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The Future Of Vision And Eye Care

The Medical Futurist

The 80-year-old Ray Flynn lost his central vision entirely, but with the help of the retinal implant, he could make out shapes on the computer screen. Running trials in animals will take additional engineering and safety tests. How far can you see and hear? What about the smell of the flowers? How about touching or tasting? Globally 1.1

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Reducing The Effort for Performing Systematic Reviews Using Natural Language Processing And Large Language Models [Systematic review, meta-analysis, or scoping review]

Annals of Family Medicine

Objective The aim is to evaluate the feasibility of an instructed large language model (LLM) to assist with human synthesis such as temporal topic search and screening by citation in systematic reviews for Brain-Heart-Interconnectome (BHI) to support reporting guidelines, such as CONSORT and SPIRIT.

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New Report: U.S. Primary Care System Crumbling Amid Historic Disinvestment and Surge in Chronic Diseases

The Physicians Foundation

Health systems and payers are asking primary care physicians to take on more — manage multiple complex conditions, answer patient emails, handle insurance administration, and provide mental health and social needs screenings,” said Christopher F. Key findings include: 1. health spending, with spending on Medicare falling to 3.4%

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How Your Emotional Health Impacts Blood Pressure

Imperial Center Family Medicine

It’s similar to revving a car engine for too long while staying still. However, chronic stress keeps your body in a continuous state of high alert. Over time, this can cause persistent hypertension and extra strain on your cardiac system. Finding healthy emotional outlets is essential.

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Hearing Loss in Geriatrics and Palliative Care: A Podcast with Nick Reed and Meg Wallhagen

GeriPal

Screening for addressing hearing loss should be an integral part of what we do in geriatrics and palliative care, but it often is either a passing thought or completely ignored. How to screen for hearing loss. I’m guessing not. Communication techniques we can use when talking to individuals with hearing loss. Meg: Thank you very much.

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

Permanente Medicine

” Related AI scribes story: Analysis: AI scribes save physicians time, improve patient interactions and work satisfaction Dr. Nguyen also highlighted the potential to utilize artificial intelligence and Kaiser Permanente’s extensive medical database to develop predictive analytic models aimed at enhancing patient care.

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HP&M Files Comments Opposing FDA’s Proposed LDT Rule

FDA Law

Tests such as genetic testing of prospective parents, prenatal screening, cancer prognosis, and testing for rare diseases play a critical role in the health care system. Part 11, the need to hire new laboratory personnel, and engage outside experts such as Contract Research Organizations, biostatisticians, lawyers, and software engineers.