Tag: technology
No Bleeding Required: Anemia Detection via Smartphone
Biomedical engineers have developed a smartphone app with the aim of non-invasive detection of anemia. Instead of a blood test, the app uses photos of someone's fingernails taken on a smartphone to determine whether the level... read more
Mapping the Brain’s Genetic Landscape
Scientists have taken a step toward building a computer model of the brain's genome, one that may help clarify the genetic roots of schizophrenia, autism and other disorders. For the past two decades, scientists have been... read more
Drone Doctors
Trials in Australia could be signalling the way ahead for a new role for remotely piloted aircraft in the air medical sphere, as James Paul Wallis reports. Drones have long since proved their worth as an aerial search tool... read more
Anesthesia Telemedicine: Assessing Hard-to-Reach Patients for Surgery
Medically fragile infants on ventilation support at community or rural hospitals without surgical services sometimes need those services. That poses a challenge for pediatric anesthesiologists who need to assess these babies... read more
Medical Device Rules Need Drastic Change To Protect Patients
Urgent and drastic changes to the rules around medical devices, such as pacemakers, are needed to protect patients, according to the Royal College of Surgeons. It wants a register of every device in every patient set up so... read more
Implanted Organs That Won’t Be Rejected
Breakthrough development uses a patient's own stomach cells, cutting the risk of an immune response to implanted organs. Israeli researchers report that they have invented the first fully personalized tissue implant, engineered... read more
Lab-grown ‘Mini Brains’ Produce Electrical Patterns That Resemble Those of Premature Babies
'Mini brains' grown in a dish have spontaneously produced human-like brain waves for the first time — and the electrical patterns look similar to those seen in premature babies. The advancement could help scientists to... read more
Intensive Care Medicine in 2050: The Future of ICU Treatments
It's unlikely that any of the three of us will still be around, but we can imagine how our children would describe their experience if they were admitted to the ICU in 2050. Here is what they might say: "The hospital is definitely... read more
Why Doctors Hate Their Computers
Something's gone terribly wrong. Doctors are among the most technology-avid people in society; computerization has simplified tasks in many industries. Yet somehow we've reached a point where people in the medical profession... read more
Electronic Health Records & Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infection
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH), as part of the American Reinvestment & Recovery Act of 2009, was created to accelerate the pace of technology diffusion in the American healthcare... read more
The Social Media Index as an Indicator of Quality for Emergency Medicine Blogs
The Social Media Index’s correlation with multiple quality evaluation instruments over time supports the hypothesis that it is associated with overall Web site quality. It can play a role in guiding individuals to high-quality... read more
Assessment of the adequacy of oxygen delivery
In this article, we review physiologic principles of global oxygen delivery, and discuss the bedside approach to assessing the adequacy of oxygen delivery in critically ill patients. Although there have been technological... read more
The Power of Social Media in Medicine and Medical Education
Social media is changing the ways that patients interact with healthcare providers and the healthcare system. It is increasingly common for patients to use information technology to gain access to information and control... read more
Feasibility and observed safety of interactive video games for physical rehabilitation in the ICU
Novel use of interactive video games as part of routine PT in critically ill patients is feasible and appears safe in our case series. Video game therapy may complement existing rehabilitation techniques for ICU patients.... read more
