Search Tag: Harvard Medical School
Closing the Loop: The Road to Zero Medication Errors
2019 26 Aug
Summary: It is estimated that even today, medical errors are the third leading cause of deaths in the US, costing the health system several billions of dollars a year. Many of these deaths can be attributed to the misuse of medication. When used properly, medications save lives. Unfortunately, medication and dosing errors are one of... Read more
What's Keeping You Up at Night?
2019 07 Aug
Millions of people suffer from sleep disorders, commonly attributed to health conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure etc. Also, the use of alcohol, nicotine and caffeine have been thought to cause lack of sleep. However, studies researching this have previously not accounted for diversity in ethnicity or race, or are objective... Read more
BREAKING NEWS: MRI measures brain function in milliseconds
2019 17 Apr
MRI elastography: ground-breaking new way to see extremely fast neuronal activity in the brain It is magnificent how fast the human brain operates. In a fraction of a second our neurons are activated, creating thoughts and reactions to stimuli. The speed at which radiologists can non-invasively follow brain function using MRI , however, is... Read more
Improving care and outcomes with Machine Learning
2019 06 Mar
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is supporting machine learning in patient care at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) with an academic research grant. With a range of AWS machine learning services, the Harvard Medical School -affiliated teaching hospital will explore new ways that the technology can enhance clinical care,... Read more
Artificial hype
2019 22 Feb
Radiologists, more than any other medical specialty, feel the professional and emotional ‘whiplash’ that began five or so years ago. Vanishing jobs (transforming radiologists into production units) for cost over quality for our patients, to the current shortage and need for more radiologists. AI introduced the threat that automation would take what... Read more
Tweet, like, follow – radiology goes viral
2018 18 Dec
Most of us virtually ‘live’ on social media. Twitter , Facebook , Instagram , LinkedIn and other platforms are where most of us digitally communicate with each other and the world at large. Social media is perhaps the greatest opportunity doctors have to better communicate with their patients, help educate the next generation of physicians around... Read more
Multi-source Feedback Improves Surgeon Performance
2015 30 Aug
A performance evaluation tool widely used in industry is effective in assessing surgeons' adherence to standards of excellence and promoting changes in behaviour to improve surgical practice and teamwork, according to a new study published online by the Journal of the American College of Surgeons . Researchers at Ariadne Labs, Boston, applied multi-source... Read more