Tech & Innovation
How Big Tech is Going After Your Health Care
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:38h | UTCHow Big Tech is Going After Your Health Care – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Deep Learning Sharpens Views of Cells and Genes
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:15h | UTCDeep learning sharpens views of cells and genes – Nature (free)
Neural networks are making biological images easier to process.
Harnessing the Power of Technology in Medical Education
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:15h | UTCHarnessing the power of technology in medical education – OUPblog (free)
What Physicians Can do About Ransomware
16 Jan, 2018 | 17:04h | UTCWhat physicians can do about ransomware – ACP Hospitalist (free)
“Protecting a practice doesn’t always require a large investment of money, just time and employee training”.
10 Future Healthcare Jobs To Watch
16 Jan, 2018 | 16:44h | UTC10 Future Healthcare Jobs To Watch – Forbes (free)
Top 10 Tech Advances Shaping Medicine
16 Jan, 2018 | 13:01h | UTCEric Topol’s Top 10 Tech Advances Shaping Medicine – Medscape (free registration required)
Separating the Art of Medicine From Artificial Intelligence
16 Jan, 2018 | 12:52h | UTCSeparating the Art of Medicine From Artificial Intelligence – The Health Care Blog (free) (via @camialderighi)
Research: Machine Learning Model Predicts Sepsis in ICU Patients up to 12 hours Before Diagnosis
13 Jan, 2018 | 19:08h | UTCOriginal article: An Interpretable Machine Learning Model for Accurate Prediction of Sepsis in the ICU – Critical Care Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Systematic Review: Interventions to Reduce the Overuse of Imaging for Pulmonary Embolism
13 Jan, 2018 | 19:04h | UTCInterventions to Reduce the Overuse of Imaging for Pulmonary Embolism: A Systematic Review – Journal of Hospital Medicine (free PDF)
Commentary: Clinical decision support may be best strategy to reduce imaging for pulmonary embolism – ACP Hospitalist (free)
Opinion: What To Expect From Digital Health In 2018?
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:51h | UTCWhat To Expect From Digital Health In 2018? – Medical Futurist (free)
Young Doctors Struggle to Learn Robotic Surgery
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:45h | UTCYoung doctors struggle to learn robotic surgery and often practice in the shadows – STAT (free)
Systematic Review: mHealth Interventions for Maternal and Child Health
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:44h | UTC
Biotech Innovations: iPhone–Based Device Helps Treat River Blindness
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:41h | UTCiPhone–Based Device Helps Treat River Blindness – JAMA (free)
Research: Using Spatial and Temporal Mapping to Identify Nosocomial Disease Transmission
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:18h | UTCCommentaries: UCSF Uses EHR Data to Track Hospital-Acquired Infections – Healthcare Informatics (free) AND C. diff infection trail leads straight to a CT scanner – Health Imaging (free) AND How doctors are providing smarter care with electronic health records – MedicalXpress (free)
Telehealth: Can Home Health Visits Help Keep People Out Of The ER?
2 Jan, 2018 | 16:17h | UTCCan Home Health Visits Help Keep People Out Of The ER? – NPR (free)
Will Gathering Vast Troves of Information Really Lead To Better Health?
1 Jan, 2018 | 12:29h | UTCWill Gathering Vast Troves of Information Really Lead To Better Health? – NPR (free)
Review: Ethical Aspects of Brain Computer Interfaces
1 Jan, 2018 | 12:04h | UTCEthical aspects of brain computer interfaces: a scoping review – BMC Medical Ethics (free)
Commentary: Ethical questions raised by brain-computer interfaces – BMC Series Blog (free)
Blockchains and Health Care: Promising and Moving Quickly, Though no Silver Bullet
31 Dec, 2017 | 15:53h | UTCBlockchains and health care: promising and moving quickly, though no silver bullet – STAT (free) (via @EricTopol see Tweet)
Infographic: Date Night with the Electronic Health Record
29 Dec, 2017 | 19:38h | UTCInfographic: Date Night with the EHR – NEJM Catalyst (free)
Related Guideline: Putting Patients First by Reducing Administrative Tasks in Health Care: A Position Paper of the American College of Physicians (free)
Related Commentary: Why Physician Burnout Is Endemic, and How Health Care Must Respond – NEJM Catalyst (free)
Clinicians Brace for AI to Transform Medicine
29 Dec, 2017 | 19:33h | UTCClinicians Brace for AI to Transform Medicine – MedPage Today (free registration required)
CRISPR-ing Humans in 2018
29 Dec, 2017 | 17:49h | UTC“CRISPR-ing humans in 2018: gearing up for many clinical trials X3” (RT @EricTopol see Tweet)
– CRISPR in 2018: Coming to a Human Near You – MIT Technology Review (free)
– In 2018, We Will CRISPR Human Beings – GIZMODO (free)
– Human CRISPR Trials Will Happen in 2018. They’ll Look Like This – BigThink (free)
Related: Simple guide to CRISPR, one of the biggest science stories of the decade – VOX (free)
How Big Tech is Going After Your Health Care
29 Dec, 2017 | 17:05h | UTCHow Big Tech is Going After Your Health Care – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Research: Noninvasive Cardiac Radiation for Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia
26 Dec, 2017 | 23:24h | UTCNoninvasive Cardiac Radiation for Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: A ‘Game Changer’ for Patients With Irregular Heart Rhythm – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
“The use of stereotactic radiotherapy in five patients with refractory ventricular tachycardia (VT) showed a 99.9% reduction in VT burden”. (via @NEJM see Tweet with infographic)
Artificial Intelligence Promising for CA, Retinopathy Diagnoses
26 Dec, 2017 | 23:21h | UTCArtificial Intelligence Promising for CA, Retinopathy Diagnoses – Physician’s Weekly (free)
Original Article 1: Diagnostic Assessment of Deep Learning Algorithms for Detection of Lymph Node Metastases in Women With Breast Cancer – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Commentary: Findings Show Potential Use of Artificial Intelligence in Detecting Spread of Breast Cancer – The JAMA Network (free)
Original Article 2: Development and Validation of a Deep Learning System for Diabetic Retinopathy and Related Eye Diseases Using Retinal Images From Multiethnic Populations With Diabetes – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text) AND Commentary: Artificial Intelligence Detects Diabetic Retinopathy and Related Eye Diseases among Patients with Diabetes – The JAMA Network (free)
Opinion: Get Ready For A Tsunami Of ECGs
26 Dec, 2017 | 23:10h | UTCGet Ready For A Tsunami Of ECGs – Cardiobrief (free)
Related: Thoughts on the Apple Watch and Mobile ECG, by Dr John Mandrola (free) AND Overdiagnosis Only a Matter of Time With ECG Watches – Medscape (free registration required)