AI-Enhanced Prostate Cancer Treatment: Interview with Brittany Berry-Pusey, Co-Founder and COO at Avenda Health
Avenda Health, a medtech company based in Santa Monica, California has developed the FocalPoint ablation system, an AI-powered prostate cancer therapy. The system is designed to provide localized prostate cancer treatment and its AI system equips clinicians with a map of a patient’s cancer, along with treatment simulations to help them chose the best course of action.
The goal behind the system is to effectively treat the tumor, but preserve as much of the healthy tissue as possible, thereby maximizing patient chances at retaining full urinary and sexual function. The ablation technology itself is laser-b...
Source: Medgadget - November 1, 2022 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Exclusive Oncology Urology AvendaHealth Source Type: blogs
These 8 Countries Could Put Together The World ’ s Most Advanced Healthcare System
If we are looking for the one thing common in the healthcare systems in various countries, is that no one has ever been truly satisfied with their own. The level of satisfaction/dissatisfaction of course varies widely between countries and is closely related to the economic performance and possibilities available for the given country in the past centuries/decades. But as we will see, with having focus and working for the right goals, it is possible to fully transform a country and its healthcare in just a few decades.
Can we, dreaming freely, come up with the perfect system? There are so many good examples all over the...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 27, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: Future of Medicine Science Fiction e-patient Healthcare healthcare design digital technology health IT healthcare system longevity digital health technologies Future of healthcare patient inclusion Source Type: blogs
Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 22nd October, 2022.
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://mhealthintelligence.com/news/partnership-to-add-virtual-primary-care-feature-to-smart-tvsPartnership to Add Virtual Primary Care Feature to Smart TVsTelehealth provider HealthTap has partnered with Samsung to add a virtual healthcare feature to the tech giant ' s Smart TVs to expand access to primary care.ByMark MelchionnaOctober 14, 2022 - Aiming to ...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 22, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
How I Think About My Life and Work
I often think about my life as a flow of experiential explorations.
I’ve found it overwhelming to consider the vast array of possibilities that life presents objectively. Traversing just a fraction of this space could occupy endless lifetimes, so that framing doesn’t bring much clarity and leaves me adrift.
Instead I create clarity by thinking of experiences as a summation of different vibes. A vibe is the inner, subjective flavor of an experience, similar to qualia. It’s what I experience internally when living through an outer experience. This includes my emotions and the thoughts I have along the way.
I t...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - October 16, 2022 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Abundance Creating Reality Lifestyle Values Source Type: blogs
Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 03 October, 2022.
Here are a few I have come across the last week or so. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a 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.General Comment-----Sorry, I had to include this! I am really amazed at the International reach we see from the ADHA – true international citizens!Otherwise too much Optus and not enough good news!-----https://www.financialexpress.com/healthcare/tamil-nadu-keen-on-australian-model-for-beefing-up-digital-healthcare-platform-looks-for-partnerships/26...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 3, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Truth and Trust in Science: Are They Negotiable?
BY MIKE MAGEE
“The key is trust. It is when people feel totally alienated and isolated that the society breaks down. Telling the truth is what held society together.”
Those words were voiced sixteen years ago in Washington, D.C. It was October 17, 2006. The HHS/CDC sponsored workshop that day was titled “Pandemic Influenza – Past, Present, Future: Communicating Today Based on the Lessons from the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic.”
The speaker responsible for the quote above was writer/historian and Johns Hopkins School of Public Health adviser, John M. Barry. His opening quote from George Bernard Shaw se...
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 30, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Public Health Flu Epidemic HHS/CDC John Barry Source Type: blogs
People first: a response from health and care leaders to the urgent and emergency care system crisis
Care Quality Commission (CQC) -This resource was designed and developed: using outcomes from CQC's urgent and emergency care workshop, held in May 2022; and by members of the CQC National Emergency Medicine Specialist Advisor Forum. It recognises the unscheduled care pathway as a continuum, with solutions required across the artificial divides between primary, secondary, community and social care. It aims to: support the design of person-centred urgent and emergency care services; and encourage innovation across integrated care systems.ReportCare Quality Commission - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - September 23, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Integrated care, collaboration and partnership NHS performance and productivity Patient involvement, experience and feedback Source Type: blogs
I Suspect It Says Something That A Three Million Dollar Grant In Digital Health Makes News!
