Tech & Innovation
Primer for artificial intelligence in primary care.
10 Feb, 2022 | 08:36h | UTCPrimer for artificial intelligence in primary care – Canadian Family Physician
Editorial: Artificial intelligence and the family physician
Review | AI and the cardiologist: when mind, heart and machine unite.
8 Feb, 2022 | 08:28h | UTCAI and the cardiologist: when mind, heart and machine unite – OpenHeart
Review: video-based telemedicine for kidney disease care.
7 Feb, 2022 | 08:22h | UTCPatient Voice: Patient Views on Telehealth for Kidney Disease Care – Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
First patients vaccinated in clinical trial of HIV experimental vaccine that uses Moderna’s mRNA technology.
4 Feb, 2022 | 08:25h | UTC
Perspective: What’s next for digital mental health companies?
4 Feb, 2022 | 08:24h | UTCWhat’s next for digital mental health companies? – STAT
Cluster randomized controlled trial: An innovative telemedical network to improve infectious disease management in critically ill patients and outpatients.
3 Feb, 2022 | 08:53h | UTCRelated:
The “Choosing Wisely” initiative in infectious diseases – German Society of Infectious Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Infectious Diseases Society of America: Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question
Robot performs first laparoscopic surgery in a pig without human help.
30 Jan, 2022 | 14:31h | UTCAutonomous robotic laparoscopic surgery for intestinal anastomosis – Science Robotics
Commentaries:
Robot performs first laparoscopic surgery without human help – Johns Hopkins University
In a First, a Robot Performs Laparoscopic Surgery on Pig Without Human Help – HealthDay
The positive side of the coin: Sars-Cov-2 pandemic has taught us how much Telemedicine is useful as standard of care procedure in real life.
28 Jan, 2022 | 08:30h | UTC
During the COVID-19 pandemic, female, primary care, and behavioral health physicians were most likely to be early adopters of virtual health care. Physicians born between 1928 and 1945 and in surgical specialties were less likely to be early adopters.
28 Jan, 2022 | 08:20h | UTC
RCT: Electronic directly observed therapy is noninferior to in-person observed therapy for ensuring adherence to tuberculosis treatment.
26 Jan, 2022 | 01:58h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
In this 2-year study, data showed that electronic directly observed therapy (eDOT) was as effective as traditional in-person DOT for ensuring high adherence to treatment of tuberculosis disease. @CDC_TB @nycHealthy @ColumbiaMed https://t.co/yTrU1JRuwn pic.twitter.com/QXthE4d266
— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) January 20, 2022
An artificial intelligence system can help predict myocardial infarction through retinal scans and minimal personal information.
26 Jan, 2022 | 01:44h | UTCNews release: Using the eye as a window into heart disease – University of Leeds
Original study: Predicting myocardial infarction through retinal scans and minimal personal information – Nature Machine Intelligence (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Review: Artificial intelligence in health and medicine.
24 Jan, 2022 | 08:16h | UTCAI in health and medicine – Nature Medicine (if the link is paywalled, try this one)
Related: High-Performance Medicine: The Convergence of Human and Artificial Intelligence
Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)
🆕 Our review of #AI for medicine, just published @NatureMedicine https://t.co/OAoAGmErns@pranavrajpurkar, Emma Chen, Oishi Banerjee pic.twitter.com/oufp3nnOob
— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) January 20, 2022
Perspective: Preventing digital overdiagnosis.
24 Jan, 2022 | 08:14h | UTCPreventing Digital Overdiagnosis – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Related: Overdiagnosis: it’s official – the term is now included in the medical subject headings (MeSH) vocabulary. (several articles on the subject)
Artificial intelligence for diagnosis and Gleason grading of prostate cancer: the PANDA challenge.
16 Jan, 2022 | 22:41h | UTCCommentary: Large international evaluation shows AI accurately diagnoses prostate cancer – Karolinska Institutet
Commentary from one of the authors on Twitter (thread – click for more)
Honored to be part of the recently published study in Nature Medicine on the global #AI competition PANDA as a member of the @Google team and an expert panel of 6 US and Canadian Uropathologists. Check out this thread for my 5 top takeaways 👇#pathology #PathTwitter
— Dr. Mahul Amin (@DrMahul) January 14, 2022
The year in cardiovascular medicine 2021: digital health and innovation.
