clinical decision support Articles
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Newly Released FDA Guidelines for Sepsis Detection & what it Means for Hospitals
Executive Brief On September 28, 2022, the FDA released Clinical Decision Support, Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff. This guidance is long overdue, and with it comes the elimination of any protections for EHRs, or any other vendors, to pretend it’s OK to sell or deploy solutions for patient monitoring and care for life-threatening conditions like sepsis, that ...
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What is Sepsis? Key Symptoms, Potential Complications, and Vital Treatment
The term sepsis describes the body's extreme response to infection. When a person suffers from sepsis, his or her immune system has been triggered in response to an infection, which causes inflammation and damages tissues in the body. Symptoms of Sepsis The symptoms of sepsis may include: Fever (102 degrees Fahrenheit or higher) Chills Rapid breathing (above 20 breaths per minute) or ...
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Virtual Triage: Do more questions lead to better patient outcomes?
One of the common misconceptions related to virtual triage / symptom checker tools is that the more questions the system asks, the more accurate the list of possible conditions / triage level recommendations will be and so, overall, the conclusion is that it is more thorough and, therefore, a better tool. If you are looking to provide your patients with a symptom checker/triage tool or are a ...
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Your Invitation to the Open Marriage of FHIR, BPM+ Health and Medical Algorithms
While open relationships can be problematic, combining the open standards FHIR and BPM+ Health with Medical Algorithms is a match made in heaven. This combination has the potential to revolutionize healthcare. To see why this statement is true, let’s first introduce the participants. ...
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Extra Innings: Kevin Kronmiller’s Story - Case Study
The Problem: When Kevin Kronmiller was 22, he found out he had 5 years to live if he didn't receive a liver transplant. Beating the odds, Kevin made it to 50 before needing a liver transplant. After his surgery, Kevin went into Septic Shock. He found out later from his physicians that he had a 30% chance of survival and even if he did survive, doctors were very concerned about long-term ...
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Worried About ChatGPT? Why Large Language Models Increase Healthcare Risks
Large language models (LLMs) are a type of artificial intelligence (AI) that can be used to generate text, translate languages, produce different kinds of content, and answer people’s questions. LLMs have great potential to transform many industries, healthcare included. “Potential healthcare applications of LLMs span patient care, research and workflow optimization (clinical and ...
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Cancer, Sarcoid, or Rose Thorn Infection? - Case Study
This case study highlights medical calculators and analytics which can be instrumental in a physician’s clinical decision making process, especially when the diagnosis can be complicated due to the patient’s prior health conditions. Mary is a 66-year-old retired nurse. Five years ago she had been diagnosed with an adenocarcinoma that involved her right pleural space. An extensive ...
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Accurate CO Tracking During High-Risk Surgery - Case Study
A head-to-head comparison shows that the Retia Argos Monitor accurately tracks changes in CO as the vena cava is clamped and unclamped during liver surgery, while the leading competitor monitor fails. As shown, the Argos Monitor tracks with the reference standard, while the competitor monitor shows increasing CO when the vena cava is clamped and CO is actually decreasing (205 – 210 ...
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Nanostics Receives CE Mark for its ClarityDX Prostate Test to Detect Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer
Nanostics’ biomarker and machine learning-powered test, ClarityDX Prostate®, received a CE-IVD Mark. A CE-IVD Mark is required for all in vitro diagnostic (IVD) devices to be placed in the European Economic Area, Iceland, Norway, and Liechtenstein and allows Nanostics to market and sell ClarityDX Prostate® in these countries. The ClarityDX Prostate® test provides patients ...
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