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Clinicians eager to use generative AI to support clinical decision-making, report says

Today, Elsevier Health, a global leader in information and data analytics, released its Clinician of the Future 2023 report, which serves as the global health ecosystem's most recent pulse on what doctors and nurses think about the changes and challenges in healthcare, including the rapid rise of generative AI products and platforms.

7 Sep 2023

Faster mental health treatment could reduce financial burden on the NHS, improve outcomes

The study, which is one of the largest of its kind to date, analysed anonymised data, and was conducted by ieso Digital Health Ltd in partnership with Dorset HealthCare University NHS Trust and York Health Economics Consortium (part of the University of York).

4 Sep 2023

Inorganic nitrate reduces contrast-induced nephropathy in high-risk patients

Inorganic nitrate reduces contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN), improves renal outcomes and reduces cardiac events compared to placebo in patients at risk of renal injury undergoing coronary angiography for acute coronary syndrome, according to late breaking research presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2023.

29 Aug 2023

Drexel University receives grants to support cell and gene therapy education

Drexel University's School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, in collaboration with Drexel's College of Medicine, has received grants from the pharmaceutical company Bristol Myers Squibb, to support the education and training of diverse and talented students looking to pursue careers in cell and gene therapy.

25 Aug 2023

New recommendations to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections in hospitals

Avoiding the unnecessary use of indwelling catheters and promptly removing catheters that are no longer needed are the first steps in preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infections in acute care hospitals, according to new recommendations developed by five medical societies and published today in the journal Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.

25 Aug 2023

New report on the impacts of Michigan’s Medicaid expansion shows positive effects and opportunities for improvement

At a pivotal time for Medicaid health coverage for Americans with low incomes, a report on the impacts of Michigan's Medicaid expansion shows very positive effects, as well as opportunities for continued improvements.

25 Aug 2023

Integrating tobacco cessation care into lung cancer screening improves quit rates

Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer in the United States, and 80% of lung cancer deaths are linked to one risk factor: smoking.

25 Aug 2023

ChatGPT 3.5 provides inappropriate cancer treatment recommendations in one-third of cases, study shows

For many patients, the internet serves as a powerful tool for self-education on medical topics. With ChatGPT now at patients' fingertips, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, assessed how consistently the artificial intelligence chatbot provides recommendations for cancer treatment that align with National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines.

25 Aug 2023

Study shows potential for generative AI to increase access and efficiency in healthcare

A new study led by investigators from Mass General Brigham has found that ChatGPT was about 72 percent accurate in overall clinical decision making, from coming up with possible diagnoses to making final diagnoses and care management decisions.

22 Aug 2023

Nearly 1 billion people likely to live with osteoarthritis by 2050, study estimates

A new study projects nearly 1 billion people will be living with osteoarthritis, the most common form of arthritis, by 2050. Currently, 15% of individuals aged 30 and older experience osteoarthritis.

21 Aug 2023

Funyuns and flu shots? Gas station company ventures into urgent care

When Lou Ellen Horwitz first learned that a gas station company was going to open a chain of urgent care clinics, she was skeptical.

16 Aug 2023

North Carolina hospitals have sued thousands of their patients, a new report finds

North Carolina hospitals — led by the state's largest public medical system — have sued thousands of their patients since 2017, according to a new analysis that sheds additional light on the aggressive tactics U.S. hospitals routinely use to collect from people who fall behind on their bills.

16 Aug 2023

Many cancer drugs approved without clear evidence of benefit, study shows

New cancer drugs are being launched at a rapid pace, before their long-term effectiveness for patients can be evaluated.

15 Aug 2023

Promising better, cheaper care, Kaiser Permanente’s national expansion faces wide skepticism

As regulators review Kaiser Permanente's proposed acquisition of a respected health system based in Pennsylvania, health care experts are still puzzling over how the surprise deal, announced in April, could fulfill the managed care giant's promise of improving care and reducing costs for patients, including in its home state of California.

15 Aug 2023

Health Systems News and Research

Clinicians eager to use generative AI to support clinical decision-making, report says

Faster mental health treatment could reduce financial burden on the NHS, improve outcomes

Inorganic nitrate reduces contrast-induced nephropathy in high-risk patients

Drexel University receives grants to support cell and gene therapy education

New recommendations to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections in hospitals

New report on the impacts of Michigan’s Medicaid expansion shows positive effects and opportunities for improvement

Integrating tobacco cessation care into lung cancer screening improves quit rates

ChatGPT 3.5 provides inappropriate cancer treatment recommendations in one-third of cases, study shows

Study shows potential for generative AI to increase access and efficiency in healthcare

Nearly 1 billion people likely to live with osteoarthritis by 2050, study estimates

Funyuns and flu shots? Gas station company ventures into urgent care

North Carolina hospitals have sued thousands of their patients, a new report finds

Many cancer drugs approved without clear evidence of benefit, study shows

Promising better, cheaper care, Kaiser Permanente’s national expansion faces wide skepticism

Study calls for action to capture real-time data on climate change impact on human health

Your exorbitant medical bill, brought to you by the latest hospital merger

Personalized exercise testing may be more effective for fat loss

Good Trials Prism: A new partnership to enhance clinical research in low resource settings

The menopausal symptoms and food consumption in post-menopausal women before and during the COVID-19 pandemic

Amid lack of accountability for bias in maternity care, a California family seeks justice

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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