Career Conversations: Q & A with Bioengineer C ésar de la Fuente
Dr. César de la Fuente. Credit: Martí E. Berenguer.
“Science provides adventure and excitement every single day. When you’re pushing boundaries, you get to jump into the abyss of new areas. It can be scary, but it’s an incredible opportunity to try to improve our world and people’s lives,” says César de la Fuente, Ph.D., a Presidential Assistant Professor in the Perelman School of Medicine and School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Our interview with Dr. de la Fuente highlights his journey of becoming a scientist and his research using artificial intelligen...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - September 21, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacology Bacteria Computational Biology Drug Resistance Medicines Profiles Source Type: blogs
How the Market, Not Government, Regulates Cryptocurrency Crimes
Nicholas Anthony andIvane NachkebiaWhile policymakers have been busy formulatingsweeping changes and regulators have been busydebating jurisdiction, some participants in the cryptocurrency industry have been busy regulating the space themselves. And considering that all too often the word “regulation” follows the word “government,” we shouldn’t be too quick to overlook the fact that the market too is capable of creating a level of order and regularity. In the case of cryptocurrency, part of this effort to create order and regularity has taken the form of countless individuals and organizations seeking to com...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 23, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Nicholas Anthony, Ivane Nachkebia Source Type: blogs
Magnetic Microrobots Assist with Root Canal Treatment
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a microrobot system that can help with biofilm disruption, drug delivery, and sample retrieval, all within the restrictive space of the root canal. It can be difficult for dentists to know if they have removed all the infectious material when performing a root canal, and failure to do so will typically result in an infection reoccurring. The space is difficult to access and disinfect properly, and so these researchers turned to microrobotics as a solution. The microrobots consists of iron oxide nanoparticles and can be manipulated using magnetic fields. The bots ...
Source: Medgadget - August 22, 2022 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Dentistry upenn Source Type: blogs
The Impact of COVID-19 on Shared Priorities for International Cooperation in Active and Healthy Aging
Discussion reflected on how the findings of the IDIH Digital Health Transformation Forum around the areas of Interoperability by Design, Data Governance, and Digital Inclusion might be impacted in a post-COVID-19 scenario.
Joining us for the panel (moderated by Catalyst’s own Indu Subaiya and Matthew Holt) were Nancy Finn, Devon McGraw, Iana Simeonov, Dr. Mandy Salomon, and George Demiris.
Nancy Finn is an author, healthcare journalist, educator, and activist who has been at the forefront of how technology can help patients. She’s the author of “e-Patients Live Longer: The Complete Guide to Managing Hea...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 2, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Health Tech elder care IDIH Project Source Type: blogs
US Cardiac electrophysiologists meet reimbursement reality and don ’t like it.
By ANISH KOKA
It’s been a while but Anish Koka, a one time regular writer on THCB and occasional THCB Gang member, is back publishing up a storm on his Substack channel. You may recall that his political and clinical views don’t always mesh with some of the wooly liberals we feature on THCB (cough, cough, me), but we are delighted to be back publishing some of his pieces–this one is on reimbursement.–Matthew Holt
The subspecialty of Cardiology known as electrophysiology has seen explosive growth over the last few decades in large part because of a massive expansion in the suite of procedur...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 1, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Health Technology Medical Practice Ablation afib Anish Koka atrial fibrillation Cardiologists CPT codes electrophysiology Source Type: blogs
Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 30th July2022.
Here are a few I came across last week.Note: Each link is followed by a title and few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment-----https://ehrintelligence.com/news/internal-email-outlines-changes-to-oracle-cerner-ehr-business-unitInternal Email Outlines Changes to Oracle Cerner EHR Business UnitUpon its acquisition, the Cerner EHR business is now called Oracle Health, one of Oracle ’s global industry units (GIUs).ByHannah NelsonJuly 22, 2022 - An internal email from an Oracle executive...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - July 30, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Profitable Digital Health Platform Healthie Closes on $16M to Enable the Next Generation of Healthcare Delivery
Syndicate of healthcare angels and customers joined the round.
