#clinical study software

[jeeva-trials]

Dealing with challenges in Quality Evidence Generation with a Real-Time Analytical Framework that makes Clinical Sense for Innovators

Evidence linking interventions with health outcomes is vital for healthcare decision-making. Making sound choices about healthcare requires the best possible and quality evidence from clinical research. However, some of the decisions currently made during the drug development process are not supported by high-quality evidence.  As such, making informed decisions for allocating adequate resources to guide clinical Research development becomes challenging. At mid-stage clinical development, the challenge entails in determining the specific indication, if there are multiple potential indications. Moreover, evidence that is complete for some individuals or groups may be incomplete for others, leading to inefficiencies in decision-making.

Evidence generation strategies are especially important at Phase III and Phase IV trials to allow for effective navigation through competitive and regulatory hurdles, while it may be difficult to effectively communicate potentially attractive product attributes to the stakeholders, especially when it has no clear advantage over comparators. Stakeholders also lack the evidence needed to make real-world decisions on approval, coverage and use of treatments as most current processes used in evidence generation focus narrowly on the safety and efficacy of treatment.

Datasets to inform real-time decision making

The traditional demarcation between pre- and post-approval phases does not fit many medical products, as regulatory decisions could be informed by the same evidence that informs the use and coverage decisions, though the criteria for decisions should not be the same for both cases. Validated tools, based on large datasets to help inform real-time decision making are invaluable, yet they are currently limited. When new treatments are approved, healthcare payers and those who participate in shared savings base coverage determination on their value which is calculated by the evidence of benefit and net costs. The incorporation of real-world data (RWD) and patient-reported outcomes (PRO) into the evidence generation process could assist in making coverage determinations by rendering clinical evidence and research more immediately translatable to the beneficiary population.

Real-world data (RWD) and real-world evidence (RWE)

Additionally, large differences usually exist between the evidence required for initial adopters, such as surveys and studies, and that required for most prospective randomized control trials (RCTs). While the healthcare community uses RWD and RWE to develop decision support tools for use in clinical practices, medical product developers use these data to support clinical trial designs and observational studies to generate innovative treatment approaches. FDA uses RWE and RWD to monitor adverse events, post-market safety of the drug, and to make regulatory decisions. While RWD can be collected from various sources such as electronic health records (EHRs) and product and disease registries, RWE can be generated by different study designs including observational studies and randomized trials.  

Aligning stakeholders for evidence generation

Aligning stakeholders is another big challenge of evidence generation as different stakeholders will have their own perspectives on uncertainties throughout the drug development lifecycle. Regulators may have different views as to what is acceptable to that of the patient. As such, it remains an industry-wide challenge to provide credible evidence for clinical research to innovators and investigators. Challenges exist for healthcare innovators to keep up to date with compliance and regulations about evidence generation as regulatory space evolves fast.

Because pharmaceutical companies tend to delegate evidence generation to individual departments that are often siloes, the process occurs sequentially, resulting in delays in crucial milestones such as getting regulatory approval before initiating an outcomes-based study.

https://www.futuremedicine.com/doi/10.2217/cer-2017-0073

An analytical framework model that makes clinical sense

There is a pressing need for high-quality evidence generation as regulators and payers seek more long-term data on product safety and effectiveness. As such, more efficient methodologies for generating evidence are required for decision-making, and to enhance clinical evidence collection and interpretation. An analytical framework model makes clinical sense as an evidentiary pathway, however, the challenge for investigators in evidence gathering is to fill out the framework. If the study design is weak, then the link in the evidence chain is also weak. Studies need to be carefully and prospectively designed, and opportunities exist to add well-designed studies into current practices. Study teams and researchers should consider how to most effectively translate diagnostic tests into practice needs within clinical settings.

Quality clinical evidence of safety and efficacy

The Jeeva™ eClinical Cloud platform provides clinical decision-makers with a modular and integrated approach to evidence planning and generation. From a single dashboard, study leaders can monitor data in real time to track safety and efficacy in representative patient populations across vast distances. The Jeeva™ eClinical Cloud is designed for efficient, remote long-term follow-up, natural history and other observational studies as well as interventional clinical trials regardless of therapeutic area. Jeeva™ enables quality clinical evidence generation to evaluate treatment safety and efficacy and tracks patients’ adherence to medications, in compliance with regulatory agencies such as Institutional Review Boards, EMA, FDA, and GDPR.

Digital-first approach to evidence generation

Study teams, innovators, drug developers, biopharmaceutical sponsors, clinical researchers, hospital sites and contract research organizations (CROs) face challenges to overcome the “no evidence, no implementation—no implementation, no evidence” paradox. Jeeva™ provides a new, digital-first, patient-centric approach to evidence generation that considers patients as partners for clinical trials, not merely subjects.  

The Jeeva™ eClinical Cloud is user-designed software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that allows volunteers to conveniently complete clinical trials wherever they are. The flexible and modular bring-your-own-device (BYOD) solution works on any browser-enabled mobile device and cuts out 70% of logistical burdens for study teams and patients. The modular and flexible Software as a Service (SaaS) subscription-based model is enriched with many features such as automated enrollment workflows, electronic patient-reported outcomes, 2-way email and SMS communication, uploading of lab reports, and more that are designed to encourage innovators to undertake research activities, rather than be intimidated by the complexity, logistical burdens, duration and costs of the traditional evidence generation approaches.

Quickly setup clinical studies of any scale or duration

Jeeva™ applies an innovative approach to remote screening, eConsent, patient registries and natural history studies can enable the generation of higher-quality, low-cost and more timely evidence generation for clinical trials. Jeeva™ offers a cost-effective solution to quickly set up and conduct clinical studies, of any scale or duration, with or without patient travel involved (e.g. hybrid or fully decentralized clinical trial protocols). Jeeva™ provides a more effective clinical trial design in terms of evidence generation, accelerating patient recruitment, site feasibility and endpoints that bring unmatched efficiencies in terms of the quality of evidence, time, and costs.

[octalsoft]

What is IRT and How Does it Impact Clinical Trials? — Octalsoft

An IRT system is also known by several other names, including IVRS, IWRS, IXRS, and RTSM, but regardless of its name, the system provides a comprehensive set of capabilities for managing patient enrollment and drug supply operations throughout the clinical trial lifecycle. IRT, or Interactive Response Technology, is a technology that automates clinical trial supply management, randomization, and analytics. IRT clinical trials guarantee that participants receive the appropriate therapy at the appropriate time, allow for improved drug supply logistics tracking, and allow researchers to collect real-time data from people during the trial.

An IRT clinical trial software can assist in enhancing productivity, decrease risks, and reduce costs in clinical investigations by providing different automation. But there’s more. Read on for the top 5 areas of impact of an IRT deployed to Clinical trials.

The Advantages of Deploying IRT to Clinical Trials

Patient Enrollment, Randomization, and Blind Protection — As compared to manual techniques, using the IRT to manage enrollment and/or randomization automates the process and eliminates human error. To preserve research blinding, the system enables for complicated protocol enrollment and randomization design and rigorously controls sensitive information such as treatment arm and drug treatment assignments.

