#healthcare updates

[healthcare-updates]

From Data to Decisions: Leveraging IoMT for Improved Healthcare Outcomes

The article explores how the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) is transforming healthcare by enabling remote patient monitoring, enhancing chronic disease management, and optimizing smart hospital operations. It delves into the benefits, challenges, regulatory aspects, and future potential of IoMT integrated with AI and blockchain technology.

Introduction:

The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) represents a transformative leap in healthcare technology, connecting medical devices and applications to healthcare IT systems via networking technologies.This interconnected web of devices allows for the seamless collection, analysis, and sharing of health data, which in turn enhances healthcare outcomes.By harnessing the power of IoMT, healthcare providers can make more informed decisions, improve patient care, and optimize operational efficiency.

The Role of IoMT in Healthcare

IoMT spans a vast array of devices, from wearable fitness trackers to advanced medical imaging equipment, all of which generate and transmit data that can be analyzed for critical insights.

Here’s how IoMT is revolutionizing various aspects of healthcare:

Remote Patient Monitoring (RPM): Imagine a scenario where your vital signs, such as heart rate, blood pressure, and glucose levels, are constantly monitored without frequent visits to a clinic.RPM enables this by using devices like continuous glucose monitors and smart heart rate sensors.Read more>>

Chronic Disease Management: Managing chronic conditions like diabetes, heart disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) becomes significantly more effective with IoMT. Devices provide continuous, detailed data on disease progression and treatment efficacy. Read more>>

Smart Hospitals: In a smart hospital, interconnected devices such as IV pumps, patient beds, and imaging equipment streamline operations and enhance patient safety.Smart beds can automatically adjust to prevent bedsores, while connected IV pumps can precisely control medication dosages, reducing the risk of human error. Read more>>

Benefits of IoMT

Improved Patient Outcomes: IoMT facilitates early detection of potential health issues through continuous monitoring, allowing for preventive care and reducing the need for emergency interventions.For example, patients at risk of heart failure can be monitored for signs of deterioration, enabling early intervention and potentially life-saving treatment. Read more>>

Cost Reduction: By enabling remote monitoring and early intervention, IoMT significantly reduces the frequency of hospital readmissions.This not only improves patient outcomes but also alleviates the financial strain on healthcare systems.For instance, patients with chronic conditions can be managed at home, reducing the need for expensive hospital stays. Read more>>

Better Decision-Making: The advanced analytics on data collected from IoMT devices provide actionable insights for healthcare providers.For example, data from wearable devices can be analyzed to detect early signs of health deterioration, enabling timely intervention.Similarly, data from smart hospital equipment can help identify patterns and trends that inform clinical decisions. Read more>>

Challenges and Solutions

While the benefits of IoMT are clear, several challenges need to be addressed for its widespread adoption:

Data Security and Privacy: The vast amount of data generated by IoMT devices poses significant security and privacy risks.Personal health information must be protected to prevent unauthorized access and breaches. Read more>>

Interoperability: Different IoMT devices and systems often use varying protocols, making it difficult to integrate data seamlessly.For instance, a patient’s wearable fitness tracker may not easily communicate with the hospital’s electronic health record (EHR) system. Read more>>

Regulatory Compliance: IoMT devices must comply with stringent regulatory requirements to ensure patient safety and data privacy. This includes obtaining necessary certifications and adhering to standards set by regulatory bodies such as the FDA and EMA. Read more>>

The Future of IoMT in Healthcare

The future of IoMT is promising, with advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) poised to enhance its capabilities further.AI-driven analytics can provide deeper insights into patient data, predicting potential health issues before they arise and enabling more personalized care. Read more>> More Articles

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[intersectionalpraxis]

"If a pig catches both a human influenza A virus and an avian influenza A virus at the same time, it can spark a process known as viral reassortment — a genetic exchange in which flu viruses swap gene segments." "Those swaps can introduce dramatic changes, producing a new virus with certain properties of a non-human strain coupled with the capacity to infect and spread between people." "The death rate in humans may be upwards of 50 per cent, World Health Organization data suggests, though it's possible that milder infections are getting missed, skewing the case fatality ratio. Still, in a population that's never been exposed, the global impacts could be dire." "More human cases could also be happening under the radar among farm workers who've moved to the U.S. from abroad, don't speak English as their first language, and may be hesitant to seek medical help, he added." "So I think there's probably underreporting on both sides," Armstrong said." "If [H5N1] gets into a population where there's constantly animals going in and out … it might not ever leave."

I've been watching this develop for the past several days, and apart from being terrified most people will not take this seriously (I've seen a handful of people already shout conspiracy on social media and it's alarming to see, as always). What I wanted to point out is that pandemics are going to continue to be our 'normal.' I watched a great video on YouTube a while ago (I believe it was by Vice?) that touched base on how this is going to become our new reality because of multiple factors (such as our proximity to animals, and environments/etc). It was when Covid hit and they did a piece debunking some of the misinformation floating on the internet. If I can find it I will post it here because it was informative and relevant to pretty much any world crisis we will see around any virus that spreads among a human population.

