This randomized trial compared remote perioperative telemonitoring (RPM) care versus surgeon only care in patients with gastrointestinal (GI), genitourinary (GU), or gynecological (GYN) cancers (N = 293). The RPM care arm wore a wristband accelerometer and…
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Timely care in a specialised neuro-intensive therapy unit (ITU) reduces mortality and hospital stays. Planned admissions to ITU following surgery are safer than unplanned ones. However, post-operative care decisions remain subjective. This study used…
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Opioids are frequently overprescribed after surgery. We applied a tabular foundation model to predict the risk of post-discharge opioid consumption. The model was trained and internally validated on an 80:20 training/test split of the…
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Jakob Wollborn, M.D., M.P.H., Cardiothoracic Anesthesiologist and Intensivist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Atrial fibrillation, or AFib, is one of the most common complications following cardiac surgery. It affects up to 40% of patients, depending…
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What You Should Know:
– Trilliant Health, a healthcare analytics firm, has released a new report that leverages data from the Transparency in Coverage (TiC) final rule to expose significant variations in commercial healthcare prices…
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Accurate prediction of financial metrics in spine surgery is crucial as healthcare transitions to value-based care. While bundled payment models have succeeded in other orthopedic procedures, the heterogeneity of spinal surgery complicates their adoption….
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The evolution of surgical techniques aims to augment surgeons’ capabilities through digital guidance and robotization for higher precision and consistency. Currently, surgeries heavily rely on surgeon’s experience and visual judgment, causing operation variations. Artificial…
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Dr. Anureet Bajaj, a nationally recognized and board-certified plastic surgeon practicing in Oklahoma City, OK again joins eHealth Radio and the Plastic Surgery Information Channel. Listen in as Dr. Bajaj discusses her Menopause Makeover…
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How a rare dual cancer diagnosis was no match for Minnesota Oncology and the Mayo Clinic Care Network.
When a woman in her early 60s came to Minnesota Oncology with ovarian cancer, her team…
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Dr. Scott A. Spiro, MD, FACS, a board-certified plastic surgeon based in West Orange, New Jersey, returns to eHealth Radio & the Plastic Surgery Information Channel to discuss breast augmentation using implants—especially the emerging…
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