Patient Randomization

The IRT will randomly allocate patients to treatment arms in a methodical manner. There are various commonly utilized approaches, including central, subject-stratified, and/or location-stratified randomization systems. The IRT will allocate the individual to the appropriate treatment arm during the randomization visit based on the programmed randomization process. In most cases, IRT clinical trial solutions will also provide the individual with the medicine kit that corresponds to the randomized treatment arm.

To properly grasp how effectively an IRT randomizes patients in a double-blind experiment, consider how it was done before IRT was available. When an IRT is not used, each patient on the randomization list is assigned a treatment type and matching kit number. The number is sealed in an envelope with a sequential number on it. A batch of envelopes and the related kits are sent to the experimental site, where envelopes are selected in order. The patient is subsequently given the appropriate kit.

While this approach works pretty well on a small scale, it is sluggish and only works with simple randomization patterns. Also, it is susceptible to human error.

IRT manages randomization in an automated and centralized manner. It can allow complicated classification and randomization designs that manual randomization cannot. Because randomization occurs without human interaction, it decreases human error. Furthermore, as with other parts of study management, the data is saved in the system for simple tracking. The automated randomization and medication assignment method avoids the need to maintain paper envelopes or cards at the location, where unblinded information might be compromised.

2. Study Blinding

The IRT clinical study plays a crucial role in preventing unblinded trial data from being shared improperly. Maintaining the blind in blinded trials is critical to the trial’s integrity since it prevents bias in how patients are treated. Overall, the IRT functions almost as a force field, shielding unblinded information, such as treatment arm and medicine kind, from individuals who should not have access to it. Access to system functions is limited by user privileges, so only users who should have access to unblinded data in the IRT may view it.

The ideal IRT is frequently equipped with emergency unblinding capabilities. This can be configured such that Principal Investigators can unblind patients at their locations in the event of an emergency. When the site has an emergency code breach, the system quickly alerts the research team. Often, the patient who was unblinded by the site is instantly removed from the research, prohibiting the IRT from assigning any additional drugs. The IRT can also provide patients access to the Medical Safety team, which can unblind any patient at any location without interfering with their continued participation in the trial.

3. Supply Management

Individual kits in the depot and on-site are not labeled for specific patients. Instead, patients are given kits when they come for their appointments. As a result, shipments to locations only include enough stock to fulfill patient demand for a set period of time and resupplies are triggered when stockpiles reach a predetermined level. Because products are only assigned to patients when they come in for visits, this procedure increases medicine availability at the location while minimizing drug waste. Because the IRT knows what patients are at each location, their treatment arms, and the visit schedule, it can adjust the supply delivered to each site.

Controlling costs requires developing and maintaining an accurate prediction of product demand over the length of a clinical study. The IRT gives Supply Chain Managers real-time updates on patient registration and product inventories across the supply chain. This helps with budgeting, saves waste from hoarding goods, avoids stock-outs, and decreases the need for emergency steps to replace expired pharmaceuticals.

An interactive response technology in clinical trials may also keep track of product expiry dates to ensure that the patient has enough time to take the medication before it expires. It can also notify study managers when expirations are approaching. Because of their limited shelf life, medications that must be actively controlled require this notice. Probably most importantly, an IRT provides supply managers with a comprehensive picture of available supplies at the main depot, subsidiary depot, and site levels. As a result, they may change their inventory and distribution strategies to fit the current trial circumstances.

4. Inventory Management

The IRT provides a number of capabilities to manage the supply chain in a trial, from the moment supplies are packaged and distributed at the depot to medicine assignment, drug returns, and destruction. When goods are physically packaged and made available in the system, transportation to another depot or location is initiated and tracked. When the Sponsor activates an IRT site, the system sends a request to the depot for an initial supply of medicine. The depot fulfills the order and delivers it to the spot. When an order arrives at the site, personnel confirms receipt in the IRT and makes the medications accessible for patient assignment.

Patients who visit the site are given a medicine kit from the center’s inventory. An algorithm within the system is constantly checking the inventory at each station. If the inventory falls below a certain threshold, the supply engine will submit a request to the depot to provide a replenishment. Shipments are made through this closed-loop procedure to accommodate newly enrolled patients, following visits, and any needed replacement stock. Another key feature of the IRT that is sometimes neglected is the ease with which drug accountability, returns, and destruction may be accomplished. In many research, this procedure is still done manually, which is difficult and time-consuming. Sites can save time, enhance efficiency, and minimize data by switching the process electronically via the IRT.

5. Patient Tracking and Reporting

All patient and supply data contained in the IRT database is easily accessible via reports and data lookups. This gives the clinical and drug management teams real-time access to data, study parameters, and alarms. This facilitates reviewing the research as it goes and making any required changes to things like enrollment or site inventory settings to match the exact condition of the trial at any given moment.

In Summation

An IRT, in essence, enhances trial efficiency and the quality of accessible information during a trial. Sponsors, CROs, and investigators are conducting more sophisticated studies than ever before with fewer employees and fewer resources thanks to IRT systems.

An IRT solution enables sponsors to create and use the functionality they require while eliminating extraneous complications. This method aids in reducing the time it takes to launch a clinical study, allowing much-needed treatments to reach patients faster than ever before. When time is of importance, such as in the event of a worldwide pandemic, IRT devices can really be game changers by assisting effective treatments to demonstrate benefits as quickly as feasible and at a reduced cost.

Ultimately, the adoption of an IRT empowers researchers, sponsors, and study personnel with the tools and capabilities needed to effectively manage and monitor a clinical trial, leading to reliable outcomes, improved decision-making, and the advancement of evidence-based medicine. But not every IRT matches the standards of a modern clinical trial. What you need is a vetted partner like Octalsoft that can deploy a highly efficient IRT/IWRS that matches and exceeds benchmarks. Want to know more about how Octalsoft’s IRT/IWRS can turbocharge the productivity of personnel and boost the effectiveness of your clinical trial? Book a Demo with us NOW! With Octalsoft’s systems, sponsors win, investigators win and, most importantly, patients win.

[blackstarmylove]

Jobs (HC)

Fandom: Blackstar Theater Starless

Pairing: No pairing.

Warning: None

Prompt: What if they had 'normal' lives where Starless never existed, and neither did the sketchy organizations behind the scenes? What non-sketchy careers would they pursue?

A/N: Assume older age for the younger characters; they're not in school/college anymore.

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Kei

Celebrity - Actor/Singer/Model (of course, lol)

CEO & Founder of a Corporation

Owner of a Movie Production House

Sotestu

Stockmarket Investor

Professional Poker Player

Detective/Private Investigator

Yakou

Scientist

Reporter

Professor (his class 99% female students, lol)

Yoshino

Chess Player

Owner of a small business (inn or restaurant - girls flock there just to see his cuteness)

Freelancer

Ginsei

Celebrity (Model/Actor)

General Manager in a big company

Scriptwriter

Gui

Parkourist

Skateboarder or Snowboarder

In short, Athlete

Kokuyou

Boxer

Captain in the military

Personal Trainer (A LOT of the women want him to train them)

Akira

Boyband Member

Bartender

Model

Sin

Author

CEO of a big company

Head of a Secret Service Agency

Takami

Detective

Politician

Businessman

Taiga

Streamer

Programmer/Developer

Runs a computer repair shop

Rindou

Model

PCP/Family Doctor

Pediatrician (all the moms loooove going to him because he takes care of their kids really well...yeah, let's go with that.)