This post isn't trying to fear monger anyone, I just hope more people are aware of what is happening because this is important to talk about. There are already cases (of cows getting this bird flu) in the US, and I won't be surprised if there will be instances in more countries around the world. As usual, keep washing your hands/keeping good hygiene practices, masking up (and if you aren't I hope you consider it), and taking precautions if you do happen to visit/work or go near a pig or poultry farm too:

I'll keep track of this here of course, but please stay informed folks. And also FU to any governments who will try to minimize this or try to diminish the severity until it's too late and community spread happens like Covid because their actions are influenced by capitalistic interests.

Update (April 7th, 2024, 9:32pm EST): to anyone wondering where some of the source information originates from -here is a link to the CDC. They are tracking documented avian virus outbreaks in the US and the public can access it here:

[taviamoth]

Hospitals and medical personnel are supposed to be protected under 'international law'.

israel's impunity as it gleefully, viciously and brutally destroys the entire healthcare sector of Gaza shows that under US hegemony, 'international law' is worth as much as shitty toilet paper.

[faeriekit]

Health and Hybrids (Masterpost) 👽👻💚

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[Mashup of cryptid!Danny, presumed-alien!Danny, dp x dc, and the prompt made @tachvintlogic's body horror meat grinder fic.]

art by @neurotraum🖤🖤

Adrift in an unknown space, his transportation lost, his body a wreck, and only half-conscious, Danny has to find himself somewhere safe to recover.

Now, if only he can convince the locals to leave him alone while he does...

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Trigger warnings for this story:  body horror | gore | post-dissection fic | dehumanization (probably) | medical/recovery themes | my nonexistent attempts at following DC canon.

👽Chapter list:

PART ONE 🟢 PART TWO 🟢 PART THREE 🟢 PART FOUR 🟢 PART FIVE 🟢 PART SIX 🟢 PART SEVEN 🟢 PART EIGHT 🟢PART NINE 🟢 PART TEN 🟢 PART ELEVEN 🟢 PART TWELVE 🟢 PART THIRTEEN 🟢 PART FOURTEEN 🟢 PART FIFTEEN 🟢 PART SIXTEEN 🟢 PART SEVENTEEN 🟢 PART EIGHTEEN 🟢 PART NINETEEN 🟢 PART TWENTY 🟢 PART TWENTY ONE 🟢 PART TWENTY TWO 🟢 PART TWENTY THREE 🟢 PART TWENTY FOUR 🟢 PART TWENTY FIVE 🟢 PART TWENTY SIX 🟢 PART TWENTY SEVEN 🟢

💚 For "full" character and tag list, Ao3 Is here for all parts: now featuring mediocre mouse-over translations only available on a computer.

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[penwrythe]

What's stopping the possibility of a ceasefire is pretty simple. Hamas is holding 239 Israeli civilians hostage including children and the elderly. What's happening in Palestine is a travesty and horrendous. But Israel can't initiate a ceasefire from the position they're in, so we need to be agitating for Hamas to release the hostages and call for a ceasefire instead.

NO GENOCIDE IS JUSTIFIABLE

HOW DOES THE KILLING OF INNOCENT PEOPLE ON THIS EXTREME LEVEL FORCE HAMAS TO RETURN HOSTAGES??

ISRAEL'S BOMBARDMENT AND INDISCRIMINATE SHOOTING IN GAZA THREATEN EVERYONE THERE INCLUDING DOCTORS JOURNALISTS CHILDREN ENTIRE FAMILIES AND THE HOSTAGES

EVERYONE IS TARGETED

YOU HAVE HOSPITALS BOMBED HOW ANY OF THIS IS JUSTIFIED

@sarroora @fairuzfan @palipunk @wearenotjustnumbers2

You know more about this than I do.

[skyloftian-nutcase]

Four was honestly surprised how many people were here. It was his first big trip, and it was definitely overwhelming. He was usually a loner, but he had to admit… he was thankful he’d asked a friend to come along.

Legend laughed as he texted someone, face glowing with glee. He elbowed Four mischievously. “We should definitely send pictures to Wars.”

“Is that who you’re texting?” Four asked with a smile, enjoying the cheer from his usually grumpier friend. Legend adored education conferences - his friend was nothing if not a lover of learning and exploring new things.

“Oh absolutely,” Legend replied, showing his phone. “He’s upset because I went to the emergency medicine conference and then went to this one. Personally, I think he’s just jealous because I have a cert he doesn’t.”

