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ScienceAlert
Late last year, famed physicist Stephen Hawking issued a warning that the continued advancement of artificial intelligence will either be "the best, or the worst thing, ever to happen to humanity." We've all seen the "Terminator" movies, and the apocalyptic nightmare that the self-aware AI system, Skynet, wrought upon humanity, and now results from recent behavior tests of Google's new DeepMind AI system are making it clear just how careful we need to be when building the robots of the future.
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The Hill
With Fitbit’s recent announcement of its plans to purchase Twine Health, a HIPAA-compliant, cloud-based health management platform, applications of wearable technology in healthcare are poised to expand substantially within the next few years. Already, consumer products like the Apple Watch could potentially detect diabetes with its heart rate sensor and step counter. But the tech giant’s foray into the digital health market extends even further with its Health app, which allows users to download and view parts of their medical records.
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Harvard Business Review
Jonathan Woodson writes: "In a landmark 2016 study Johns Hopkins researchers estimated that more than 250,000 Americans die each year from treatment-related mistakes, making medical error the third-leading cause of death in the United States. As a former military flight surgeon trained in aviation accident investigations, I know well the hazards of misusing or mistrusting instruments. In contrast to health care, aviation has been an early adopter of decision-support technology — the “fly by wire” flight-control computers that prevent unsafe operation of the aircraft and reduce maintenance costs and pilot workloads."
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Johns Hopkins University
Limiting first-year medical residents to 16-hour work shifts, compared to "flexing" them to allow for some longer shifts, generally makes residents more satisfied with their training and work-life balance, and makes their training directors more dissatisfied with curtailed educational opportunities, a new study from the New England Journal of Medicine has found. For the study, investigators from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania surveyed and tracked the activities of thousands of first-year residents in 63 internal medicine training programs nationwide.
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Sentinel World® is the only community simulation product available with contrasting environments and interactive elements for comprehensive and immersive learning. Available in ADA-compliant versions, Sentinel World® includes 100+ pages of comprehensive assignments, 24-hour student and faculty support and online resources, as well as other robust support materials, making implementation easy.
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PSFK
Smashing mushrooms as a virtual plumber or pounding the control buttons in a boxing game might at first seem a world away from the realm of health and wellness, but the value of video games and other technologies, such as virtual reality, are steadily increasing beyond the realm of entertainment and into other sectors. This includes the military, where video games have long been used in training practice, and perhaps more surprisingly in healthcare, where technology-enabled experiences are changing the ways patients receive treatment, ultimately improving outcomes in lieu of traditional medications.
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VICE
First responders are changing the way they respond to mass shooting events in hopes of increasing the odds of survival for victims of AR-15 or military-style assault rifles. The new protocols are called the Hartford Consensus, which borrow from war zone training to teach first responders how to pack wounds and apply tourniquets, with a focus on stopping massive bleeding quickly.
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Dorothy L. Tengler
Every year, about 795,000 people in the United States have a stroke, and approximately two-thirds of these individuals survive and require rehabilitation. Nearly half of older stroke survivors experience moderate to severe disability, but researchers have been examining new therapeutic treatments, including video games. In 2015, mortality from stroke was the fifth-leading cause of death in the U.S., and stroke was a leading cause of long-term severe disability.
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Laerdal Medical
If you’re thinking simulation, what’s the right level of fidelity for you? The answer depends on your training objectives, the experience level of your learners, and your budget. Task trainers, standardized patients, hybrid simulation, and high-fidelity simulators all have their place. This article will help you make the best choice to improve maternal outcomes. Read more
National Geographic
Visiting a hospital emergency room for medical attention can make anyone feel vulnerable. But for transgender patients, the experience can be even more harrowing. Gaps in staff knowledge about transgender health contribute to patients’ uncertainty about receiving prejudice-free, competent care. That in turn leads to alarming statistics about the well-being of the transgender community.
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The American Society of Anesthesiologists® and CAE Healthcare bring simulation to you! For the first time, practicing physicians will experience highfidelity scenarios in a virtual environment. This training helps improve performance in the management of anesthesia emergencies and fulfills continuing medical education and MOCA 2.0® Part II and IV requirements.
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Looking to enhance your Clinical Skills Training program? Are your students preparing for OSCEs, SP training, or Physical Assessment? We can help! OtoSim 2 and OphthoSim are designed for both teaching and assessment needs of medical, PA, NP, and Nursing Programs. Learn more about our simulators and task trainers at OtoSim.com.
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Harvard Business Review
Some of the biggest medical advances of the last few decades have been in diagnostic imaging—ultrasonogaphy, mammography, computerized tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and so on. The same forces that have propelled technology developments elsewhere — tiny cameras, smaller and faster processors, and real-time data streaming — have revolutionized how doctors use imaging in performing procedures. Almost every surgery involves some sort of a scan prior to incision. Even in emergencies, surgeons have ultrasound or CT to help guide the procedure.
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Keith Carlson
Every healthcare organization is a rich repository of accumulated wisdom that serves as the underpinnings of that organization's overall identity and values. While website mission statements are one aspect of identity for a healthcare facility or system, truly distinctive character and wisdom are represented by the memory, knowledge and skill of the individuals who are intrinsic parts of the collective whole. Intelligent healthcare leaders recognize this dynamic by actively honoring, valuing and preserving institutional memory.
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Knox News
If someone were bleeding to death right beside you, would you recognize the danger?
Would you know how to stop the bleeding?
Debi Tuggle and Gigi Taylor want as many people as possible to be able to answer "yes." Tuggle and Taylor, registered nurses and trauma coordinators for the University of Tennessee Medical Center, have spent the past year training anyone willing to listen how to recognize life-threatening bleeding, apply direct pressure to wounds, pack a wound and apply a tourniquet.
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WCMH-TV
Medical students at the Ohio State University are using a simulation room at the Wexner Medical Center to practice their response to a mass shooting situation.
A part of the hospital has been transformed to look like a movie theater, where students and staff simulated mass casualty events March 13. Fake gunshots rang out, and students posing as wounded victims covered in fake blood screamed out for help.
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Fortune
It began in December, with CVS’ proposed $69 billion buyout of insurer Aetna. In January, three more corporate behemoths — Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway — said they were forming a joint venture aimed at reducing healthcare costs and improving outcomes for their combined 1 million or so employees. What’s driving this frenzy of health care–related deal-making? On first glance you might think it’s merely the pursuit of mass itself.
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Society of Interventional Radiology via Medical Xpress
A relatively inexpensive 3-D-printed model of a patient's blood vessels is as effective as current commercially available models for training medical students in interventional radiology vascular access, according to a study presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 2018 Annual Scientific Meeting. Interventional radiologists commonly treat patients using less-invasive options to surgery that involve inserting a catheter through a major artery under ultrasound guidance in order to reach internal organs or blood vessels.
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