQ
Larks tend to rise earlier while owls stay up late -- each type extends the part of the day at which they feel their best. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - September 23, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Intelligence Sleep Source Type: blogs
