Why AI in healthcare isn’t about disruption
A 10-year collaboration aims to create and deploy AI the “right” way – practically, methodically, and embedded into devices, workflows and applications used today Technology is all about disruption, but a doctor operating on a patient doesn’t want to be “disrupted.” Digital solutions that clinicians are eager to embrace won’t lead to additional clicks, require extensive training, or feature some flashy object that’s distracting to the task at hand. The best tools will simplify, prioritize and organize. They will take
From the Andes to the Amazon: diagnosing breast cancer in Latin America just got easier
New technology “by women, for women” is making mammography more comfortable for patients in Colombia and Brazil When you see Medellin, Colombia and Manaus, Brazil on a map, they stand alone among the miles of lush jungle and rolling mountain peaks around them. Medellin is a city of 2.5 million people in the northwest part of Colombia, in a valley of the Andes Mountains, and Manaus is a city of 2.1 million residents in northern Brazil, in the middle of the
Roleplaying for Healthcare Training: Game On, And Let The Learning Begin!
How a learning and research center uses simulation games to help caregivers work better together “The tension in the army tent is palpable. The medical officer assesses victims swiftly while the military nurse and the military aid are taking care of the many wounded, stopping bleedings, intubating victims and stabilizing vital signs. Their helmets and bulletproofs vests are heavy and keep getting in the way of their movements. Flashes and vibrations indicate yet another wave of shells has hit the
This Doctor is Never in, and That’s a Good Thing
Meet the doctor who is reviving a disappearing practice: making house calls Fifteen weeks pregnant, Sarah woke up in the middle of the night to discover she was bleeding. Her husband was traveling. She was alone and frightened. But she knew who to call. Within an hour, Dr. Ernest Brown was at her house in northern Virginia with a medical kit and pocket-sized ultrasound. After a brief evaluation, there was enough reassurance that she didn’t feel the need to go
Going viral: How a new factory-in-a-box is helping scale up manufacturing of viral vector-based therapies to reach more patients
Manufacturing viral vector-based therapies such as vaccines and gene and cell therapies is complex, but a new manufacturing solution helps solve those challenges Between 2014 and 2016 West Africa – starting in Guinea before moving to Sierra Leon and Liberia – faced the largest and most complex Ebola outbreak since the virus was first discovered in 1976. Over 28,000 cases of Ebola were reported and 11,315 people died. Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a severe, often deadly disease in humans
It takes a lot of medical devices to care for 1.4 billion people. Here’s how one hospital is making it work
How one hospital increased its device operation and maintenance efficiency by nearly 10% and device operating rate by 17% Advanced medical devices are closely related to the health and safety of patients, making them some of the most important equipment in modern hospitals. But when a nurse or doctor can’t find the right device at the right time, their patients’ lives could be on the line. In China, approximately 10% of the population is over the age of 65, and
