HIMSS21 tech news: finance, RCM and patient intake new products
BUDDI AI, a vendor of artificial intelligence-powered health IT, has expanded its revenue cycle management automation applications with a new end-to-end RCM suite called Practice.AI. Powered by a healthcare contextual lake, Practice.AI goes beyond robotic process automation with AI that…
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How To Safely Date Online
While history has a certain sense of romance, living in the 21st century offers a set of perks unique to the development of the internet and the convenience culture created by endless apps designed to offer an easier way to…
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Study uncovers startling evidence from coroners' inquests into suicides of older people in the 1700s
Previous studies of suicide in the 1700s have focussed on societal attitudes rather than the experiences of people who took their own lives. These suicides have largely been described as 'medicalised' acts driven by lunacy. By contrast, University of Cambridge…
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Global and regional alterations in brain structural network in early-onset schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by both brain structural and functional abnormalities. Most of the existing findings, however, were limited to adult patients with established schizophrenia with a long duration of illness. It is still not clear whether the…
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Beige fat ‘indispensable’ in protecting the brain from dementia
Beige is considered a calming paint color, and scientists have new evidence that beige fat has a similar impact on the brain, bringing down the inflammation associated with the more common white fat and providing protection from dementia. They have…
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Biosensors transform the diagnosis of infections in newborns
Sepsis refers to a systemic (body-wide) infection accompanied by inflammation. Newborn infants are particularly susceptible to developing sepsis, given their naïve and under-developed immune systems. The infant immune system reacts to the acquired pathogen by releasing inflammatory factors such as…
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Surgeons Cash In on Stakes in Private Medical Device Companies
Several orthopedic surgeons who invested in Renovis Surgical Technologies made big money when a Japanese technology giant snatched up the small California medical device company. Kyocera Corp., which was eager to expand its U.S. spine and joint implant sales, bought…
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Florida’s health department says CDC’s COVID count for state is wrong, 'anticipates' correction
Moms weigh in on mask war taking place in Florida school districts Insight from ‘Fox & Friends First’ parent panel: mother of four Tiffany Justice, mother of two Amy Kaminsky and mother Shannon Ford. The Florida Department of Health took…
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Why giving blood could help save cancer patients
Why giving blood could help save cancer patients: Transfusions aren’t just for emergencies – in fact, most donated blood is used to help patients with ongoing illness. But worryingly, stocks are at an all-time low Andrew was three when his…
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New research investigates the effects of California’s tobacco 21 minimum sales age law
New Research from the Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation investigated the effects of California's 2016 law that raised the minimum tobacco sales age to from 18 to 21 (T21) and found evidence that the…
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