In treating malignant cerebral edema after a large middle cerebral artery stroke, clinicians need quantitative tools for real-time risk assessment. Existing predictive models typically estimate risk at one, early time point, failing to account…
Continue Reading
Zia Khan, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Privia Medical Group-Georgia
Rural America faces a unique set of healthcare challenges. While 20% of Americans live in rural communities, only 10% of physicians practice in those areas, leading…
Continue Reading
What You Should Know:
– Complement 1, a health technology startup pioneering personalized lifestyle medicine for cancer care, has announced a $16 million oversubscribed seed funding round led by Owl Ventures and Blume Ventures.
– Emerging from stealth, the company is…
Continue Reading
Kettering Health Breast Centers was facing a challenge: Its cancer risk assessment process was inefficient and fragmented.Staff there relied on a separate tablet-based system where patients or staff completed risk questionnaires. This setup posed…
Continue Reading
Korean government launches tariff support for medtech companiesThe South Korean Ministry of Health and Welfare and the Korea Health Industry Development Institute have launched a tariff support centre to help medical device companies navigate recent…
Continue Reading
Background: Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death and disability worldwide, and their prevention is a major public health priority. Detecting health issues early and assessing risk levels can significantly improve the…
Continue Reading
What You Should Know:
– Osteoboost Health announced the nationwide availability of Osteoboost, a groundbreaking prescription medical device. Osteoboost aims to provide hope for millions diagnosed with low bone density, helping to reduce the risk…
Continue Reading
De-identified NHS data from 57 million people in England is being used to train a generative AI model capable of predicting future health outcomes.
The model, called Foresight, is being tested by researchers at University…
News
UTMB is running AI on all CT scans to generate cardiac risk scores, flagging 5–10 of the 450 monthly scans for follow-up intervention. Chief AI Officer Peter McCaffrey, MD, MS says,
What I love…
Continue Reading
Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins told lawmakers on Tuesday, in his first Capitol Hill appearance since his confirmation, that he is focused on why the VA has been considered high-risk by the Government Accountability…
Continue Reading