Healthie, (www.gethealthie.com) an infrastructure platform for digital health companies, announced today it has raised $16M in an oversubscribed Series A led by Velvet Sea Ventures with participation from Greymatter Capital, Watershed, Builders VC and a customer syndicate.
Over 60 angels with deep healthcare and tech experience also participated in the financing, including Roushan Zenooz, Executive Chairman at Primary Health, B12 CEO Nitesh Banta, Rafid Fadul, former CMO at Wheel and Mason Plumlee.
Healthie serves thousands of clinical, product, and engineering...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - July 26, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Builders VC Cavan Klinsky Customer Syndicate Digital Health Market Digitally Enabled Care Erica Jain Greymatter Capital Health IT Source Type: blogs
Magnetic Microrobots to Brush and Floss Teeth
Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a technique to manipulate magnetic microrobots into bristle and string shaped-structures that can brush and floss teeth. The iron oxide nanoparticle-based microrobots also activate hydrogen peroxide to release bacteria-killing free radicals to further target bacterial populations in the mouth. The technology may eventually be suitable for those with dexterity issues, or for lazy people, to take care of their oral hygiene.
So far, the researchers have shown that the microrobots can effectively remove biofilms from 3D printed replicas of human teeth and real te...
Source: Medgadget - July 14, 2022 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Dentistry Materials upenn Source Type: blogs
Imagining a Better Public Health (Law) Response to COVID-19
Evan D. Anderson (University of Pennsylvania), Scott Burris (Temple University), Imagining a Better Public Health (Law) Response to COVID-19, 56 U. Richmond L. Rev. (2022): The United States did not respond effectively to the COVID-19 pandemic; we were not even... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 5, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Race, Risk and Personal Responsibility in the Response to COVID-19
Aziza Ahmed (Northeastern University), Jason Jackson (University of Pennsylvania), Race, Risk and Personal Responsibility in the Response to COVID-19, 121 Columbia L. Rev. (2021): The COVID-19 crisis has tragically revealed the depth of racial inequities in the United States. This... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 4, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Optimizing Cybersecurity Risk in Medical Cyber-Physical Devices
Christopher S. Yoo (University of Pennsylvania), Bethany Lee (affiliation not provided to SSRN), Optimizing Cybersecurity Risk in Medical Cyber-Physical Devices, William& Mary L. Rev. (Forthcoming): Medical devices are increasingly connected, both to cyber networks and to sensors collecting data... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 4, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Remodelling Criminal Insanity: Exploring Philosophical, Legal, and Medical Premises of the Medical Model Used In Norwegian Law
Linda Gr öning (University of Bergen), Unn K. Haukvik (University of Oslo), Stephen Morse (University of Pennsylvania), Susanna Radovic (University of Gothenburg), Remodelling Criminal Insanity: Exploring Philosophical, Legal, and Medical Premises of the Medical Model Used In Norwegian Law, Int’l J.... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - July 3, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Unequal Representation: Women in Clinical Research
Allison Whelan (University of Pennsylvania), Unequal Representation: Women in Clinical Research, Cornell L. Rev. Online (2021): This Article engages with legal and social history to analyze the present-day consequences of two distinct, yet related historical wrongs: the exclusion of pregnant... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - June 27, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Will the Past Be Prologue? Race, Equality, and Human Genetics
Allison Whelan (University of Pennsylvania), Michele Goodwin (University of California), Will the Past Be Prologue? Race, Equality, and Human Genetics, B.U. L. Rev. Online (2022): This piece comments on Rewriting Nature: The Future of Genome Editing and How to Bridge... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - June 24, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
How a Pandemic Plus Recession Foretell the Post-Job-Based Horizon of Health Insurance
Allison K. Hoffman (University of Pennsylvania), How a Pandemic Plus Recession Foretell the Post-Job-Based Horizon of Health Insurance, 71 DePaul L. Rev. (2022): For many years, the health insurance that people received through their jobs was considered the gold standard,... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - June 23, 2022 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