Maica

CEO of a company

Fashion Blogger

Music Composer/Singer

Menou

Professional Mattress Tester

Applier for every clinical sleep study possible

Real Estate Agent

Sinju

Working for a non-profit

Caretaker in an elderly home (the grandmas and grandpas love him to death)

Freelancer

Nekome

Surgeon (would you trust him? XD)

Politician

Police Officer

Mokuren

Professional Food Taster

Dancer/Dance Teacher

Food Critic

Qu

Beauty Pageant/Model Trainer

Professional Makeup Artist

Fashion Designer

Zakuro

Controversial YouTuber

Politician

Therapist (would you trust him?)

Hari

Software Engineer

Founder of a business

Researcher at a large institute

Kasumi

Secret Agent for the government

Martial Art Instructor

Physical Therapist

Aogiri

Fashion Designer

Nurse Practitioner

Yoga Instructor (his calmness makes me think this😂)

Mizuki

Food Taster

Skateboarder

Bad Cop

Kongou

Professional Chef

Gym Trainer/Bodybuilder

Wrestler (of course lol)

Heath

Florist

Underground Rapper

Environmentalist

Ran

Skateboarder

Dog Trainer

Idol

Rico

Model

Personal Fashion Designer

Casting Director

Hinata

Basketball Player

Tattoo Artist

Gym Instructor

Unei

9 to 5 Office Employee

Manager in a small company

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[covid-safer-hotties]

Pain emerges as dominant symptom in long Covid, UCL study reveals - Published Aug 28, 2024

Pain may be the most prevalent and severe symptom reported by individuals with long Covid, according to a new study led by UCL (University College London) researchers.

The study, published in JRSM Open, analysed data from over 1,000 people in England and Wales who logged their symptoms on an app between November 2020 and March 2022.

Pain, including headache, joint pain and stomach pain, was the most common symptom, reported by 26.5% of participants.

The other most common symptoms were neuropsychological issues such as anxiety and depression (18.4%), fatigue (14.3%), and dyspnoea (shortness of breath) (7.4%). The analysis found that the intensity of symptoms, particularly pain, increased by 3.3% on average each month since initial registration.

The study also examined the impact of demographic factors on the severity of symptoms, revealing significant disparities among different groups. Older individuals were found to experience much higher symptom intensity, with those aged 68-77 reporting 32.8% more severe symptoms, and those aged 78-87 experiencing an 86% increase in symptom intensity compared to the 18-27 age group.

Gender differences were also pronounced, with women reporting 9.2% more intense symptoms, including pain, than men. Ethnicity further influenced symptom severity, as non-white individuals with long Covid reported 23.5% more intense symptoms, including pain, compared to white individuals.

The study also explored the relationship between education levels and symptom severity. Individuals with higher education qualifications (NVQ level 3, 4, and 5 – equivalent to A-levels or higher education) experienced significantly less severe symptoms, including pain, with reductions of 27.7%, 62.8%, and 44.7% for NVQ levels 3, 4 and 5 respectively, compared to those with lower education levels (NVQ level 1-2 – equivalent to GCSEs).

Socioeconomic status, as measured by the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), also influenced symptom intensity. Participants from less deprived areas reported less intense symptoms than those from the most deprived areas. However, the number of symptoms did not significantly vary with socioeconomic status, suggesting that while deprivation may exacerbate symptom intensity, it does not necessarily lead to a broader range of symptoms.

Our study highlights pain as a predominant self-reported symptom in long Covid, but it also shows how demographic factors appear to play a significant role in symptom severity.

With ongoing occurrences of Covid-19 (e.g., LB.1, or D-FLiRT variants), the potential for more long Covid cases remains a pressing concern. Our findings can help shape targeted interventions and support strategies for those most at risk."

-Dr. David Sunkersing, Lead Author, UCL Institute of Health Informatics

In the paper, the researchers called for sustained support for long Covid clinics and the development of treatment strategies that prioritize pain management, alongside other prevalent symptoms like neuropsychological issues and fatigue.

Given the significant impact of demographic factors on symptom severity, the study underscored the need for healthcare policies that addressed these disparities, ensuring equitable care for all individuals affected by long Covid, the researchers said.

Study limitations included a lack of information on other health conditions participants may have had and a lack of information about health history. The researchers cautioned that the study may have excluded individuals with very severe Covid and those facing technological or socioeconomic barriers in accessing a smartphone app.

The study was led by the UCL Institute of Health Informatics and the Department of Primary Care and Population Health at UCL in collaboration with the software developer, Living With Ltd.

Source: University College London

Journal reference: Sunkersing, D., et al. (2024) Long COVID symptoms and demographic associations: A retrospective case series study using healthcare application data. Materials Today. doi.org/10.1177/20542704241274292. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20542704241274292

[too-many-rooks]

Okay I need to know, out of all the Thomas Levin content you watched, which ones were worth watching?! I kind of want to check out Alfa

Ooh that’s a good question - I will add the disclaimer that I’ve absolutely not watched 100% of any of these shows (except for Alex Rider, which I’ve somehow watched 300% of,) I’m mostly just hunting for Levin scenes that could be interesting seen through the lens of Yassen - but there’s definitely some that have drawn me in more than others, there’s also a substantial amount I’ve only been able to find only in Danish, with Danish subs.

His episode of Unit One is pretty fun, and thanks to Mads Mikkelson fans, it’s fairly easy to find links on reddit to the episodes that will also have subtitle files you can important into a video player.

His episode of Taxa from when he was like 20 is on drtv, full Danish but is still quite fun to skip through to just see his scenes, it’s fairly easy to pick up on the context clues to follow the story.

His scenes in ‘Those who kill’ and ‘Strike Back’ are brilliant, but the shows are really hard to find and I had to buy them, so tricky. I might be able to isolate his scenes and share them, but not totally sure, my usual screen recording software doesn’t have sound .

These next ones were easier to find on streaming, at least in the uk, on Netflix or channel 4 has a lot of them -

Smother, bit meh, might give it a miss, but him being a dad to a teenager is quite cute.

Borgen can be interesting, very heavy on the politics - I didn’t dwell on this one much, as a lot of his scenes are either presenting the news, or in meetings discussing the news, but his character is an little shit in a fairly fun way.

Stockholm Requiem I got more into, and he’s a pretty central character who gets up to some interesting shit - it is *dark* however, and fairly heavy on the child murder.

Seaside hotel (gifs upcoming) is quite a fun show, though there’s some tonal disparity there, bc it’s basically a lighthearted show about people on holiday on the 1930s-40s, and he’s playing a Jewish man fleeing a Nazi work camp, but I enjoyed this show. He has a sweet little romance.

Baby fever is a really fun show - it’s a comedy about a woman who works at a fertility clinic and breaks into the sperm bank Levin manages when drunk and inseminates herself - there’s supposed to be another season soon (today, maybe?) which he’s also in, and I’ll definitely be checking out for gif making potential

Alfa/Grow is good - it’s another fairly dark crime drama that’s got multiple storylines converging together around the drug trade in Copenhagen, his story line is as a member of this secretive police unit acting as a mentor to one of the main characters, whose father was involved in the drug trade but has become a cop. An interesting role for him - he’s the dad of a teenager again, which I enjoy, and is a bit of an ass.