This release appeared last week.ANDHealth - Special Announcement: 7 September 2022ANDHealth, Australia ’s leading digital health commercialisation organisation, in partnership with the Victorian Government, today announced it has received $2.4M from the Australian Medtech Manufacturing Centre and Biotechnology Fund to create the Victorian Connected Health Innovation& Commercialisation Centre (CHICC).The CHICC has been established to drive the creation and commercialisation of digital and digitally enabled medical technology companies and raise Victoria ’s profile as a leading centre for Australia’s fast grow...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 14, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 12 September, 2022.
Here are a few I have come across the last week or so. Note: Each link is followed by a title and a 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.General Comment-----It is amazing how many senior roles at the ADHA are being advertised it seem. Some at $150,000 plus!To keep busy we have vapourware interop plans being discussed and bullshit educational sessions being run for lesser salaries!Otherwise it has been a pretty boring week I have to say!-----https://www.ama.com.au/gpnn/issue-22-number-...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 12, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
OCT is not “ Obsessive compulsive tomography ”
This is the story of PCI to LAD from the customary bifurcation workshop for the budding experts, which ended up with a compulsive final OCT run-through, triggering a debate on what to do with the side branch.
What shall we do next?
Just balloon dilate the distal strut
Would consider a second stent. Maybe a TAP depending upon LCX morphology
At this stage, I would like to know the FFR or iFR across LCX Jail.
Get rid of this OCT, Let me have look at regular CAG. I bet I can make a better decision.
Leave it alone if the clinical status & profile is good
Leave it alone? Is it not an incomplete Job?
Def...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - September 8, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: Uncategorized coronary Imaging ILUMEN study oct opitical coherence tomography Source Type: blogs
Dismissed for too long: the impact of migraine on children & young people
Migraine Trust - An estimated one in ten children are living with migraine. This potentially limits their development and ability to take part in education, social activities, and other important parts of growing up. It can also be hard for children to understand and explain their pain, and there are fewer treatment options for them than there are for adults. Based on a variety of workshops and surveys with children and young people who have migraine, parents and carers, and education professionals, this report highlights a clear need for better understanding of how migraine impacts children and for tailored informat...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - September 5, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Patient involvement, experience and feedback Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: blogs
Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 29 August, 2022.
The objective is to create a new era of digital health in Australia with strong governance. This means open and collaborative processes for the agreement, development, testing, publishing and maintenance of digital health standards.“Digital health standards are critical to the safe, secure and seamless movement of consumer health information between different healthcare providers,” she said.-----https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/anz/adha-ties-hl7-nationwide-fhir-adoptionADHA ties up with HL7 for nationwide FHIR adoptionThis comes as the agency enforces the government ' s plan to fully connect the country ' s health...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 29, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Working in partnership: creating an effective rough sleeper strategy
Local Government Association - On 19 May 2022 over 30 councils attended a morning roundtable to discuss their priorities for the new rough sleeping strategy, due to be released later in the year. The roundtable was broken up into three workshops to look at what central government, local government and the third sector can do to help end rough sleeping.Report (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - August 24, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Public health and health inequalities 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
Cambridge Folk Festival 2022
The annual Cambridge Folk Festival was on hiatus thanks to the pandemic and so a lot of people had missed out on their musical fix at Cherry Hinton Hall for three years…us?
Full Fest wrist band
Mrs Sciencebase and myself had not been back since 1991 having attended three years on the trot from 1989 when I first went up to Cambridge (working, not as a student, haha). Mrs Sciencebase wasn’t Mrs at the time, and Sciencebase itself was still a few years away yet.
Suzanne Vega had hardly changed in 31 years
We were excited to see all the new bands and performers and checked the lineup: Clannad and Suzanne Vega among...
Source: David Bradley Sciencebase - Songs, Snaps, Science - August 1, 2022 Category: Science Authors: David Bradley Tags: Music Photography Source Type: blogs
