The current STEMI paradigm: Because STEMI criteria are not met, let's wait until the myocardium is dead!!
This was sent to me by an inpatient nurse who reads this blog but wants to remain anonymous.An inpatient rapid response was called for a patient with hypotension.  The patient was originally admitted for pneumonia and had been transferred out of the ICU a day prior. He had a history of HFrEF, HTN, and AML. " When I arrived his blood pressure was 70s/40s and he was pale and profusely diaphoretic. " " He spoke Spanish but we did deduce that he had 7/10 chest pain radiating to the back. " " We couldn ’t initially get a hold of the primary physician but our hospital allows the rapid response nur...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - April 16, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs

Immortal Puppy Also Has Remote Monitoring Capabilities
Tombot’s AI-powered robotic puppy companion is more than just an emotional support animal, through an array of sensors it can also remotely monitor patients. The company is planning to have a beta version available soon with full production later in 2024. There were many impressive technologies and digital solutions on display at #ViVE2024, but by far the more impressive (and cutest) was the one from a company called Tombot. They have an interactive, fully automated, emotional support animal that addresses the behavioral and psychological needs of patients with Dementia. Healthcare IT Today got a preview of their robot f...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 15, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Dementia emotional support Remote Patient Monitoring robot dog RPM support animal Tom Stevens Tombot Source Type: blogs

Academic Medicine Call for Volunteer Assistant Editors  
Academic Medicine is seeking applications for volunteer assistant editors. The assistant editor role is characterized by  Working closely with the editor-in-chief, associate editors, and editorial staff on matters related to manuscript review and decision-making  Strengthening experience and skills related to writing, reviewing, and editing content for scholarly publication  Attending annual Academic Medicine editorial board meetings   Successful candidates will have experience reviewing for our journal and demonstrate a strong interest in medical education and scholarly publishing. Priority will be ...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - April 15, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: hgrimmaamc Tags: Call for Assistant Editors medical education scholarly publishing Source Type: blogs

Third-Party Accommodations
Doron Dorfman (Seton Hall University), Third-Party Accommodations, Mich. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2025): Does disability rights law impose an obligation on employers, schools, and other places of public accommodation to control the behavior of coworkers, students, or other third parties to... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - April 15, 2024 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs

Supported self-management – what are we managing, actually?
One of the words that has been in my vocabulary for decades is ‘management.’ No, I don’t mean the proliferative middle management layer infesting healthcare for about as long as I’ve been working in health. I mean ‘pain management’ or ‘supported self-management.’ As ever, what pops up for me is about what, exactly, is being managed? Is it pain? Well – not exactly. After all, pain does what it does, and if we focus on pain reduction alone just look where that gets us (Ballantyne & Sullivan, 2015; Cutler & Glaeser, 2021). And quickly, lest anyone think I’...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - April 14, 2024 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

Bonus Features – April 14, 2024 – Less than 6 in 10 docs satisfied with electronic access to external immunization info, 68% of nurses are feeling overwhelmed, plus 38 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 The biggest story of the week was that Epic turned off access to certain medical record requests from Particle Health users on the Carequality exchange. “We believe strongly that this unilateral action is a violation ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 14, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Anatomy IT Apixio Apple Vision Pro Ashley McEvoy athenahealth Atlantic Health System AvaSure Bayer Cedar Chris Ricaurte CLEW Medical Clinical Trial Media CloudWave Collette Health DeepScribe DrFirst eClinica Source Type: blogs

Fight Aging! Newsletter, April 15th 2024
In conclusion, although several clinical trials targeting SnCs are ongoing, various questions about the biology of SnCs remain open, resulting in a gap between molecular and cellular data. Concerning the need, initiatives such as SenNet aiming to create openly accessible atlases of SnCs should contribute enormously to the area. Advances in understanding the subcellular structure, the heterogeneity, and the dynamics of SnCs require the integration of molecular and cellular techniques with data analysis packages to evaluate high throughput evidence from microscopy and flow cytometry. It is also necessary to develop new equip...
Source: Fight Aging! - April 14, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs

56 year old male had 5/10 chest pain for several hours, then presented to the ED in the middle of the night with 1/10 pain.
A 56 year old male with PMHx significant for hypertension had chest pain for several hours, then presented to the ED in the middle of the night.He reported chest pain that developed several hours prior to arrival and was 5/10 in intensity. The pain was located in the mid to left chest and developed after riding his bike. There was associated fatigue when symptoms developed and mild shortness of breath at onset of chest pain however that has since resolved.  The patient states he experienced similar 7/10 chest pain 2 days prior when he had to hurry to catch the bus. He states he experience...
Source: Dr. Smith's ECG Blog - April 14, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Steve Smith Source Type: blogs