+I will say in my Levin studies, I’ve definitely noticed some typical archetypes he tends to fit into - full blown criminals who can and will murder you, assholes who are really good at their jobs (Yassen fits into the overlap there 😅) and a few, much rarer, genuinely nice guys trying their best. I might make some kinda Venn diagram to display this crucial data bc I do already have this info in a table, including important subcategories, like ‘beard?’ Or ‘dad?’ Just not totally sure how to present this information 😅😅

[ohheyidothat]

I will now liveblog me reading this because writing it down and then writing down my thoughts helps me process it, and I could use paper but I would wake up my wife with a light.

The nervous system regulates immunity and inflammation.

I suppose that makes sense. Most things are regulated by the nervous system--if not the brain, then the other areas of it (which relates to my theory of Somatic Cognition).

But I always thought the immune system was more mechanical than neural. Pathogens alert the immune system in the same way a key alerts a lock--by mechanically fitting into a slot. How is the immune system regulated by neurons? How do they communicate with the nervous system? Are they able to communicate via the blood, sending chemical messages long-distance? Are some immune cells solely created to ferry messages to neurons? Is there a part of the nervous system that is specifically designed to serve as a translator between the dutiful immune cells and the overseeing, entire nervous system?

The molecular detection of pathogen fragments, cytokines, and other immune molecules by sensory neurons generates immunoregulatory responses through efferent autonomic neuron signaling.

The molecular detection of...stuff...by sensory neurons generates a response. Mmmm :/ A response is generated when sensory neurons detect molecules such as pathogen fragments, cytokinesis, and other immune molecules (slightly rephrasing it to trick my brain into trying to comprehend it twice lol).

Detection of immune molecules by neurons generates responses through efferent autonomic neuron signaling >:/ Detection generates responses through efferent autonomic neuron signaling! >:3

What is "efferent autonomic neuron signalling?" Well, it at least includes the immune system's reaction to detecting molecules that warrant a response! I see!!

And these molecules can include pathogen fragments, from pathogens already partially destroyed or otherwise dead. It can include cytokines too. And others :3

The functional organization of this neural control is based on principles of reflex regulation.

Reflex regulation :0 I do not have this vocabulary term in my database. Also, why did they specify that it's the functional organization? As opposed to what? Theoretical? Oh, opposed to form! To structure! As in, the structural organization isn't necessarily based on the reflex regulation. The hardware and software aren't necessarily intertwined or similarly organized. Fascinating--i love to study boundary between form and function.

Reflexes involving the vagus nerve and other nerves have been therapeutically explored in models of inflammatory and autoimmune conditions, and recently in clinical settings.

Reflexes have been therapeutically explored for inflammatory and autoimmune conditions? :0 I'm not certain I've heard of that!

(Hmmm... Inflammation is definitely related to immune system stuff, but it feels closer to the nervous system for some reason... Is that based on knowledge I have, or just a random hunch? Oh! It's because *pain* is associated with inflammation, and pain is definitely neurological. Oh gosh, is it? I might be obfuscating some valuable nuances by assuming pain is not immunological.)

The brain integrates neuro-immune communication, and brain function is altered in diseases characterized by peripheral immune dysregulation and inflammation.

:O brain function is altered?? Did I know that?? That feels like novel information!

...Well, of course the brain can react to immune issues, right? There is a conscious reaction to being sick. A person can try to hide it to avoid negative consequences, or be open about it to receive care. That seems more like a conscious or subconscious choice than "brain function alteration," but I shouldn't trust any preconceived ideas without at least a cursory glance at the data source and associated logic.

I wonder if the SNS or PNS gets involved? It would make sense if the "something is dangerous, shut off all excess functionality and focus on survival" system activated; but equally I would think it logical if the "it's time to rest and recover and maintain homeostasis, time to employ the full body towards the task of life; digest things, heal wounds, use minimal energy to conserve it for tasks that increase longevity" system was in charge. I think I'll keep reading the article rather than looking it up.

Oh, I understand this next part and don't have any extra thoughts on it. I'll skip ahead to the next part I wish to spend extra time on.

Studying neuro-immune interactions and communication generates conceptually novel insights of interest for therapeutic development.

I sure hope it does!

:3 My brain has worked up an appetite. Snack time hehe.

[mariacallous]

Robert Pearl, a professor at Stanford medical school, was previously CEO of Kaiser Permanente, a US medical group with more than 12 million patients. If he was still in charge, he’d insist that all of its 24,000 physicians start using ChatGPT in their practice now. “I think it will be more important to doctors than the stethoscope was in the past,” Pearl says. “No physician who practices high-quality medicine will do so without accessing ChatGPT or other forms of generative AI.”

Pearl no longer practices medicine but says he knows physicians using ChatGPT to summarize patient care, write letters, and even—when stumped—ask for ideas on how to diagnose patients. He suspects doctors will discover hundreds of thousands of useful applications of the bot for the betterment of human health.

As technology like OpenAI’s ChatGPT challenges the supremacy of Google search and triggers talks of industry transformation, language models are starting to show the ability to take on tasks previously reserved for white-collar workers like programmers, lawyers, and doctors. That has sparked conversations among doctors about how the tech can help them serve patients. Medical professionals hope language models can unearth information in digital health records or supply patients with summaries of lengthy, technical notes, but there’s also fear they can fool doctors or provide inaccurate responses that lead to an incorrect diagnosis or treatment plan.

Companies developing AI technology have made medical school exams a benchmark in the competition to build more capable systems. Last year, Microsoft Research introduced BioGPT, a language model that achieved high marks on a range of medical tasks, and a paper from OpenAI, Massachusetts General Hospital, and AnsibleHealth claimed that ChatGPT can meet or exceed the 60 percent passing score of the US Medical Licensing Exam. Weeks later, Google and DeepMind researchers introduced Med-PaLM, which achieved 67 percent accuracy on the same test, although they also wrote that, while encouraging, their results “remain inferior to clinicians.” Microsoft and one of the world’s largest health care software providers, Epic Systems, have announced plans to use OpenAI’s GPT-4, which underpins ChatGPT, to search for trends in electronic health records.

Heather Mattie, a lecturer in public health at Harvard University who studies the impact of AI on health care, was impressed the first time she used ChatGPT. She asked for a summary of how modeling social connections has been used to study HIV, a topic she researches. Eventually the model touched on subjects outside of her knowledge, and she could no longer discern whether it was factual. She found herself wondering how ChatGPT reconciles two completely different or opposing conclusions from medical papers, and who determines whether an answer is suitable or harmful.

Mattie now describes herself as less pessimistic than she was after that early experience. It can be a useful tool for tasks like summarizing text, she says, so long as the user knows that the bot may not be 100 percent correct and can generate biased results. She particularly worries about how ChatGPT treats diagnostic tools for cardiovascular disease and intensive care injury scoring, which have track records of race and gender bias. But she remains cautious about ChatGPT in a clinical setting, because sometimes it fabricates facts and doesn’t make clear when the information it is drawing on dates from.

“Medical knowledge and practices change and evolve over time, and there’s no telling where in the timeline of medicine ChatGPT pulls its information from when stating a typical treatment,” she says. “Is that information recent or is it dated?”

