The FDA ends precertification (Pre-Cert) pilot program, saying new authority required to regulate software as a medical device (SaMD)
FDA acknowledges shortcomings of Pre-Cert pilot in report (Regulatory Focus):
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it needs additional Congressional authority to move forward with its digital health precertification (Pre-Cert) program. While the idea has been widely lauded by various stakeholders, at least one expert said he feels vindicated for warning the agency early on that it lacked the legal authority to fully implement pathway.
In 2017, the FDA proposed the idea of a Pre-Cert program that would act as a new pathway for software as a medical device (SaMD) products, through which the agency could green-light...
Source: SharpBrains - December 20, 2022 Category: Neuroscience Authors: SharpBrains Tags: Brain/ Mental Health Technology & Innovation digital health FDA Pre-Cert precertification software as a medical device US Food and Drug Administration Source Type: blogs
The Conscious Creation of Your Nursing Career
As the year comes to an end, it ' s always a good time to pause, reflect, and take stock of the current state of your nursing career. As I ' ve often said in my writing, podcasts, and keynote addresses, you can always choose to allow your career to happen to you, or you can instead take inspired action and make it happen. Which sounds better to you? Conscious Career CreationConsciously making your nursing career happen involves several key factors: Thewill/desire to create a career that ' s unique to youThediscipline to consistently focus on your career ' s evolutionTheinspiration to think creatively Theinde...
Source: Digital Doorway - December 19, 2022 Category: Nursing Source Type: blogs
6 Potential Medical Use Cases for ChatGPT
The internet is buzzing with news on ChatGPT, and how everyone uses it to write love poems, homework, summaries of articles, or python codes. ChatGPT is the latest generation of a large language model, designed to generate text upon user input. There is a lot of discussion regarding its potential use in medicine, so let’s see, what you can expect from it and what you should not use it for – at least in its current form.
Unlike the text-to-image tool Midjourney, which we introduced earlier, and which is a GAN (generative adversarial network, explained here) algorithm, ChatGPT is a different kind of algorithm R...
Source: The Medical Futurist - December 19, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF Artificial Intelligence in Medicine AI chatbot AI text generator AI in heaalthcare ChatGPT Conversationlal_AI Source Type: blogs
OK, trying more AI to write this
by MATTHEW HOLT
In the far oft halcyon days of last month, I used an AI system from Lex.Page to write something about digital health. In the past few days the world has gone nuts about a new AI author called ChatGPT. So I tought I would compare and contrast.
Last month Lex.page was asked about Digital Health and it said
Digital Health is one of the most rapidly growing and important sectors in health care today. It is a broad term that encompasses the use of technology to improve health and health care.
Today I asked ChatGPT the same thing. In fact I just wrote “Digital Health” as the Q and this...
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 6, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Matthew Holt AI ChatGPT Lex.ai Source Type: blogs
“True, True, and Unrelated” in the age of “Product Placement/Embedded Marketing.”
BY MIKE MAGEE
This is “high grandparenting season” at our home when you go “The Extra Mile.” That means it is possible on certain days on or between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day to find up to 20 children and grandchildren under our roof. With my wife one of ten, and me, one of twelve, we are no strangers to chaos. Our kids believe we feed off it, and maybe they’re right.
With over 150 years under our collective belts, we two are – if nothing else – optimistic, resilient, and somewhat wiser then we were in our early years. For example, we know that the mere temporal or geographic approximation of ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 30, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Medical Practice Embedded Marketing Mike Magee Product Placement Source Type: blogs
Frequencies of Experience
I often think of life as summation of different experiential frequencies, much like different musical instruments can combine to create a song. Some frequencies combine harmoniously while others would sound discordant if you tried to merge them.
What about I find most interesting about this model is that it helps me discover when some frequencies are holding me back from having new experiences. I cannot always invite new frequencies into my life when pre-existing frequencies are anchoring me to a different range.
Usually I must detach myself – or at least loosen my grip – from some anchor frequencies, so I can fl...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - November 30, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Abundance Creating Reality Emotions Lifestyle Values Source Type: blogs
The Personality Change That Is A Dementia Warning Sign
The results showed that people whose personality changed in this way were more likely to develop dementia. (Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog)
Source: PsyBlog | Psychology Blog - November 26, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jeremy Dean Tags: Dementia Personality Source Type: blogs
Protectionist History Repeats, Again
Scott LincicomeA couple years ago, I took to this blog toremind then ‐candidate Joe Biden of the numerous problems that “Buy American” laws, which require U.S.-origin materials in federal procurement projects, caused back when he was vice president and overseeing implementation of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s infrastructure projects. T axpayer costs were high; projects were delayed (if not scuttled); and uncertainty reigned, eliciting numerous complaints from American companies and local officials trying to carry out the federal government’s plans.My warning, unfortunately, was ignore...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 22, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: Scott Lincicome Source Type: blogs
Less Musk, More Tusk – a Mastodon FAQ
What is Mastodon?
