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I just completed (a rather long) Day 4 at Aga Khan Hospital, here in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (in case you didn ' t know where I was). As usual, time flies when you ' re having fun, and I really am enjoying my time here.Today was a day of many hats. In the morning, I played " real doctor " and attended an OB Gyn lecture series beamed over from the Aga Khan University Hospital in Nairobi:The full title was " Female Sexual Dysfunction and its Effects upon Fertility " and it was quite well done. While the lecture will have little impact upon my medical practice, I ' m trying to get the staff used to me hanging around, and I ha...
Source: Dalai's PACS Blog - August 24, 2017 Category: Radiology Source Type: blogs
Medtronic ’s Attain Stability Quad MRI SureScan Cardiac Lead Cleared in Europe
Medtronic won CE Mark approval to introduce its Attain Stability Quad MRI SureScan left heart lead in Europe. The device works with the company’s quadripolar cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillators (CRT-D) and CRT-pacemakers (CRT-P) an...
Source: Medgadget - August 23, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Cardiology Radiology Source Type: blogs
BIOTRONIK ’s Tiny Quadripolar Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Pacemaker FDA Approved
BIOTRONIK has obtained an FDA approval for its Edora HF-T QP MR conditional quadripolar cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemaker (CRT-P). It’s tiny, by comparison to similar devices, and features the BIOTRONIK’s MR AutoDetect technolog...
Source: Medgadget - August 22, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Cardiology Source Type: blogs
Why Racism Is The Antithesis Of Self Development
I spent a day or so in the ER this past weekend.
The details aren’t important other than to say chest pain and shortness of breath don’t necessarily mean you are about to become an ex-Life Coach and shuffle off this mortal coil.
During the time I spent there I probably came into direct contact with about 50 members of staff.
That’s a lot in such a short period of time until you realize I had 3 lots of blood taken, 2 chest x-rays, 2 nuclear medicine scans, a stress test and 2 CT scans over about a 24-hour period.
I don’t like watching TV lying in bed and my phone service was intermittent at best so between the batt...
Source: A Daring Adventure - August 21, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tim Brownson Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
What Should We Conclude From ‘ Mixed ’ Results In Payment Reform Evaluations?
Now that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) repeal-and-replace process is coming to an end, perhaps it’s a good time to turn to an area of health policy where there is considerably more bipartisan consensus: payment reform. Even here, however, challenges remain. A recent spate of evaluations, reviews, and published perspectives have cast doubt on the promise and spending-reduction potential of care coordination initiatives, shared savings accountable care organizations (ACOs), patient-centered medical homes, and bundled payments in particular. As the Trump administration, members of Congress, states, and other health care sta...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - August 14, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Len Nichols, Alison E. Cuellar, Lorens Helmchen, Gilbert Gimm and Jay Want Tags: Costs and Spending Featured Payment Policy Accountable Care Organizations Patient-Centered Medical Home Payment Reform Source Type: blogs
Sometimes high-tech care can be high value
“Can you hear it?” she asked with a smile. The thin, pleasant lady seemed as struck by her murmur as I was. She was calm, perhaps amused by the clumsy second-year medical student listening to her heart.
“Yes, yes I can,” I replied, barely concealing my excitement. We had just learned about the heart sounds in class. This was my first time hearing anything abnormal on a patient, though it was impossible to miss — her heart was practically shouting at me.
Her mitral valve prolapse — a fairly common, benign condition — had progressed into acute mitral regurgitation. She came to the hospital short of ...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 7, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/karan-chhabra" rel="tag" > Karan Chhabra < /a > Tags: Conditions Health reform Heart Radiology Source Type: blogs
The Financial Review Looks At Digital Health, Smartphones And The Like. Fascinating Stuff!
The Weekend AFR had a series of articles of articles on Digital Health last week.First we had:Dr Smartphone and the digital health revolutionUpdated Jul 27 2017 at 11:00 PM by Martin U. M üller The airplane had just taken off when one of the passengers lost consciousness. Eric Topol pulled his smartphone out of his pocket and immediately performed an electrocardiogram (EKG) on the passenger. He used the device to do an ultrasound scan of the man's heart and measured oxygen levels in his blood.He was then able to give the all-clear and the plane could continue its journey. The man had lost consciousness merely due to a tem...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 4, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
Medtronics New Avalus Pericardial Aortic Surgical Valve Approved in U.S. and Europe
Medtronic today announced FDA approval and European CE marking of the company’s Avalus pericardial aortic surgical valve. The device is currently the only stented surgical aortic valve that does not limit patients’ ability to undergo MR...