Users also need to beware how ChatGPT-style bots can present fabricated, or “hallucinated,” information in a superficially fluent way, potentially leading to serious errors if a person doesn't fact-check an algorithm's responses. And AI-generated text can influence humans in subtle ways. A study published in January, which has not been peer reviewed, that posed ethical teasers to ChatGPT concluded that the chatbot makes for an inconsistent moral adviser that can influence human decisionmaking even when people know that the advice is coming from AI software.

Being a doctor is about much more than regurgitating encyclopedic medical knowledge. While many physicians are enthusiastic about using ChatGPT for low-risk tasks like text summarization, some bioethicists worry that doctors will turn to the bot for advice when they encounter a tough ethical decision like whether surgery is the right choice for a patient with a low likelihood of survival or recovery.

“You can't outsource or automate that kind of process to a generative AI model,” says Jamie Webb, a bioethicist at the Center for Technomoral Futures at the University of Edinburgh.

Last year, Webb and a team of moral psychologists explored what it would take to build an AI-powered “moral adviser” for use in medicine, inspired by previous research that suggested the idea. Webb and his coauthors concluded that it would be tricky for such systems to reliably balance different ethical principles and that doctors and other staff might suffer “moral de-skilling” if they were to grow overly reliant on a bot instead of thinking through tricky decisions themselves.

Webb points out that doctors have been told before that AI that processes language will revolutionize their work, only to be disappointed. After Jeopardy! wins in 2010 and 2011, the Watson division at IBM turned to oncology and made claims about effectiveness fighting cancer with AI. But that solution, initially dubbed Memorial Sloan Kettering in a box, wasn’t as successful in clinical settings as the hype would suggest, and in 2020 IBM shut down the project.

When hype rings hollow, there could be lasting consequences. During a discussion panel at Harvard on the potential for AI in medicine in February, primary care physician Trishan Panch recalled seeing a colleague post on Twitter to share the results of asking ChatGPT to diagnose an illness, soon after the chatbot’s release.

Excited clinicians quickly responded with pledges to use the tech in their own practices, Panch recalled, but by around the 20th reply, another doctor chimed in and said every reference generated by the model was fake. “It only takes one or two things like that to erode trust in the whole thing,” said Panch, who is cofounder of health care software startup Wellframe.

Despite AI’s sometimes glaring mistakes, Robert Pearl, formerly of Kaiser Permanente, remains extremely bullish on language models like ChatGPT. He believes that in the years ahead, language models in health care will become more like the iPhone, packed with features and power that can augment doctors and help patients manage chronic disease. He even suspects language models like ChatGPT can help reduce the more than 250,000 deaths that occur annually in the US as a result of medical errors.

Pearl does consider some things off-limits for AI. Helping people cope with grief and loss, end-of-life conversations with families, and talk about procedures involving a high risk of complications should not involve a bot, he says, because every patient’s needs are so variable that you have to have those conversations to get there.

“Those are human-to-human conversations,” Pearl says, predicting that what’s available today is just a small percentage of the potential. “If I'm wrong, it's because I'm overestimating the pace of improvement in the technology. But every time I look, it's moving faster than even I thought.”

For now, he likens ChatGPT to a medical student: capable of providing care to patients and pitching in, but everything it does must be reviewed by an attending physician.

[brollyacademysblog]

Clinical SAS programming A complete guide

Introduction

Clinical SAS programming is a specialized field that utilizes the SAS programming language to handle the vast and complex data generated in clinical trials. SAS, a statistical software package, is extensively employed by pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies for its robust data management, analysis, and reporting capabilities.

In terms of data management, SAS is used to clean, transform, and manage large datasets, ensuring they are organized and ready for analysis. This is a critical step in clinical trials, where large volumes of data are collected and need to be processed efficiently.

For analysis, SAS can perform a wide range of statistical analyses, including descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, regression analysis, survival analysis, and analysis of variance (ANOVA). These analyses are crucial in interpreting the data collected in clinical trials and drawing meaningful conclusions.

Finally, Clinical SAS programming is also used for reporting. It can generate various reports, including integrated summaries of safety and efficacy (ISS/ISE), clinical study reports (CSRs), and other regulatory documents. These reports are essential for communicating the results of clinical trials to regulatory authorities, medical professionals, and the public.

SAS in Clinical Domain

Data Management: SAS is used to clean, transform, and manage clinical trial data. It can handle large datasets and perform data validation, data integration from different sources.

Statistical Analysis: SAS is used for statistical analyses, such as descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, regression analysis, survival analysis, and analysis of variance (ANOVA). These analyses help researchers and clinicians to draw conclusions from clinical trial data.

Data Validation: Checking the accuracy, consistency, and completeness of clinical trial data by performing data validation checks, identifying discrepancies, and resolving data-related issues.

Safety Reporting: Generating safety reports and listings to monitor adverse events and safety data during the trial.

SDTM (Standard Data Tabulation Model) Conversion: Converting clinical trial data into SDTM format, which is a standardized data model for regulatory submission.

ADaM (Analysis Data Model) Implementation: Creating ADaM datasets, which are analysis-ready datasets used for statistical analysis.

Report Generation: Preparing clinical trial reports, including integrated summaries of safety and efficacy (ISS/ISE), clinical study reports (CSRs), and other regulatory documents.

Data Quality Control: Implementing quality control procedures to ensure the accuracy and reliability of analysis results.

Data Visualization: Creating data visualizations, such as graphs and plots, useful for data exploration and presentation of result.

Automation: Creating SAS macros to streamline and automate repetitive tasks and improve programming efficiency.

Medical Coding: Performing medical coding of adverse events, concomitant medications, and medical history terms using standardized dictionaries like MedDRA (Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities) and WHO Drug.

Career in Clinical SAS

A career in Clinical SAS programming is rewarding and offers a wide range of opportunities. The SAS Academy for Clinical Programming offers a comprehensive training program that prepares you to work as a SAS Certified Clinical Trials Programming Professional. The combination of coursework and hands-on learning helps you build a foundation of clinical research theory and data analysis skills.

Conclusion

Clinical SAS programming is indeed a vital skill in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. With a solid foundation in SAS programming and a comprehensive understanding of clinical trials, you can pave the way for a successful career in this field.

Whether you’re a biostatistician, a clinical SAS programmer, or someone interested in the field, learning Clinical SAS programming can open doors to a plethora of opportunities. It’s not just about job prospects; it’s about contributing to the advancement of medical research and the development of new treatments and therapies.

In conclusion, mastering Clinical SAS programming is not only professionally rewarding but also offers the chance to make a significant impact in the healthcare industry.

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[foxgirlplushie]

what did you like and/or dislike about studying music? if you don't mind sharing

Oooh ok so

Good parts: PLAYING ABD MAKING THE MUSIC, learning theory, access to computer labs with expensive notation software, getting to just. Be around people my age who were into the same music and performing stuff I was

Bad stuff: NETWORKING. If you do not network you will not have a job in the classical music industry. And as a clinically depressed autistic tranny that was uh. Not something I Was Good At

[jeeva-trials]

Empowering Sponsors with Compliant Data Collection and Integrity for a Variety of Clinical Studies | Jeeva Trials

Traditional clinical guidelines, and stand-alone patient study and care pathways are proven to be increasingly inadequate, especially in a post-pandemic world with low clinical adherence, disrupted workflows, and stay-at-home orders. Disrupted workflows means more time required to complete a study, fatigue of the research team, and wastage of resources.