13 Jan, 2022 | 08:27h | UTCThe year in cardiovascular medicine 2021: digital health and innovation – European Heart Journal
Using wearable data, a real-time alerting system can be used for the early detection of Covid-19 and other stress events.
1 Dec, 2021 | 09:59h | UTCReal-time alerting system for COVID-19 and other stress events using wearable data – Nature Medicine
Commentary: Scientists develop a smartwatch-based device for early detection of COVID-19 – News Medical
Commentary on Twitter
A study in @NatureMedicine shows that a smartwatch-based alerting system was able to detect pre-symptomatic and asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection in a high percentage of cases. https://t.co/tquzpYa4pV pic.twitter.com/VIq3phKZ7J
— Nature Portfolio (@NaturePortfolio) November 30, 2021
193 countries adopt first-ever global agreement on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence.
30 Nov, 2021 | 10:16h | UTCNews Release: 193 countries adopt first-ever global agreement on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence – United Nations
See Guidance: Outcome document: first draft of the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence – United Nations
Viewpoint: The growing phenomenon of “virtual-first” primary care.
24 Nov, 2021 | 08:39h | UTCThe Growing Phenomenon of “Virtual-First” Primary Care – JAMA (free for a limited period)
RCT: Educating outpatients for bowel preparation before colonoscopy using virtual reality videos improved bowel preparation, polyp and adenoma detection rates, and improved compliance and satisfaction.
23 Nov, 2021 | 08:28h | UTC
Commentary on Twitter
RCT finds patients who received virtual reality video education before a colonoscopy had better bowel preparation, higher polyp and adenoma detection rates, and improved compliance and satisfaction. https://t.co/dAUtFf2m4B pic.twitter.com/RKAVZcVGuy
— JAMA Network Open (@JAMANetworkOpen) November 22, 2021
Pro-Con Debate: Should all babies have their genome sequenced at birth?
19 Nov, 2021 | 10:19h | UTCShould all babies have their genome sequenced at birth? – The BMJ
Related:
Review: Genome sequencing as a diagnostic test.
Novel gene therapy for hemophilia A leads to sustained expression of clotting factor and reduced bleeding events.
19 Nov, 2021 | 10:25h | UTCOriginal Study: Multiyear Factor VIII Expression after AAV Gene Transfer for Hemophilia A – New England Journal of Medicine
Commentary on Twitter
3.5 years after therapy with factor VIII-containing adeno-associated virus, 16 of 18 men with hemophilia A had enough factor VIII expression that bleeding events were reduced to nearly zero and prophylaxis was discontinued. https://t.co/n3cPyjGDkn pic.twitter.com/vPyz0OmT1S
— NEJM (@NEJM) November 18, 2021
Observational study found monitoring outpatients with Covid-19 using text messages that allowed the report of worsening symptoms was associated with improved outcomes.
17 Nov, 2021 | 08:53h | UTCNews Release: Automated Texting System Saved Lives Weekly During First COVID Surge – Penn Medicine
Commentaries:
Monitoring outpatients by text appeared to reduce mortality from COVID-19 – ACP Internist
Texting saved lives during Covid. What does that mean for health care’s future? – STAT
Commentary from the author on Twitter (thread – click for more)
1/ For the >80,000 people in the U.S who will test positive for #Covid19 today, what can we offer to support access to care but help them safely remain at home?
Our team is excited to finally share important, new findings out today in @AnnalsofIM
👉https://t.co/VOtpucwWGD pic.twitter.com/UbNRP5bnW4— M. Kit Delgado, MD, MS (@kit_delgadoMD) November 16, 2021
Whole genome sequencing may improve the diagnosis of rare diseases and shorten diagnostic journeys for patients.
11 Nov, 2021 | 08:46h | UTCOriginal Study: 100,000 Genomes Pilot on Rare-Disease Diagnosis in Health Care — Preliminary Report – New England Journal of Medicine
Related:
Review: Genome sequencing as a diagnostic test.
Review: Genome sequencing as a diagnostic test.
28 Oct, 2021 | 09:42h | UTCGenome sequencing as a diagnostic test – Canadian Medical Association Journal
Opinion | We Need to Ground Truth Assumptions about Gene Therapy – “Researchers, practitioners and patients must balance the discipline’s promise with its reality”.
27 Oct, 2021 | 01:21h | UTCWe Need to Ground Truth Assumptions about Gene Therapy – Nature