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California’s Medical Misinformation Law Facing Legal Challenges
Special Reports > Features — A federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement for plaintiffs in two cases by Jennifer Henderson, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today February 3, 2023 Late last month, a federal judge in California granted a preliminary injunction in a pair of related lawsuits filed in opposition to the state's new medical misinformation
Medical History Books
One of my hobbies is buying up pre-antibiotic medical books. If you look at the history of western medicine, it’s often been a wash: it’s still not all that clear if letting a doctor treat you is a better idea than staying home, eating right, exercising and minding your own business. For example: click here.
Sweetwater Medical reduces patients’ blood pressure and weight with AI and RPM
Sweetwater Medical Associates is a single-clinic family practice and internal medicine facility in Sugar Land, Texas. It has five providers, as well as a staff team including eight medical assistants (MAs). THE PROBLEM Since the COVID-19 pandemic, Sweetwater has been perpetually short-staffed. The team always has seemed strapped for time, finding it challenging to monitor
Embedded Bias: How Medical Records Sow Discrimination
David Confer, a bicyclist and an audio technician, told his doctor he “used to be Ph.D. level” during a 2019 appointment in Washington, D.C. Confer, then 50, was speaking figuratively: He was experiencing brain fog — a symptom of his liver problems. But did his doctor take him seriously? Now, after his death, Confer’s partner
Boosting medical oxygen supplies in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Kinshasa – In her small office at University Clinics of Kinshasa, nurse Agnès Bisilwala has her eyes trained on a row of large gas cylinders. “In the past, three or four days could go by without enough medical oxygen for our COVID-19 patients in intensive care,” she says. “Many of them were unable to maintain
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Samsung Medical Center in South Korea first to achieve Stage 7 INFRAM worldwide
Samsung Medical Center in South Korea has become the first healthcare provider in the world to reach the highest stage for the HIMSS Infrastructure Adoption Model. The eight-stage INFRAM measures the maturity of a healthcare facility's IT infrastructure across five areas: mobility, security, collaboration, transport, and data centre. WHY IT MATTERS SMC has been working…
Financial hardship had a significant association with premature death among cancer survivors, irrespective of health insurance coverage, an analysis of 25,000 cancer survivors showed. Almost 30% of patients, ages 18-64, reported medical financial hardship, which was associated with a 17% excess mortality risk compared with same-age patients who did not report medical financial hardship, according…
Sick baby? When to seek medical attention
Sick baby? When to seek medical attentionWhen a healthy baby gets sick, don't panic. Understand when to call the doctor and when to seek emergency care for your baby.By Mayo Clinic Staff When you have a baby occasional infections and fevers may be inevitable. But even parents who have experience with sick babies can have…
Medical dressing works like duct tape to seal internal wounds
Wounds in the gut can cause dangerous infections, but a sticky medical dressing can patch them up and allow them to heal Technology 2 February 2022 By Alex Wilkins A duct tape-inspired bandage bioadhesive patchXuanhe Zhao et al. A transparent dressing inspired by duct tape has been shown to quickly heal internal injuries in rats.…
Building a medical device security program isn’t always easy – but it’s worth it
The rise in connected medical devices has given providers the chance to access advanced diagnostic insights, allowing clinicians to monitor individuals remotely and respond to changing health needs more quickly. But at the same time, experts caution, the uptick in connected devices' use presents a potential security concern – one that could have a direct…