Stressed by heat and humidity? Climate change will make it worse. More at NSF's The Discovery Files
NSF-funded researchers at Clemson University project that periods of extremely high heat are likely to double across the lower 48 United States by the end of this century. As temperatures rise, so will the incidences of heat stress.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - July 15, 2021 Category: Science Source Type: video
NIH Pathways to Prevention Workshop: Improving Rural Health Through Telehealth-Guided Provider-to-Provider Communication Day 3
About one-fifth of all people in the United States live in rural areas, which have higher mortality rates, a higher prevalence of diseases, and lower life expectancy than urban areas. Telehealth-guided collaboration between care providers has the potential to increase access to services and improve health outcomes in underserved rural populations. However, more research is needed to better understand how provider-to-provider telehealth affects rural patients, populations, health care providers, and payers. Workshop speakers will identify those research gaps and explore barriers to and facilitators of successful and sustain...
Source: Videocast - All Events - June 30, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NIH Pathways to Prevention Workshop: Improving Rural Health Through Telehealth-Guided Provider-to-Provider Communication Day 2
About one-fifth of all people in the United States live in rural areas, which have higher mortality rates, a higher prevalence of diseases, and lower life expectancy than urban areas. Telehealth-guided collaboration between care providers has the potential to increase access to services and improve health outcomes in underserved rural populations. However, more research is needed to better understand how provider-to-provider telehealth affects rural patients, populations, health care providers, and payers. Workshop speakers will identify those research gaps and explore barriers to and facilitators of successful and sustain...
Source: Videocast - All Events - June 30, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NIH Pathways to Prevention Workshop: Improving Rural Health Through Telehealth-Guided Provider-to-Provider Communication Day 1
About one-fifth of all people in the United States live in rural areas, which have higher mortality rates, a higher prevalence of diseases, and lower life expectancy than urban areas. Telehealth-guided collaboration between care providers has the potential to increase access to services and improve health outcomes in underserved rural populations. However, more research is needed to better understand how provider-to-provider telehealth affects rural patients, populations, health care providers, and payers. Workshop speakers will identify those research gaps and explore barriers to and facilitators of successful and sustain...
Source: Videocast - All Events - June 30, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
President Obama Speaks on the Affordable Care Act
President Obama acknowledges the technical issues with HealthCare.gov, pledging his Administration will resolve them soon and asserting that the distressed ACA web portal is not the only way to shop for affordable health insurance. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - June 16, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Public Policy Source Type: video
HDP IV keynote: Jeremy Hunt, UK Secretary of State for Health
UK Secretary of State for Health Jeremy Hunt kicked off his keynote address at Health Datapalooza IV by saluting the United States ' decision to provide universal health coverage to its citizens. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - June 16, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Public Policy Source Type: video
President Obama Comes to Maine : Health Reform in the Pine Tree State
Barack Obama made a stop in Portland, Maine to discuss his plans for healthcare reform. New Media Manager Chip Means was on the scene to get the opinions of those who lined up for a glimpse of the president. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - June 16, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Public Policy Source Type: video
Boehner: Republicans will " never ever agree " on ACA replacement
Stephen Lieber interviews former Speaker of the House of Representatives John Boehner (R) and former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell (D) at HIMSS17 on the evolution of the Affordable Care Act. Boehner provides a behind-the-scenes perspective on how Obamacare was passed and the prospects for repeal and replace under the Trump administration. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - June 16, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Public Policy Source Type: video
Value-based care in the Trump era
(SPONSORED) Scott Monroe of 3M discusses the results from a survey of C-suite level healthcare executives on how they feel about the state of value-based care in the face of uncertain policy changes by the new Trump administration. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - June 16, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Analytics, Data Science Source Type: video
A call to action: Using open APIs to solve global healthcare challenges
Aneesh Chopra, former chief technical officer for the United States, urges developers to leverage open API ecosystems. (Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos)
Source: Healthcare ITNews Videos - June 16, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Interoperability, EHR, Emerging Technologies, Core Technologies, Telehealth, Digital Health, Workflow Source Type: video
Towards a Deeper and More Human-centric Medicine
Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series
Dr. Topol, Executive Vice President of Scripps Research, is widely known for his development of genomic and digital tools coupled with artificial intelligence analytics geared to individualize medicine. He is among the most cited researchers in medicine. In 2016, Topol was awarded a $207 million grant from the NIH to help lead the Precision Medicine Initiative Cohort Program, now called the All of Us Research Program, a prospective research initiative enrolling 1 million diverse participants in the United States.
The subtype of AI, deep learning, has recently been used for a variety of...
Source: Videocast - All Events - May 17, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Vivek Murthy Distinguished Lecture: Addressing COVID-19 Health Disparities, Root Causes, Mental Health Impacts, Lessons Learned and Future Opportunities
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Chapter of the Federal Asian Pacific American Council (FAPAC) and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) are pleased to announce a virtual public health leadership discussion, “ A Virtual Conversation with Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy and National Academy of Medicine President Victor J. Dzau: Addressing the COVID-19 Health Disparities, the Root Causes, Mental Health Impacts, Lessons Learned and Future Opportunities ” .As we continue to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month, join us for the inaugural Dr. Vivek H. Murthy Distinguished Lecture series on ...
Source: Videocast - All Events - May 12, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Vivek H. Murthy Distinguished Lecture Series for Public Health Leadership
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Chapter of the Federal Asian Pacific American Council (FAPAC) and the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) are pleased to announce a virtual public health leadership discussion, “ A Virtual Conversation with Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy and National Academy of Medicine President Victor J. Dzau: Addressing the COVID-19 Health Disparities, the Root Causes, Mental Health Impacts, Lessons Learned and Future Opportunities ” .
As we continue to celebrate AAPI Heritage Month, join us for the inaugural Dr. Vivek H. Murthy Distinguished Lecture series ...
Source: Videocast - All Events - May 6, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NIH Office of Dietary Supplements: Dietary Supplements: What You Need to Know
The NIH Office of Dietary Supplements
More than half of adults and one-third of children in the United States take one or more dietary supplements such as multivitamins, omega-3 fish oil, St. John ’ s wort, or melatonin. During this presentation, nutrition scientists from the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) will provide an overview of dietary supplements and describe what you need to know to inform your decision-making about whether or when to take these products.
Joseph M. Betz, Ph.D., ODS Acting Director, will give a brief introduction to this seminar.
Carol J. Haggans, M.S., Registered Dietitian and ODS Scient...
Source: Videocast - All Events - March 8, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NLM Lecture - Atlas of AI: Mapping the social and economic forces behind AI
National Library of Medicine Lecture on Science, Technology& Society
Dr. Crawford is the inaugural Visiting Chair of AI and Justice at the É cole Normale Sup é rieure, as well as a Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research, and the cofounder of the AI Now Institute at New York University.
NLM is pleased to have her launch this annual series, which aims to raise awareness and spark conversations about the intersection of societal and ethical considerations with the conduct of biomedical research and the use of advanced technologies.
Machine learning systems are already playing a significant role in many of our soc...
Source: Videocast - All Events - February 17, 2021 Category: General Medicine Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