Researchers and study teams are increasingly adopting eClinical cloud trial tools that are designed to augment researchers, study teams and clinicians to augment their complex decision-making processes with targeted clinical knowledge, patient information and computerized clinical workflows. It directly improves the quality of clinical documentation. AI technologies provide the tool capabilities for drawing insights into data beyond what humans can. CROs (Contract Research Organizations) evaluate clinical study tools largely based on speed, flexibility and cost-efficiency. However, amidst these concerns, data integrity is not to be understated or taken for granted. Data integrity is not only important for a study, it needs to be addressed throughout the product life cycle across Good Clinical Practices (GCP), Good Laboratory Practice (GLP), Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), and other Good Practice (GxP) areas.

Data integrity is critical for studies

Good risk mitigation and management is essential to data integrity as multiple points of risk exist throughout data recording, storage, transfer, reporting and other stages of data lifecycle during a study trial. It is achieved by making data traceable throughout audit trails. Transparency is demonstrated with a chain of custody from data origin to its analysis. Without data integrity, it is not possible to regenerate a previous clinical trial result reliably. Data integrity cannot be validated by point-to-point interfaces of individual systems alone, it requires a more holistic approach towards validation and quality management as these systems need to work together across corporate borders and multi-site systems.

Quality of data can affect the quality of decision support because if data collection is not standardized, the study trial data is effectively corrupted and increases the risk of failure during the submission procedure for approval by Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and other regulators. Regulators in the US and across the world continue to stress the criticality of data integrity in clinical trials.

Points to consider while choosing an eClinical study solution:

A good system should not delete or obscure previously-recorded audit trail information and prevent modification by the user.

It should record complete audit trail records including identification of the data element that was changed, who authorized the change and implemented them.

It should provide early visibility to reliable data to quickly make sound decisions and bring life-enhancing treatments to life.

Cyber security is a mission-critical consideration for electronic clinical outcomes assessment (eCOA) risk management for any eClinical solution.

Regulatory-minded study teams will have data integrity plans in place as regulators can raise questions about data collection compliance, warranting rescue action. By utilizing the Jeeva Informatics eClinical cloud, study teams can have regulation-compliant risk mitigation with complete transparency, traceability, and documentation. Jeeva is a flexible bring your own device (BYOD), SaaS (Software as a Service) solution that is designed to maintain data integrity with features and protocols that fit the specific trial protocol, ensuring reliability and authenticity of the study data by adhering to the most current compliance regulations in force.

Shortening the Distance from Study Data to Action

Jeeva’s highly scalable SaaS architecture provides a cost-effective approach to support trials for multiple studies, phases and therapeutic areas. Its intuitive interface eliminates the multi-step process to navigate reports and shortens the distance from study data to action. In clinical research, data integrity and reliability of trial results are paramount. The value of a comprehensive and compliant eClinical tool is absolute. Data integrity continues to be a major theme across inspection results. The collaborative technology used in Jeeva automates high-value clinical trials recruitment and retention tasks and provides insightful retrieval of information. Adherence to the International Council on Harmonization (ICH) GCP is a core tenet for data integrity at Jeeva.

Leading research organizations have consistently been using Jeeva for compliant and adaptive research with access to immediately actionable patient data. It provides researchers personalized clinical study documentation across solutions, platforms and devices, anytime and anywhere, regardless of physical location.

Enabling Clinical Research at Scale

A failed trial not only sinks investment into the early stages of the trial itself but also results in dissatisfied sponsor clients and impacts your long and fruitful business relationship with them. Jeeva is designed to support the conduct of clinical trials utilizing validated functionality and processes. The modular software enables clinical research at scale and saves more than 70% time and logistic burden on the study teams. Utilizing the platform-agnostic software with advanced features like bi-directional communications, scheduling and touch-less electronic informed consent, investigators can rapidly enroll participants in the study, and investigators can safely review the study material remotely and conveniently from their own mobile device.

Complying with the Current Regulations

Jeeva Trials follows a human-centric approach with a deep understanding of the perspectives and requirements of various stakeholders including regulatory compliance specialists, IT security and privacy professionals, auditors and coordinators. The burden of ensuring regulatory compliance of technology solutions, GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), Institutional Review Boards (IRBs), human subjects protection guidelines, GCP (Good Clinical Practice) guidelines by ICH (International Council of Harmonization) of Technical Requirements for Pharmaceuticals for Human use, and other regional guidelines lies with the study sponsor. Jeeva adheres to the current federal, state, and international regulations or guidelines for conducting clinical trials using electronic patient data such as the FDA 21 CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) Part 11, SOC 2 (System Organ Classes), Amazon Well (AWS) Architected Framework Review, AWS Foundational Technical Review, GDPR privacy policies, and others. Avoid having to validate multiple a la carte tools as you can now achieve the same goal with a single all-in-one integrated SaaS platform.

Saving on Costs of Failed Trials

It takes on average 10-15 years and USD 1.5-2.0 billion to bring a new drug to the market. Approximately half of this expenditure covers testing, preclinical compound discovery and regulatory processes. The high failure rate of clinical trials due to regulatory issues, patient non-adherence, low retention and high drop-offs during long-term studies is a major stumbling block in drug development. Less than one-third of all Phase II compounds advance to Phase III, with more than one third of all Phase III compounds failing to advance to approval. The most complex Phase III trials carry nearly 60% of the overall trial costs, resulting loss per failed clinical trial to the order of 0.8-1.4 billion USD.

Flexible Platform to Accelerate Patient Recruitment

Study build delays cause timelines to drag on, as such CROs face not only dissatisfied sponsor clients but they could lose a fruitful business relationship. There are major regulatory implications as well, as unverified, disintegrated and dubious data quality can land organizations in court. Jeeva Informatics Solutions is designed to reduce timelines for study startup and participants by up to more than 50%, while complying with data integrity regulations of the federal and state governments. Jeeva makes it easy for longitudinal cohort studies to collect validated data from participants in real-world settings over extended periods of time. The flexible platform accelerates patient recruitment and retention, and enables long-term engagement for 5, 10, or 15-year follow-up studies for long-term trials, such as cell and gene therapy.

Affordable subscription-based pricing of Jeeva makes it easier for the study teams to plan budgets with predictable expenses. The modular SaaS subscription model helps clinical researchers, Contract Research Organizations (CROs), and sponsors manage a clinical study’s annual budget on a simple, per participant basis.

[sharlenedablogger]

What is STEM?

STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and math. These four fields share an emphasis on innovation, problem-solving, and critical thinking. And together they make up a popular and fast-growing industry.

Most STEM workers use computers and other technology in their day-to-day jobs. Many also use the scientific method to test hypotheses and theories. Most STEM jobs are in high demand but suffer from a lack of qualified candidates.

