EPtalk by Dr. Jayne 3/9/23
I survived my trip to the ATA conference, but I can’t say I’m glad to be home. Leaving beautiful the warm and sunny environment of San Antonio for the rainy chill at home was…
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WeightWatchers moves into obesity drug market with Sequence purchase
WeightWatchers announced plans to buy telehealth platform Weekend Health, also known as Sequence, in a move toward offering prescription weight loss drugs.The company said the cash and equity transaction is valued at $132 million,…
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Risky Business of Health Trackers: What Digital Health Leaders Need to Know
Cristina Varner, Newfront, SVP National Life Science & Healthcare PracticeGone are the days when healthcare information was only available to us at the doctor’s office or through the office’s online portals, and that’s in…
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Digital Nurse Leadership: Grasping the potential of technology and data to enable person centred practice
We are embarking on a new age for nursing assisted and enabled by technology and data. Many of us are embracing this prospect but others are sceptical and concerned about what this will mean…
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Smartphone Photos to Detect Anemia
Researchers at University College London and at the University of Ghana have developed a smartphone-based system that can detect anemia through simple photos taken using the phone’s camera. The technology is intended for use…
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Study: VA telehealth expansion lagged in rural areas during COVID-19
A digital divide in telemedicine use between rural and urban communities increased after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly within mental health integration services, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. The…
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A primer on generative AI – and what it could mean for healthcare
With the dawn of OpenAI’s chatGPT, talk of artificial intelligence is at a fever pitch. So it’s important to know exactly what this latest flavor of AI is.Generative AI refers to a class of…
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Effectiveness of a Mobile App to Increase Risk Perception of Tobacco, Alcohol, and Marijuana Use in Mexican High School Students: Quantitative Study
Background: Young people have the highest rate of drug use worldwide. Recent data from Mexico in this population show that the prevalence of illicit drug use doubled between 2011 and 2016 (2.9%-6.2%), with marijuana…
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AI in Healthcare: A Great Add-on, Not a Replacement
There has been this huge rush to implement AI wherever it can be added. And while nothing is wrong with this, it’s important that we don’t loose sight of AI being a tool and…
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Chartis Establishes the Chartis Center for Burnout Solutions
Chartis and DES Health Consulting form the Chartis Center for Burnout Solutions to support caregivers in increasingly tenuous work environments
Today, Chartis, a comprehensive healthcare advisory firm, announced it has established the Chartis Center for Burnout…
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