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With mental health becoming an increasingly important part of medicine, we must understand the factors that are important to its outcomes. It has been found that art could be an important piece in improving mental health outcomes. A literature review done by the World Health Organization found that engagement with
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Currently many health wearables are geared towards those with the goal of optimizing their athletic and recovery potential. However, the technology within these wearables have the potential to transform the preventative healthcare care sector. Wearables can currently track metrics like heart rate variability, blood oxygen saturation, and skin temperature among
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Technology that guides us to better and more accurate healthcare treatment is no longer a thing of the past. We now have greater access to virtual assistants with the growth of machine learning models, and the healthcare system is increasingly utilizing them. AI models have been adopted in around 65%
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The ACCESS model, or Advancing Chronic Care with Effective, Scalable, Solutions, is a voluntary plan aimed at encouraging tech companies and Medicare enrollees to manage and improve chronic conditions. With this model, the health tech companies are incentivized to utilize their technology to help patients’ manage their chronic conditions. Companies
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Emergency care is still a relatively new concept in healthcare, with plenty of room for growth and development. This article outlines some existing and potential applications for technology to enhance care in this sector. One thing that I found very interesting in this article was the difference in treatment practices
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The current healthcare system faces an increasing burden with staff shortages and increasing rates of chronic diseases, among many other contributing factors. This is where other non-traditional healthcare systems or businesses could step in to help ease that burden. One current example is the tattoo studio; The Lucky Turtle
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In order to improve patient care, there must be an understanding of what is important to the patients and outcomes of provided healthcare services. It has been found that the patient’s perception of their care is critical to a healthcare system’s quality, safety, and outcomes from care. Factors
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The personalized medicine approach utilizes the primary care physician to provide individualized treatment focused on preventative care, wellness management, and strong provider and patient coordination. This study compared healthcare service utilization and cost outcomes of propensity matched personalized medicine members versus nonmembers. Personalized medicine members received the personalized medicine approach
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With the continual rise in costs of healthcare, businesses are now having to decide whether they will be providing their employees coverage. It is estimated that the cost of providing coverage next year will rise about 8 percent, even with adjustments to the plans. As a result, employees will be
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Workforce shortages in the healthcare field have been an increasing issue, and this trend is not expected to change in the near future. There will be an estimated shortage of 500,000 healthcare workers by 2038. With physicians and nurses over 50 exiting the workforce soon, employers will be looking
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Mass casualty situations are challenging and unfortunate to navigate. In order to save the most lives, efficient triaging and proper, timely care must be given. Battelle is tackling this issue head on in the DARPA Triage Challenge. The team is developing solutions for two phases of triage: primary and secondary
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Lee Nicholls has combined his passion to help others and his tattooing business to provide individuals with a tattoo cover up of their self-harm and mastectomy scars. Not only this, but Nicholls also refers people to mental health services that customers may not know about. Many people with these