By Mark Melchionna
June 15, 2023 – Using data from a Chinese hospital, researchers from the University of California, Riverside (UCR), found that a mchine learning (ML) approach could assess patient age, weight, and other illnesses…
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Two rural Catholic hospitals in Illinois, St. Margaret’s Health in Peru and Spring Valley are closing due to a 2021 cyberattack, staffing shortages, and the COVID-19 pandemic. The closure is the first to be…
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By Mark Melchionna
June 13, 2023 – Pandemic-era flexibilities expanded access to telemental healthcare services, but a new RAND Corporation study, obtained via email, showed that racial health disparities still persisted.
Particularly, the study showed that counties…
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The previous articles in this series laid out some of the issues in health care affecting testing, and the value of data. This article looks at some specific problems and solutions.
Speeding up Test Development…
By Sarai Rodriguez
June 13, 2023 – Public health reporting by acute care hospitals has seen significant improvement, reaching a 96 percent participation rate in 2022. This is an increase from the previous year, according to…
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The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare of India is now looking into reports of an alleged data leak from the COVID-19 vaccination platform Covid Vaccine Intelligent Network or Co-WIN.WHAT IT’S ABOUT
Several media reports…
It is estimated that around £900 million is wasted in nursing time each year. Healthcare professionals spend their time searching for missing medical equipment and unplanned equipment maintenance. Limited visibility of medical equipment is…
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When regulators speak, we listen.
Naturally risk-averse industries like the life sciences need health authority acceptance before trying new approaches and especially before committing to wholesale operational change, even if the outcome has great potential….
One of the fastest-growing frontiers of healthcare is Digital Therapeutics (DTx), which utilizes clinically tested software to prevent, treat, and manage a growing range of medical conditions. During Covid-19, governing agencies loosened regulatory requirements…
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By Mark Melchionna
June 12, 2023 – A study from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) indicated that amid the growth of telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic, in-state residents reported a relatively high level of satisfaction,…
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