#DigitalHealthReadingList – Aug 13th
Wolfgang Schleifer
Digital Health Transformation and Strategy Leader | Health & Life Science | Pharma & Medical Devices Industry | University Lecturer | Board Member
August 13th, 2023;?my weekly?#DigitalHealthReadingList?provides you a selection of the most interesting?Digital Health?articles of the last couple of days.
By SciTechDaily
The integration of AI tools into clinical practice, such as clinical decision support (CDS) algorithms, is aiding physicians in crucial decision-making regarding patient diagnosis and treatment. However, the success of these technologies depends largely on physicians’ understanding of these tools, a skill set that is currently lacking.
By Forbes
By 2050, hearing loss could impact one in ten people, including millions of children and young adults. Thanks to recent technological advances, we're seeing groundbreaking developments in AI that offer fresh hope. AI-driven hearing aids have demonstrated an ability to improve hearing ability in noisy conditions by 55%.
By MIT News
For a small percentage of cancer patients, doctors are unable to determine where their cancer originated. This makes it much more difficult to choose a treatment for those patients, because many cancer drugs are typically developed for specific cancer types. Predictions from the OncoNPC model could enable doctors to choose targeted treatments for difficult-to-treat tumors.
By CNBC
Hospitals like Baptist Health in Jacksonville, Florida, are looking at ways to leverage AI to cut down on administrative tasks which contribute to burnout for nurses and doctors. Its doctors are using an app from Microsoft’s Nuance unit to transcribe and document patient visits. While hospitals are requiring doctors to review AI-generated notes before putting them in patient records, there are concerns that process may become too automated.
By Bizz Buzz
Mobile applications and digital health platforms complement wearables by enabling users to record and analyze their BP readings, offering personalized insights and actionable recommendations. This integration fosters better self-awareness and encourages proactive lifestyle changes to improve overall cardiovascular health.
By The Register
Med-PaLM 2 is based on Google's large language model PaLM 2, and is fine-tuned on medical information. Google is under pressure from a US lawmaker to explain how it trains and deploys its medical chatbot Med-PaLM 2 in hospitals.
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By FIERCE Biotech
The nod extends the Nerivio system’s existing CE mark, which was granted in 2020 and allowed the technology to be used in Europe for acute relief of migraine symptoms. Theranica's Nerivio system works by stimulating peripheral nerves in the arm, with a goal of triggering drug-free pain management mechanisms in the nervous system to relieve headache and other painful symptoms of migraines.
By Carnegie Mellon University
Rema Padman, Trustees Professor of Management Science and Healthcare Informatics at Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, recently sat down to share some of her research and to discuss the opportunities and challenges of AI in health care. Some of the topics are enhancing health literacy and the creation of a digital vaccine.
By arsTECHNICA
In nature, antibodies are the body’s response to disease and serve as the immune system’s front-line troops. They’re strands of protein that are specially shaped to stick to foreign invaders so that they can be flushed from the system. But designing these antibodies is a slow process for humans—protein designers must wade through the millions of potential combinations of amino acids to find the ones that will fold together in exactly the right way, and then test them all experimentally.
By FIERCE Healthcare
Cigna is teaming up with Virgin Pulse to launch a new, personalized digital health program for its members. The new platform will be available through the myCigna portal and allows users to set their personal health goals and track daily progress. They can then receive real-time feedback and guidance that's based on the data they've submitted, according to an announcement.
By pharmaphorum
An AI-powered platform to help people manage chronic health conditions, has been shown to improve outcomes in a pair of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) in people with asthma and depression.
By Forbes
Around 70% of U.S. adults surveyed by Morning Consult said they are “concerned” about AI in healthcare. The most concerned group was Baby Boomers at 77% percent, while Millennials and GenZers were tied at 63%.
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