STEM is necessary for growing the economy and staying globally competitive. As society innovates and technology advances, the need for professionals who understand how these technologies work and who can propose practical solutions continues to grow. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) calls STEM careers "tommorow's job," emphasizing the importance of these unique industries. Today, STEM jobs are in high demand, and many are projected to stay in demand for several years. At the same time, STEM professionals are in short supply, which is why so many colleges — as well as the U.S. government — are imploring students to study STEM. This high demand for computing professionals makes sense if you consider how much of our lives have become reliant on some form of digital technology. It’s how we communicate and keep in touch. It’s how we entertain ourselves. It starts the engines in our cars; in medical practices, it keeps us alive; it drives massive segments of our economy; and for better or worse, advances in digital technology will continue to control the future direction of our society. As our daily lives become more reliant on software and digital devices, jobs in computing will become increasingly more important.

Engineering and Physical Science is the next largest category of in-demand STEM careers. These are careers like Orthodontists, Petroleum Engineers, Biochemists, Nurse Anesthetists, Civil Engineers, and Cartographers. Yes, cartographers—map makers—are still a thing and they earn a median salary of $63,990. (Cool, I know.) These types of careers have much less to do with computers and more to do with rolling up your sleeves and getting elbow deep in real work, with real results that you can see right now.

Life Sciences and Mathematics are much smaller fields than the previous two, but they make up the third most significant chunk of STEM careers. These two fields involve the more theoretical STEM careers that account for only a small amount of the demand for STEM professionals. These are careers like being a Clinical Research Associate or an Economist that—while still in demand—might be harder to find a position in. However, these are by no means your only options when it comes to STEM careers. It doesn’t matter whether you prefer working with computers, building robots, drawing blueprints for skyscrapers, or developing groundbreaking medicine. If you can make it through a STEM program in college, there’s a STEM career for you. 

Going through a STEM program is pretty intense. It requires a lot of dedication, perseverance, and sacrifice to make it all the way through. No matter how, this style of education builds the skills and mindsets that employers find incredibly valuable. And since the demand for STEM professionals is so high, employers in STEM fields are willing to offer some of the most generous starting salaries that recent graduates can get.

[alfieabansale]

What is STEM?

STEM is an acronym that stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. It is a Senior High School strand, a specialized educational track, and development that studies the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. STEM-related education seeks to develop the expertise, ability, and capability of each individual to work effectively and efficiently across disciplines and generate skills, knowledge, concepts, and ideas through learning this kind of field.

The first letter in the word STEM stands for Science.

Science helps us to develop our interests and understanding of the real world. It also enables us to develop skills and knowledge in the way of research, critical thinking, experimentation, exploration, and discoveries.

The second letter in the word STEM stands for Technology.

Technology is the practical and technical application of knowledge, processes, and methods. These cover a wide range of fields including computing science and services, business, craft, design, engineering, graphics, and applied technologies including those relating to microbiological, and food technology.

The third letter in the word STEM stands for Engineering.

Engineering is the scientific method of applying mathematical skills and knowledge to each individual including those relating to construction, buildings, transport, and the built environment.

The fourth and last letter in the word STEM stands for Mathematics.

Mathematics, which includes numeracy, operations, abstractions, and problem-solving, and teaches us with the skills we need to interpret, analyze, and generalize information, and make right decisions. Numeracy and Mathematics aim to develop the abilities and capabilities and essential skills for life, careers, and occupations.

The strand also emphasizes the importance of communication skills and teamwork. These skills are essential so that students work effectively and efficiently in teams and communicate complex ideas and concepts to others.

The following are list of College Courses you can take or pursue when you're under in the STEM Strand:

Science

• BS in Biology

• BS in Geology

• BS in Physics

• BS in Chemistry

• BS in Food Technology

• BS in Medical Technology

• BS in Nursing

• BS in Pharmacy

• BS in Physical Therapy

Technology

• BS in Computer Science

• BS in Information Technology

• BS in Information Systems

Engineering

• BS in Aeronautical Engineering

• BS in Chemical Engineering

• BS in Computer Engineering

• BS in Civil Engineering

• BS in Electrical Engineering

• BS in Electronics Engineering

• BS in Marine Engineering

• BS in Mechanical Engineering

• BS in Petroleum Engineering

Mathematics

• BS in Mathematics

• BS in Applied Mathematics

• BS in Statistics

• BS in Secondary Education major in Mathematics

Examples of STEM majors:

• computer science

• electronics and other technology-related disciplines

• engineering

• mathematics

• natural, physical, and life sciences

The following majors are often included as STEM:

• accounting

• anthropology

• economics

• medicine

• nursing

• political science

• psychology

• social science

Top STEM careers:

Computing

• computer systems analyst

• database administrator

• IT director

• network administrator

• software developer

Engineering

• audio engineer

• biomedical engineer

• civil engineer

• electrical engineer

• petroleum engineer

Physical science

• chemist

• cartographer

• agricultural technician

• physicist

• science teacher

Life sciences

• anesthetist

• clinical research associate

• oceanographer

• orthodontist

• science teacher

Mathematics

• accountant

• actuary

• economist

• financial analyst

• math teacher

• statistician

In conclusion, STEM teaches critical thinking and innovation. If we want a country or nation where our future leaders, workers, and people can understand and solve complex challenges of today and in the future, and to meet the requirements of the dynamic and rapidly evolving world, building student's skills and knowledge in STEM fields is essential. We must also remember that no matter where the student lives, they always have access to quality education and environment.

References:

>https://www.strand.ph/stem-strand-introduction#:~:text=STEM%20Strand%20%E2%80%93%20The%20Science%2C%20Technology,future%20careers%20in%20these%20fields.

>https://education.gov.scot/improvement/documents/sci43-definingstem.pdf

>https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/STEM-science-technology-engineering-and-mathematics#:~:text=STEM%20(science%2C%20technology%2C%20engineering%2C%20and%20mathematics)

> https://www.ed.gov/stem

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[covid-safer-hotties]

More than 50 long-term effects of COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Published Aug 9, 2021

Abstract COVID-19 can involve persistence, sequelae, and other medical complications that last weeks to months after initial recovery. This systematic review and meta-analysis aims to identify studies assessing the long-term effects of COVID-19. LitCOVID and Embase were searched to identify articles with original data published before the 1st of January 2021, with a minimum of 100 patients. For effects reported in two or more studies, meta-analyses using a random-effects model were performed using the MetaXL software to estimate the pooled prevalence with 95% CI. PRISMA guidelines were followed. A total of 18,251 publications were identified, of which 15 met the inclusion criteria. The prevalence of 55 long-term effects was estimated, 21 meta-analyses were performed, and 47,910 patients were included (age 17–87 years). The included studies defined long-COVID as ranging from 14 to 110 days post-viral infection. It was estimated that 80% of the infected patients with SARS-CoV-2 developed one or more long-term symptoms. The five most common symptoms were fatigue (58%), headache (44%), attention disorder (27%), hair loss (25%), and dyspnea (24%). Multi-disciplinary teams are crucial to developing preventive measures, rehabilitation techniques, and clinical management strategies with whole-patient perspectives designed to address long COVID-19 care.

[aubreyu]

Experience a sleep lab-level watch at home

Poor sleep can harm people's physical and mental health in many ways, such as decreased concentration and thinking ability, impaired immune system, mental health and metabolic disorders, etc.

