Monday Morning Update 2/17/25 – HIStalk
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A JAMA commentary piece notes that patients don’t trust how health systems will use AI, but then again, they don’t trust health systems in general.
A cited study found a mean health system…
Tag: Clinical
Smartphone administered pulsed radio frequency energy therapy for expedited cutaneous wound healing
Pulsed radio frequency energy (PRFE) therapy is a non-invasive, electromagnetic field-based treatment modality successfully used in clinical applications. However, conventional PRFE devices are often bulky, expensive, and require extended treatment durations, limiting patient adherence…
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Self supervised artificial intelligence predicts poor outcome from primary cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma at diagnosis
Primary cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is responsible for ~10,000 deaths annually in the United States. Stratification of risk of poor outcome at initial biopsy would significantly impact clinical decision-making during the initial post…
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knownwell expands hybrid care platform across Chicago
Boston-based knownwell, a hybrid weight-inclusive primary and metabolic care provider, announced it expanded into six clinics across the greater Chicago area and will provide patients across the midwest access to virtual care. The company touts…
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Exero Medical scores $12.7 in funding and more digital funding news
Exero Medical, a company focused on early detection of post-operative complications using tissue healing data, has secured up to $12.7 million in funding to complete its FDA trial and launch its breakthrough-designated xBar system…
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Exero Medical scores $12.7M in funding and more digital funding news
Exero Medical, a company focused on early detection of post-operative complications using tissue healing data, has secured up to $12.7 million in funding to complete its FDA trial and launch its breakthrough-designated xBar system…
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Improving medical machine learning models with generative balancing for equity and excellence
Applying machine learning to clinical outcome prediction is challenging due to imbalanced datasets and sensitive tasks that contain rare yet critical outcomes and where equitable treatment across diverse patient groups is essential. Despite attempts,…
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What makes a successful digital ecosystem? Mount Sinai’s CDIO has answers
This is part two of a two-part special CDIO profile story. To read part one, click here.Building a digital ecosystem and crafting the technology elements of a health system’s five-year strategic plan are no…
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Personalized decision making for coronary artery disease treatment using offline reinforcement learning
Choosing optimal revascularization strategies for patients with obstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) remains a clinical challenge. While randomized controlled trials offer population-level insights, gaps remain regarding personalized decision-making for individual patients. We applied off-policy…
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5 Key Trends Shaping the Future of Rehabilitative Care
Jessica Wulke, PT, Clinical Implementation Manager at Academy Medtech Ventures
Physical therapy (PT) and rehabilitation care are areas of healthcare delivery prime for the adoption of technology solutions that can augment the reach of clinicians,…
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