Tag: technology
Telehealth more popular for scheduled and patient-focused visits
New report from CHIME and KLAS virtual care platforms are finding favor for scheduled and patient-focused visits, on-demand and consumer-focused meetings and telespecialty consults. Despite ongoing questions about reimbursement... read more
Detecting Undiagnosed Atrial Fibrillation with Cardiac Monitors
A group of researchers led by James A. Reiffel, M.D., did a study to determine the incidence of previously undiagnosed atrial fibrillation in high-risk patients with the use of insertable cardiac monitors (ICM). The results... read more
Continuing Rehabilitation After ICU Discharge
This article discusses technological innovations that promote survival and enhance recovery, starting within the ICU with developments in ventilation, sedation, early mobility and ICU design. Post-ICU, the establishment of... read more
Maryland emergency doctors find new life-saving use in old machine
A little used machine designed to detox people who overdose on Tylenol and other medications found another use. Doctors at Shock Trauma used it to save a teenage gunshot victim and then a college football player and an amateur... read more
Technologic Distractions
Summary of Approaches to Manage Alert Quantity With Intent to Reduce Alert Fatigue and Suggestions for Alert Fatigue Metrics. Approaches for managing alert fatigue in the ICU are provided as a result of reviewing tested interventions... read more
Can Electronic Alerts Help Identify Sepsis in Sick Children?
A two-step electronic alert system successfully reduced missed sepsis diagnoses in children by 76 percent. The new pediatric protocol, which incorporates the use of vital signs, risk factors, and a clinician's judgment,... read more
This Startup Could Revolutionize How We Fight Infectious Diseases
Karius Test has raised $50 million to develop a novel technology that can detect more than 1,000 infectious diseases, without requiring the usual trial-and-error tests. The test is expensive at $2,000, and is meant for use... read more
Doctors frustrated that electronic records steal time from patients
Researchers asked doctors licensed to practice in Rhode Island the question: How does using an EHR affect your interaction with patients? They got an earful. Most who responded complained that electronic records undermined... read more
Virtual Hospital Monitors Patients at Eight Facilities
In a bunker-like former bank office near Tacoma' Hilltop neighborhood, 200 nurses, physicians and other health care staff spend their days treating scores of hospital patients they never meet using webcams, two-way speakers... read more
Why Point-of-Care Ultrasound Should be a Mainstay in EMS
A former firefighter/EMT turned medical student describes the functional components, diagnostic uses and roadblocks of using this imaging technology. From the first enormous and hefty ultrasound scanners, circa 1965, to today's... read more
ECMO for Adult Respiratory Failure: 2017 Update
The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for respiratory failure in adults is growing rapidly, driven in large part by advances in technology, which have made ECMO devices easier to implement, safer and more... read more
Data on 211 Million Referrals Shows How Doctors Really Work Together
A peek into the hidden world of medicine reveals some surprising trends. Sometimes it involves the traditional sense of the word - a primary care physician referring a patient to a specialist (like a cardiologist or gastroenterologist)... read more
Defibrillator-carrying drones could save lives, research suggests
Drones are already employed for anything from military to recreational use, from oil exploration to film-making, but they could also help save the lives of people who have suffered a cardiac arrest, research suggests. A... read more
Wireless ICM Captures Vital Information
The world's first smartphone-enabled, insertable cardiac monitor (ICM) provides powerful data to help monitor irregular heartbeats, unexplained syncope, palpitations and suspected atrial fibrillation (AF).... read more
Sharing Research Through Social Media
Earlier this year, a group from the HARTSofthe possible team met here in Oxford to reflect on our progress and to plan what was needed next. We came up with a Rainbow Prism Model to show the three areas of our work: sharing... read more
How informatics can help your hospital prevent infections
Hospitalists have a powerful tool to help them fight outbreaks of Clostridium difficile and other infectious agents: electronic health record data. Sara Murray, MD, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of... read more
Using Clinically Accessible Tools to Measure Sound Levels and Sleep Disruption in the ICU
Ambient sound was measured for 1 minute using an application downloaded to a personal mobile device. Bedside nurses also recorded the total time and number of awakening for each patient overnight. Across a large number of... read more
WannaCry highlights worst nightmare in medical device security
Among the many lessons that will come out of the massive cyberattack might be a rethink of common patching practices. The sprawling WannaCry ransomware attacks have healthcare CIOs and infosec professionals more concerned... read more