Dealing with discouragement: strategies for aspiring medical students
Do you remember times when your dreams, hopes, and aspirations were crushed by teachers and other authority figures? We’ve all encountered such times. These experiences shape our character in negative ways and can lead to devastating psychological effects. This kind of negative influence can greatly impact our self-esteem and self-worth, instilling a deep-seated fear of Read more… Dealing with discouragement: strategies for aspiring medical students originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 13, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Education Medical school Source Type: blogs

Pageantry: an unconventional education for aspiring psychiatrists
With the elegant gowns, stylized hair, carefully applied makeup, and moments in the spotlight, beauty pageants have attracted longstanding criticism for being allegedly superficial competitions that foster narcissism. But beneath the surface lies a wealth of opportunities for personal growth and skill development. Most modern pageants have moved away from being modeling competitions that assess Read more… Pageantry: an unconventional education for aspiring psychiatrists originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 12, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Physician Psychiatry Source Type: blogs

OpenNotes Lab Will Explore the Intersection of Patients and AI
The OpenNotes Lab will bring transparency, collaboration, and innovation to the intersection of healthcare AI and patient-centered care. The Lab builds on the organization’s 15 years of advocacy and research. Healthcare IT Today had the opportunity to sit down with Liz Salmi, Communications & Patient Initiatives Director at OpenNotes and Chethan Sarabu, MD, FAMIA, FAAP – Clinical Assistant Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine to learn more about OpenNotes and OpenNotes Lab. A Win for Patient Transparency For the past 15 years, the team at OpenNotes has been advocating for greater transparency in ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 12, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Colin Hung Tags: AI/Machine Learning Ambulatory Communication and Patient Experience Healthcare IT Ambient Clinical Voice atherine M. DesRoches BIDMC Chethan Sarabu Generative AI Harvard Medical School Healthcare AI Healthcare Transparency John Hal Source Type: blogs

Connecting Healthcare Clouds and Simplifying Solutions in a Secure Way
Healthcare cloud solutions have become much more sophisticated, reliable, and easier to connect. Gone are the days of a single cloud instance that can support all your needs.  However, managing the various cloud options can be challenging if you don’t have a thoughtful approach to it and work with great partners. At the HIMSS 2024 conference, we moderated a panel hosted by Rackspace Technology and Dell Technologies with healthcare multicloud experts and former CIOs who shared the benefits and challenges of implementing and integrating multicloud solutions in healthcare. Plus, they discussed how these models can evol...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 12, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: John Lynn Tags: C-Suite Leadership EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System IT Infrastructure and Dev Ops Bluebird Leaders Dell Technologies Divurgent Epic Epic Cloud Epic Cloud Hosting Erik Pupo Guidehouse Healthcare C Source Type: blogs

From Wait Times to Real-Time: Assort Health Secures $3.5 Million to Scale First Generative AI for Healthcare Call Centers
Solution Erases Long Phone Holds for Patients, Supports Overwhelmed Medical Front Desk Workers, and Improves Patient Access to Physicians Assort Health is introducing the first generative AI solution built specifically for healthcare call centers, promising to erase that dreaded hold music forever. The company is announcing $3.5 million in funding, which will be used to continue scaling the team to meet rapidly accelerating demand with large healthcare organizations. Matt Humphrey, Partner at Quiet Capital led the funding round, joined by Four Acres, Tau Ventures, and a number of angel investors who are AI experts and heal...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 12, 2024 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT Aditya Khosla Assort Health Athena Health Dr. David Garelick FLatiron Health Four Acres Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Illinois Bone and Joint Institute Chicago Division Je Source Type: blogs

Culling in the name of …
If you have even a passing interest in the natural world, you will have most likely heard the phrase “invasive species”. By definition, a deliberate or accidental release of a species to an area beyond its natural environment where it then multiplies and causes damage to that environment and the native wildlife that relies on it. I discussed the UK issue of invasive species briefly last year and in the context of Muntjac and Black Hairstreak butterfly too. Ecologist and conservationist Hugh Warwick tackles the issue in much more depth in his latest book – Cull of the Wild. Warwick is, as most of us are, ...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - April 12, 2024 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Biology Environment Science Source Type: blogs

Pulse of Progress: Looking Back, Moving Forward | TAPP 147
In Episode 147, host Kevin Patton reviews thehighlights and events of theprevious year in theworld of The A&P Professor. He then turns to last year ' s predictions for teaching human anatomy and physiology to see if he was on the right track. Finally,predictions for the coming year are revealed. And lots of other stuff —this episode istwo hours long, after all!0:00:00 | Introduction0:00:50 | Debrief: Topics, Stats, Reflections0:21:28 | A Long, Long, Long Episode0:23:05 | Debrief: More Reviewing& Reflecting0:38:59 | Did I Get My Predictions Right?0:50:22 | Textbook& Academic Authors Association0:57:47 | Lookin...
Source: The A and P Professor - April 12, 2024 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs