Healthcare organizations have to balance the need to support data collection with staff workloads. More healthcare practices are working with health tech vendors to digitize their workflows and moving away from paper-based forms and…
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Antimicrobial resistance is a rising global health threat, leading to ineffective treatments, increased mortality and rising healthcare costs. In ICUs, inappropriate empiric antibiotic therapy is often given due to treatment urgency, causing poor outcomes….
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Federated learning is a renowned technique for utilizing decentralized data while preserving privacy. However, real-world applications often face challenges like partially labeled datasets, where only a few locations have certain expert annotations, leaving large…
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The da Vinci surgical system in use at Glasgow Royal Infirmary (Image provided by NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde)
More than 10,000 patients across Scotland have benefitted from da Vinci robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) since…
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Key Research Findings
Recent findings published in the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) reveal significant improvements in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) detection using the updated ACR LI-RADS Ultrasound Surveillance system. The 2024 version demonstrates enhanced sensitivity…
Key Takeaways
Advanced software enables unprecedented visualization of embryonic heart development through 4D imaging technology. The open-source tool, called clipping spline, provides interactive cutaway views of complex biological structures, revolutionizing our understanding of cardiac development…
The Current State of Healthcare Data Privacy
The Sequoia Project’s Privacy and Consent Workgroup has conducted an extensive review of existing consent models and frameworks. Their goal: achieving “computable consent” – an automated system where…
Visit Digital Health Rewired next month to meet inspiring NHS clinical safety officers embracing digital to advance clinical safety and patient care.With digital and data becoming the lifeblood of NHS service transformation, their work,…
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A study led by researchers at Oxford Population Health identified 28% more cases of atrial fibrillation in primary care data than secondary care data alone.
Evidence of atrial fibrillation, which is associated with higher risks…
The European CORE–MD consortium (Coordinating Research and Evidence for Medical Devices) proposes a score for medical devices incorporating artificial intelligence or machine learning algorithms. Its domains are summarised as valid clinical association, technical performance,…
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