Mastodon is an alternative social media system comprising lots of different interconnected sites, each with its own specific interests, but all running the open-source Mastodon software, which makes them all function in roughly the same way and allows communication and sharing between users.
When was it started?
Mastodon was started in March 2016, but gained a lot of new interest in April 2022 and again in November 2022 in the wake of major changes at one of the more well-known social media systems, Twitter.
Why is it called Mastodon?
Apparently, it’s named after the American rock band of that name....
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - November 21, 2022 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Social Media Source Type: blogs
Mastodon FAQ – Less Musk, More Tusk
What is Mastodon?
Mastodon is an alternative social media system comprising lots of different interconnected sites, each with its own specific interests, but all running the open-source Mastodon software, which makes them all function in roughly the same way and allows communication and sharing between users.
When was it started?
Mastodon was started in March 2016, but gained a lot of new interest in April 2022 and again in November 2022 in the wake of major changes at one of the more well-known social media systems, Twitter.
Why is it called Mastodon?
Apparently, it’s named after the American rock band of that name....
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - November 21, 2022 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Social Media Source Type: blogs
When Push Comes to Shove: The AMA v. Dobbs. Part 1.
BY MIKE MAGEE
Should anyone present know of any reason that this couple should not be joined in holy matrimony, speak now or forever hold your peace.” Book of Common Prayer, Church of England, 1549
Last evening Trump rose from the ashes and declared it was time to “Make America Great and Glorious Again” (MAGAGA).
This past week, five days after the Midterm elections, AMA President, Jack Resnick, Jr., MD, raised his voice from the podium at the AMA Interim Meeting in Hawaii with the AMA’s own version of a call to action:
“But make no mistake, when politicians insert themselves in our exam room...
Source: The Health Care Blog - November 18, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Supreme Court AMA AMA v. Dobbs Dobbs v. Jackson Mike Magee Trump Source Type: blogs
Get Anyone To Go With You To The Hospital
I’m going to share with you a very powerful technique to convince just about anyone to go with you to the hospital, and I’m going to ask a favor of you. Please only use this technique in the patient’s best interest. This isn’t a technique to drag out when your service pressures you to increase transports or you’re not in the mood to call in for a proper refusal. This is a technique for when you really honestly believe that the patient needs to go, but they refuse.
Steve
It’s an interesting contradiction in prehospital medicine. The people who don’t really need an ambulance insist on transp...
Source: The EMT Spot - November 15, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Steve Whitehead Tags: EMT Source Type: blogs
Responding to Hypothermia
In our last post we looked at some of the causes of hypothermia, both typical and atypical. Then we talked a bit about the recognition of the hypothermia progression and what patients might look, feel and act like as they progress through their hypothermic condition.
Now let’s look at some of the guidelines for treating our hypothermia victims.
On the surface, treating hypothermia might seem deceptively simple. The treatment of mild hypothermia often is simple. Bring them in, stop the cooling and rewarm them. But as we progress into moderate and severe hypothermia, things get more complicated. Here are 12 gui...
Source: The EMT Spot - November 14, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Steve Whitehead Tags: EMT Source Type: blogs
Weekly Roundup – November 12, 2022
Welcome to our Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup. Each week, we’ll be providing a look back at the articles we posted and why they’re important to the healthcare IT community. We hope this gives you a chance to catch up on anything you may have missed during the week.
CIO Insights from CHIME’s Fall Forum. John Lynn attended the CHIME Fall Forum and tuned in to the CIO panel, where longtime and interim CIOs shared their thoughts on how the CIO role has changed, how CIOs can help to address burnout, and how to guide their organizations into the future. Panelists also talked about the path forward for digital innovatio...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - November 12, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Brian Eastwood Tags: Healthcare IT Healthcare IT Today Weekly Roundup Source Type: blogs
Does Blood Pressure Change During a Heart Attack?
Want to know “Does blood pressure change during a heart attack? This comprehensive guide will help obtain a clear picture of the steps to eliminate its chances.
When a person is facing the condition of a heart attack, the pressure in their blood vessels can rapidly change and can have devastating consequences if left untreated.
However, in some cases, it doesn’t. Therefore, the discussion surrounding BP fluctuations during a heart attack is limited because most doctors don’t use it as an indicator of a heart attack.
While it’s possible to see such changes, some other warning signs of a heart attack are...
Source: The EMT Spot - November 11, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Michael Kutryk Tags: Guides Blood Pressure Source Type: blogs
