Gartner has identified the 10 top strategic technology trends that will affect how organizations manage data. Hyperautomation (the combination of multiple machine learning, packaged software and automation tools) Multiexperience (The model will shift from one of technology-literate people to one…
“I’ve come to feel that a system that promised to increase my mastery over my work has, instead, increased my work’s mastery over me.” A 2016 study found that physicians spent about two hours doing computer work for every hour…
(AXIOS) It’s been a few months since the worldwide WannaCry ransomware attacks, and a month and a half since the NotPetya attacks that hit U.S. hospitals and the drug company Merck. The cyberattacks were bad enough to get the attention…
(Journal of Clinical Investigation) Mounting evidence indicates that patients with AD and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) exhibit a wide spectrum of ocular abnormalities, circadian rhythm disturbances, and visual impairments. Among the many characteristics it shares with the brain, the retina…
(CNBC) The test, called a PHQ-9, is described by the search engine as a clinically validated screening questionnaire and is designed to test what level of depression a person may be suffering. The NAMI CEO said people who have symptoms…
(FDA) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a historic action today making the first gene therapy available in the United States, ushering in a new approach to the treatment of cancer and other serious and life-threatening diseases. The FDA…
(MIT) In a new pair of papers, researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) explore ways for computers to help doctors make better medical decisions. An approach called “EHR Model Transfer” can facilitate the application of predictive…
(Quartz) Together with the compressed time of office visits, EMRs conspire to turn medical practice into a regimented, one-size-fits-all endeavor, just when science and technology are giving us more ability than ever to treat our patients as the individuals they…
(Huffpost) Jawbone is dead – as a consumer producer of gadgets anyway – and questions have to be asked about Misfit, which looks worryingly lifeless as we await the delayed Misfit Vapor sports smartwatch nearly a year after its unveiling.…
It’s only proposed legislation and it has been in development all last year but it reflects a surprisingly informed understanding of the issues in the use of EMR’s and it is reported to have bipartisan support. BAI16031 Discussion Draft The proposed…
