An ongoing debate over whether ED CTs are required for migraine or severe headache is still unfruitful. Even though the American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria Variant 3 recommends Non-contrast Head CT (NCCT) to some patients with sudden headache or a severe migraine, there is a question about whether it is necessary. Sudden headache […]
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AI is a Growing Market for Entrepreneurs
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a booming market for businesses. When it comes to AI applications in medical sciences and health care, there is a steady influx of entrepreneurs, as per reports released by the Entrepreneur. Brian Hughes, CEO, Integrity Marketing & Consulting wrote, “This technology stands up on the cusp, ready to improve nearly every […]
The International Group Uses AI to Study Cellular Structure in Brain
Taking the potential of Artificial Intelligence a step further, a team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) used machine learning and non-invasive neuroimaging data to unravel valuable insights deep into the cellular structure of the human brain. According to scientists, this would aid in revealing key cellular properties of various regions of […]
Preparing for AI in Healthcare
There exists a remarkable hype about the proliferation of AI in healthcare. The potential of Artificial Intelligence in healthcare is momentous, but is the industry prepared to embrace the transition in everyday care? The answer is – not yet. Most healthcare service providers are still on their journey of digitizing their processes and tools to […]
Online Price Transparency More Chaotic than Helpful
With the objective to make the often-perplexing hospitalization costs more genuine and transparent, the CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) now require all hospitals to post their standard medical charges online. While this is a good initiative to help maintain “chargemasters” transparency, it has actually become more chaotic than being helpful to the patients, […]
Lack of Sleep = Increase in Pain
Chronic sleeplessness has always been attributed to depression, irritability, and weight gain. However, researchers have now found yet another health implication of lack of sleep: it increases your sensitivity to pain. A team of scientists used Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to identify the association between sleeplessness and the body’s ability to cope with pain. […]
fMRI and Consciousness
In the past few years, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) of the human brain has been harnessed as an innovative tool to study consciousness. Functional MRI examinations now offer an integral source of valuable insights pertaining to the “modeling of integrative brain functions.” The human brain in its fully conscious, partially conscious, and vegetative conditions […]
5 Things to Help You Protect Your PHI
Your Personal Health Information (PHI) is one of the most sensitive – “and most frequently breached” – forms of data today. The federal government and healthcare professionals take patient information privacy in a serious manner. And so should you. Protect Your Health Information. Take Control Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, your health […]
Mental Illness is Finally Being Shown as a Physical Issue Like All Diseases
The concept of mental illness has been a key subject of discussion for decades. Despite continuous research and studies in this field, mental illness has a stigma attached to it – “mental illness is brain illness.” This has changed people’s attitude towards the mentally ill, plaguing society. However, major progress achieved in brain imaging and […]
Hospitals Posting Prices Online But Is It Helping Patients?
According to a new federal law that came into effect on January 1, all hospitals are required to publish their price lists online for medical imaging and other services they provide. The new regulation proposed by CMS tends to improve transparency of medical treatments and services and allow patients to access their Electronic Health Records […]