Source: Medgadget - August 2, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Source Type: blogs
A medical student is diagnosed with cancer. Here is his story.
I began medical school, like many of my peers, with some experience working with patients. I worked as a volunteer EMT with Cornell University EMS for four years during my undergraduate years; shadowed a cardiologist and an anesthesiologist through Cornell’s Urban Summer program at NYP Hospital–Cornell and worked with patients during Global Medical Brigade trips to rural Honduras. All of this sparked my interest in medicine, but to claim I had any real understanding of a patient’s existential journey through serious disease would be an overstatement.
That changed abruptly at the start of my first year at Albert Einst...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 2, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/ari-bernstein" rel="tag" > Ari Bernstein < /a > Tags: Conditions Cancer Medical school Source Type: blogs
How Much Is That CAT Scan in the Window?
ANISH KOKA, MD
Who knew healthcare could be so complex? The GOP proposal for health care reform rests on health savings accounts and high deductible health plans. The basic premise is that price opacity, and deep pocketed third party payers drive up the cost of health care. Giving patients dollars in health savings accounts they control should make them price sensitive, and thus help reduce the cost of healthcare. A recent analysis by Drs. Chandra and others provides an interesting perspective on the matter.
The researchers took a large self insured firm that required all of its employees to switch from an insuran...
Source: The Health Care Blog - July 27, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: anish_koka Tags: Uncategorized Anish Koka Source Type: blogs
The Top Medical Specialties with the Biggest Potential in the Future
Some say technology will replace 80% of doctors in the future. I disagree. Instead, technology will finally allow doctors to focus on what makes them good physicians: treating patients and innovating, while automation does the repetitive part of the work. While every specialty will benefit from digital health, some will especially thrive due to these innovations. Here, we enlisted the medical fields with the biggest potential for development in the future.
No More Repetition – Doctors of the Future Will Treat and Innovate
Artificial intelligence, wearable sensors, virtual reality, medical robots – these disrup...
Source: The Medical Futurist - July 11, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Health Sensors & Trackers Personalized Medicine AI artificial intelligence gc4 Healthcare IBM Innovation medical technology wearables Source Type: blogs
3D Printed Patient Cardiovascular Anatomy to Guide Replacement Heart Valves
In cases of heart valve replacements, surgeons have different sizes and options to choose from, each prosthetic device having its unique qualities and limitations. Predicting the best replacement heart valve for patient’s specific morphology ma...
Source: Medgadget - July 5, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Source Type: blogs
The Future of Radiology and Artificial Intelligence
What if an algorithm could tell you whether you have cancer based on your CT scan or mammography exam? While I am certain that radiologists’ creative work will be necessary in the future to solve complex issues and supervising diagnostic processes; AI will definitely become part of their daily routine in diagnosing simpler cases and taking over repetitive tasks. So rather than getting threatened by it, we should familiarize with how it could help change the course of radiology for the better.
Radiologists who use AI will replace those who don’t
There is a lot of hype and plenty of fear around artificial intelligence an...
Source: The Medical Futurist - June 29, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Radiology AI artificial intelligence cancer CT scanning gc4 Health Healthcare ibm watson Innovation medical imaging MRI technology Source Type: blogs
Men ’ s Health Month: Getting Back to the Basics
You know the type. The macho guy who’s rough, tough, go-it-alone, leader-of-the-pack, help-not-wanted. Macho man may put off seeing a doctor for a checkup – because he thinks he’s invincible, doesn’t get sick, it’s a waste of time, only for the weak.
Physicians at the University of Maryland Medical Center say some men only give in when they have symptoms, when major treatments are required, or when preventive steps are more demanding. Even so, it’s never too late to start on the road to health.
June, Men’s Health Month, is a great time to focus on preventable health problems and encourage early detection and ...
Source: Life in a Medical Center - June 28, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: UMMC Tags: Health Tips Heart/Cardiac Care heart health mens health Source Type: blogs
