Join Kismet Health on January 24 at 3pm ET for a 30-minute webinar, Integrating the Latest Evidence on Drawing into Pediatric Telehealth. This webinar will focus on research by Dr. Chethan Sarabu, of Stanford Medicine, on children’s drawings in a general pediatric setting. His paper entitled “Drawing Play: A Content Analysis of Children’s Drawings of … Read more
The use of AI in healthcare fills some people with feelings of enthusiasm, some with fear and some with both. In fact, a new survey from the American Medical Association showed that nearly half of physicians are equally excited and concerned about the introduction of AI into their field. Some key reasons people have reservations … Read more
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services unveiled a new care model on Friday that aims to help state Medicaid agencies improve maternal health outcomes. The 10-year payment and care-delivery model is called the Transforming Maternal Health (TMaH) Model. It will “support participating state Medicaid agencies (SMAs) in developing and implementing a whole-person approach … Read more
Alpha Sophia announces an upcoming change to its pricing structure for the Growth Plan, effective from January 1, 2024. To better align with the usage patterns of its valued customers, Alpha Sophia will increase its annual price to $4,800 and include three users by default. The cost for additional users to the platform will remain … Read more
The FDA recalled 60 medical devices last year, and the running total for this year is 56. The good news is that there’s a startup working to make future totals lower. The startup, named Ketryx, announced the close of a $14 million Series A funding round on Tuesday. The round, which brings the company’s total … Read more
Fulfilling a patient’s wish of getting to meet his newborn granddaughter before he passed. Comforting a cancer patient as she navigated a difficult treatment journey. Acting quickly to save a newborn during a labor emergency while helping the mother stay calm. These are just some of the moments that exemplify the incredible impact of nurses. … Read more
AI startup Hoppr teamed up with AWS to launch a new foundation model to help bring more generative AI solutions into medical imaging, the companies announced on Sunday at RSNA 2023, the annual radiology and medical imaging conference in Chicago. The new product, named Grace, is a B2B model designed to help application developers build … Read more
As a cardiologist, I see this kind of scenario play out on a daily basis. A patient comes in for a routine procedure and a heart murmur is detected. This murmur could have several different diagnoses. While they can be a sign of something more serious, many of the heart murmurs we hear on a … Read more
About 44% of people in jail and 37% of people in prison have a mental illness. In addition, 63% of people in jail and 58% of people in prison have a substance use disorder. Yet, support is often lacking for this population. This was the topic of discussion on a recent panel of behavioral health … Read more
While breast cancer garners widespread attention, mental health awareness often lingers in the shadows when compared to other medical conditions. The two diseases stand at opposite ends of the spectrum of diagnosis, treatment and scientific understanding. It’s time to take a page from advances in breast cancer diagnosis and care and apply it to mental … Read more