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Automatic Detection of Osteoporosis in Electronic Consultation (eConsult) Service Using Natural Language Processing [Health care informatics]

Annals of Family Medicine

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Outcome Measures We used a combination of evaluation indices, such as accuracy, precision, recall, to decide the optimum feature engineering approach and model. Results Training sample from eConsult, TFIDF transformation with the Stochastic Gradient Descent model could distinguish osteoporosis cases by 91% accuracy.

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BE labeling Rule Challenge Largely Fails but Court Takes Issue with Electronic and Text Message Disclosure Options

FDA Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

Plaintiffs challenged the use of the term bioengineered (rather than GMO or genetically engineered), the limitation of the mandatory disclosure being required only if the food contains detectable modified genetic material and the options of using a QR code disclosure or a text message for the disclosure statement.

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Wearable skin patch monitors hemoglobin in deep tissues

Medical Xpress

DECEMBER 16, 2022

A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed an electronic patch that can monitor biomolecules in deep tissues, including hemoglobin.

Engineering

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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

JUNE 21, 2025

Running trials in animals will take additional engineering and safety tests. In February 2017, experts at the Center for Genome Engineering, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) reported the use of CRISPR in performing “gene surgery” in the layer of tissue that supports the retina of living mice.

Diabetes

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FDA Releases Final Guidance on Use of Digital Health Technologies for Remote Data Acquisition in Clinical Investigations

FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Considerations for design of usability evaluation are provided as well as a statement that the principles in the FDA’s guidance on Applying Human Factors and Usability Engineering to Medical Devices may be helpful in designing appropriate usability evaluations for DHTs.

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Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Permanente Medicine

MAY 20, 2025

Nguyen shared the multiple benefits of an AI ambient listening tool — recently rolled out nationally to more than 25,000 Permanente physicians — that transcribes office visits (with patient consent) that can be edited and added to electronic health records. The second thing is really around patient self-service.

Patient-Centered

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Mastering Responses to FDA 510(k) AI Letters: A Strategic Approach

FDA Law Blog

JULY 10, 2023

When a firm submits a Traditional 510(k), FDA first performs the acceptance review to determine whether a submission is administratively complete, or passes the technical screening for an electronic submission submitted using the eSTAR. An AI letter typically begins with the most significant deficiencies.

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Texas invests $50M in psychedelic drug research to treat addiction

Medical Xpress

JUNE 16, 2025

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Rewiring the body clock: Deep brain imaging reveals unexpected complexity in jet lag adjustment

Medical Xpress

JUNE 16, 2025

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Provider Complication Medical Diabetes

Artificial Intelligence: Charlotta Lindvall, Matt DeCamp, Sei Lee

GeriPal

JUNE 15, 2023

Audio: [electronic voice] Alex Smith has been taken over by an artificial intelligence. Charlotta: But that’s where generative AI, what I’m like, one thing I’m really excited about is this new field called prompt engineering. This is Eric Widera. But we don’t actually know what the data inputs are.

IT

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Improving Nursing Home Quality: Jasmine Travers, Alice Bonner, Isaac Longobardi, and Mike Wasserman

GeriPal

JANUARY 20, 2023

Summary Transcript Summary In April 2022, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) issued a report on how the United States delivers, regulates, finances, and measures the quality of nursing home care. Mike: Electronic record keeping, Eric, is the government’s gift to defense attorneys.

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Nudges for Prognosis and Comfort Care in the ICU: Kate Courtright, Scott Halpern, & Jaspal Singh

GeriPal

MAY 15, 2025

These were EHR documents in the patient’s chart built within the Atrium Health’s electronic health record, where they document other things. You’re a little bit different from an electronic prompt and a lot more expensive. Like it just doesn’t go into the ether if you put that reasoning. Kate 16:25 Yeah, right.

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Preemies receive sucrose for pain relief—new research shows it doesn't stop long-term impacts on development

Medical Xpress

JUNE 8, 2025

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IT Management Vaccination Medical

Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

GeriPal

JULY 21, 2022

We learned this and much more, and I had a great time making engine noises singing the Woody Guthrie song “driving in my car.” . Or have electronic health record prompts so people remember to ask it? There is a dearth of Certified Driving Rehab Specialists: 12 for the entire state of Colorado! OT programs).

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Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

GeriPal

JUNE 30, 2022

And we looked at the electronic health records at both of those hospital systems, the MGB network, folks who had fee-for-service Medicare coverage from October 2015 to about September 2017, 6,800 patients. Samir: Now, I really try to convey a visceral sense of what a bad outcome looks like instead of data.

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Long-lasting HIV prevention shot headed toward approval

Medical Xpress

JUNE 7, 2025

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Surfers play crucial role in beach safety according to study

Medical Xpress

JUNE 8, 2025

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How to identify a victim of heat exhaustion or heat stroke

Medical Xpress

JUNE 23, 2025

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Gone in a Puff of Smoke? FDA’s Proposed Rule on Maximum Nicotine Levels

FDA Law Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

It would not apply to electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) smokeless tobacco products, nicotine pouch products, or other non-combusted tobacco/nicotine products. FDA provided various ways that the nicotine reduction can be achieved, including tobacco blending, chemical extraction, genetic engineering, and different farming methods.

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Automatic Detection of Osteoporosis in Electronic Consultation (eConsult) Service Using Natural Language Processing [Health care informatics]

BE labeling Rule Challenge Largely Fails but Court Takes Issue with Electronic and Text Message Disclosure Options

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Wearable skin patch monitors hemoglobin in deep tissues

The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

FDA Releases Final Guidance on Use of Digital Health Technologies for Remote Data Acquisition in Clinical Investigations

Podcast: AI, innovation, and value-based care in medicine

Mastering Responses to FDA 510(k) AI Letters: A Strategic Approach

Texas invests $50M in psychedelic drug research to treat addiction

Rewiring the body clock: Deep brain imaging reveals unexpected complexity in jet lag adjustment

Artificial Intelligence: Charlotta Lindvall, Matt DeCamp, Sei Lee

Improving Nursing Home Quality: Jasmine Travers, Alice Bonner, Isaac Longobardi, and Mike Wasserman

Nudges for Prognosis and Comfort Care in the ICU: Kate Courtright, Scott Halpern, & Jaspal Singh

Preemies receive sucrose for pain relief—new research shows it doesn't stop long-term impacts on development

Time to stop driving? Podcast with Emmy Betz and Terri Cassidy

Dementia and high risk surgery: Joel Weissman and Samir Shah

Long-lasting HIV prevention shot headed toward approval

Surfers play crucial role in beach safety according to study

How to identify a victim of heat exhaustion or heat stroke

Gone in a Puff of Smoke? FDA’s Proposed Rule on Maximum Nicotine Levels

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