Surgical site infections (SSIs), among the most frequent healthcare-associated infections, require surveillance, but traditional methods are labour-intensive. We developed machine learning (ML) and rule-based models for the semi-automated detection of deep and organ/space SSIs…
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Enhanced Safety Gear for Medical Workers
To build the system, the team recorded clinicians with head-mounted GoPro cameras, creating a data set of thousands of medication preparation sequences.
Michaelsen explains the GoPro’s wide field of view…
Background: Surgical procedures and their potential complications place substantial strain on patients, clinicians, and health care systems. These strains are driven by the anticipated morbidity and mortality, so that there is resource-intensive postoperative inpatient…
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Sonali Mohanraj, Digital Marketing & Sales Executive at Proteger AI
In healthcare, emergencies are visible — alarms sound, monitors beep, and doctors rush. But not all crises are loud. Some, like poor hospital asset management,…
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What You Should Know:
– Osso VR, a leader in immersive healthcare training, has announced early access to its new virtual reality (VR) nursing solution, Osso Nurse Training. The platform is designed to optimize how…
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What You Should Know:
– Plexāā, a medtech company focused on improving surgical outcomes, has announced the U.S. launch of its BLOOM43 platform on the first day of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
– The platform combines…
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The Foundation of a Smart Hospital
A smart hospital begins with a smart building. Building management systems serve as the central nervous system, orchestrating critical functions such as heating and cooling, energy management, and life…
What You Should Know:
– Living Optics, a leader in hyperspectral imaging (HSI), has announced its latest real-time blood perfusion demonstration, which was built on the NVIDIA Jetson platform. The demonstration offers a glimpse into…
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What You Should Know:
– Parasym has launched Nuropod, the first ear-based, clinically studied vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) device in the U.S. that does not require surgery.
– The wearable device is designed to reduce symptoms…
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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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