Therefore, more and more people begin to pay attention to the quality of sleep. Some people will go to the sleep laboratory to queue up for sleep research, but the following problems may occur

Confined environment

Sleep studies in the laboratory often require subjects to fall asleep in an unfamiliar environment, such as a bed in a sleep laboratory. This unfamiliar environment may lead to poor sleep quality for some people because they cannot get enough rest in the environment they are used to.

Interference with sleep monitoring

When research is done in a sleep laboratory, various devices are used to monitor various aspects of sleep, such as EEG, EKG, and respiratory monitoring. These devices may interfere with the comfort and sleep experience of the subjects and affect their normal sleep patterns.

Small sample size

Due to resource and time constraints, sleep laboratory studies can often only recruit relatively small sample sizes. This may limit the generalizability and generalizability of the findings, and make it difficult to gain a comprehensive understanding.

Restricted sleep time

When research is done in the laboratory, subjects often have limited sleep time. This may lead to discrepancies between the research results and the actual daily sleep situation, because people may face various disturbances and stresses in daily life, which affect the sleep time and quality.

High resource requirements

Sleep laboratories require significant equipment, technical staff, and research funding to support operations. This makes sleep research impracticable in some regions or institutions because of resource constraints.

Why Users Love PolyWatch YH-600:

The watch's design and simple operation bring you a new experience. With this portable device, you can perform sleep tests at home without queuing up at a sleep lab for a sleep study. Comprehensive analysis software provides you with user-friendly sleep analysis and accurate diagnostic reports.

It can be used in hospitals and homes to meet different application scenarios. The device is light, easy to wear, friendly human-computer interaction, real-time screen display waveform and parameters. Professional analysis software, with cross-platform data compatibility, can generate diagnostic reports for clinical reading

Therefore, choosing PolyWatch YH-600 can help you understand your sleep situation, optimize sleep quality, and provide health problem discovery and sleep improvement suggestions without leaving home. They become a powerful tool in the management of your sleep health, helping to improve your quality of life and health.

[rakhisingh]

An API developer in DigitalAPICraft Company thinks API will revolutionize the healthcare ecosystem

The rise of digital health solutions has transformed how we approach healthcare. APIs play a major role in this transformation, enabling seamless integration with existing systems and data sources. For instance, wearable devices and mobile health applications can utilize APIs to seamlessly transmit health data to EHRs, enabling healthcare providers to monitor patients remotely and gain valuable insights into their health status. API also enables the integration of telemedicine platforms, which allows patients to easily schedule medical appointments, securely share their medical information, and receive virtual care. APIs are sets of rules and protocols that allow different software applications to communicate and interact with each other. Here's how APIs could potentially revolutionize the healthcare ecosystem:

Innovation and Development: APIs can encourage innovation by allowing developers to create new applications and services that leverage healthcare data. For instance, wearable devices and health monitoring apps can connect to APIs to provide patients and healthcare providers with real-time health data.

Data Exchange and Integration: APIs can facilitate the secure exchange of patient data between healthcare providers, hospitals, clinics, and even patients themselves. This can lead to more coordinated and efficient care, as healthcare professionals can access the information they need in real-time.

Patient Empowerment: APIs can empower patients by giving them access to their own health data. Patients can use this data to make informed decisions about their health and share it with different healthcare providers as needed.

Research and Analytics: APIs can make it easier for researchers to access and analyze large sets of anonymized healthcare data for epidemiological studies, clinical trials, and medical research.

Security and Compliance: While APIs offer many benefits, data security and patient privacy are critical concerns in healthcare. Implementing robust security measures and complying with relevant regulations like HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) is essential when developing healthcare APIs.

Personalized Healthcare: APIs can enable the integration of patient data from various sources, which can then be used to provide personalized treatment plans and recommendations. This can lead to more effective treatments tailored to individual patients.

Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring: APIs can play a crucial role in telemedicine by enabling video consultations, remote patient monitoring, and virtual healthcare services. This is especially important in situations where in-person visits are challenging or not feasible.

Data Exchange and Integration: APIs can facilitate the secure exchange of patient data between healthcare providers, hospitals, clinics, and even patients themselves. This can lead to more coordinated and efficient care, as healthcare professionals can access the information they need in real-time.

Interoperability: APIs can enable different healthcare systems, such as electronic health records (EHR) platforms, medical devices, and mobile applications, to seamlessly exchange data and share information. This can lead to improved patient care by providing healthcare providers with a comprehensive view of a patient's medical history and data.

The API developer's belief in the revolutionary potential of APIs in the healthcare ecosystem is well-founded. However, it's important to recognize that while APIs offer tremendous opportunities, they also come with challenges that need to be carefully addressed to ensure the safe and effective use of healthcare data. One APIMarketplace comes with a package of features and benefits, which can totally change the way you run your organization and provide you with a much more efficient and hassle-free system, leading you to better results. So don’t wait visit DigitalAPICraft.com and get a free demo of One APIMarketplace today.

For more information: https://digitalapicraft.com/

[magnolia-sunrise]

Pronunciation: /bas.tjɛ̃/ playlist

Bastien is a human who has a day job fixing rich people's cars which pays for the side job of fixing androids who can't afford to turn to official systems for help. He is highly intelligent, resilient and private person with a dry sense of humor. His clinic is in a run down part of the city away from prying eyes and entirely disconnected from the upper class world he occupies with his boyfriend, Matteo. He is an only child and is estranged from his family.

He has always been deeply and maybe naively moved to help people, wherever they come from, which is why he initially studied to become a surgeon. Circumstances out of their control caused these ambitions to be taken away from him - an altercation ended with a bullet in his shoulder, forever damaging nerves in his dominant arm. The wound put him out of commission physically and mentally for a while and he never officially graduated or got the prestigious position he was set up for.

Matteo having had a crush on them since their days in university had his rich family secure a job for Bastien fixing cars for the wealthy friends of the family. This at least he could do even with the lack of fine motorics in his arm after the injury. They have been in a relationship and living together in Matteo's apartment since.

Around this time he first happened to meet Wolfgang, half dead in a ditch, and got an ugly cut on his face for his attempt to help them. That meeting inspired him to eventually open the clinic and study up what he could find on android biology. He finds an assistant in Élise, who's more confident in the software side of things. Years later, when they meet for the second time, they strike a deal so that Wolfgang occasionally procures parts and resources for the clinic and in turn its doors are open to them at all times.

Bastien is someone stuck in a life that should be good enough but isn't and he is stuck lying to himself because he feels a tremendous debt to Matteo. He feels he owes him loyalty even if he doesn't feel anything for him and he feels 'kept' rather than loved or understood by Matteo. He's resigned to a sense of unhappiness with his life. This has left him emotionally stunted and guarded, and unable to make any decision that would set him free. He doesn't feel like he deserves to have what he wants or what would make them truly happy.

The clinic and namely Wolfgang's repeat visits is the fire that he keeps returning to, despite the stress and danger from potential legal ramifications. He doesn't know the details, but on some level he is aware of what Wolfgang does and it doesn't really bother him. Their professional relationship grows into a friendship grows into complicated feelings and deep desire. Even at this point Bastien can't help being a little selfish and cruel - the right thing would be to tell Wolfgang 'no' once and for all and end it - but he keeps letting them further in.