“Wait, Wars doesn’t have his CCRN?” Four questioned, confused. He figured Warriors, who had everything in his life in order, would have his critical care nursing certification. It was fairly common for nurses in ICU and ED settings.

“Nope!” Legend quipped with delight, obviously ecstatic that he had something over the military nurse.

“Okay, but important question: where are we going to get dinner?”

“Somewhere it doesn’t cost half our paycheck.”

Four glanced around at the skyscrapers. “Uh… not sure we’re going to manage that. I didn’t think the Hebra Mountains had cities like this.”

“Well, then we can contemplate Brugada Syndrome and complicated EKG rhythms while we starve,” Legend supposed.

“Oh, don’t be like that,” Four laughed. “This is a trip, we shouldn’t worry about the cost too much.”

”We don’t make Time’s salary.”

“But we make decent salary.”

Legend bit his lips, stubborn. Four narrowed his eyes analytically. “This isn’t about how much the food costs; it’s because you’ve blown your budget on coffee, isn’t it?”

His friend immediately flushed, guilty as charged. “They charge ten rupees for coffee! Ten!! This place is ridiculous!”

“I told you your caffeine addiction would come back to bite you someday,” Four smiled. “Or, well, more so than it already has.”

“I swear, if you bring up the SVT episode one more time—”

[notyourtoday]

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"The vaccine campaign doesn't address the core issue, which is the lack of hygiene, sanitation and clean water." Chessa Latifi, from the organisation Project Hope, says it's unlikely most of the children in #Gaza will get access to the polio vaccine.

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Link to post .

[awkward-teabag]

Love (cannot emphasis how much sarcasm there is in that word) that an official Canadian government response to high cellphone rates is to switch carriers.

Switch it to what? We basically have three companies since one was allowed to eat the forth (with the government saying it wasn't anti-competition and the company eating the other pinky promising they wouldn't jack rates up). Even the smaller companies have to rent infrastructure from the Big Three so there's only so much they can do if that rent costs an arm and a leg.

And that's not touching on how many "small companies" are actually just subsidiaries of the Big Three. You may save $5 but you're still with Telus/Rogers/Bell.

Or that the actual small companies tend to have shit coverage because they don't have the infrastructure available to them and are prevented from getting it. Or their traffic is throttled in favour of the Big Three's customers. Or both.

Or that they're extremely regional thus aren't an option for a huge chunk of Canada's population.

We have no true options and the government has shown time and again that they're fine with monopolies, in multiple industries, and don't care when said monopolies jack up prices to make shareholders and the c-suite more money at the expense of everyone else. At most there will be a verbal slap on the wrist and a giftcard for $25 that people have to register for, for a decade and a half of price gouging.

It's not talked a whole lot about outside the country from what I've seen and heard but Canada is a country of monopolies. A handful of companies own nearly everything, every province has a family or two that owns a hell of a lot (Nova Scotia is basically owned by one family at this point), and our government ignores it. Even the branch that is supposed to be against monopolies is fine with mergers and takeovers in most cases.

Because, you know, the company said it totally wouldn't use consumers' lack of options to increase prices.

[beautifulqueerexistence]

One Week Post-Op (DI Top Surgery update, TW MENTION: Surgical procedure, surgical complications, medical transition, top surgery drains, Hematoma)

Wow, holy crap, my surgery was a week ago already!

I met with my surgeon yesterday for my first follow up! It was really nice to be able to talk about the small hematoma (a blot clot, more or less!) in my left side, and have her concretely tell me that it’s breaking down the way it’s supposed to, that the neon color drainage IS normal (for a person with a hematoma)… And I got my right side drain out!!! The left will continue to stay in until (at least) my follow up a week from today. The hematoma needs to reliquify slowly and drain, either via my drain or by spreading to the surrounding porous tissue by converting to bruising. That being said, my bruising is gonna WORSEN before it’ll get better, but bruising is a good sign that my hematoma is healing. Swelling is pretty consistent on the left, and she said that everything looks amazing, all things considered!

I realized yesterday that I will never again have to deal with underboob sweat, that weird “tuck your shirt under them so your skin doesn’t stick and get all sweaty gross,” or having to “rest them” while leaning on a table. That was a trippy realization, that at some point I did that for the last time, and now I’m just free of it. I was able to soooorta tilt to my right while sleeping last night, and as a side sleeper, I’m ecstatic about that. I looked at my pre-op photos for the first time since surgery this morning and I’m gonna be honest… I’m already forgetting what they felt like. It feels so dissociated bc my brain just so easily clicked into “Yep, this is what my chest is supposed to look like.” Even with the incisions and bruising it still feels like MY (flat) chest just had some surgery. And that’s a super fucking cool feeling, having my chest feel like MINE, finally feel familiar.

My mom thanked my surgeon yesterday for “that (my) smile” and said “it was an overnight difference with him. I can just see him glowing with relief.” I think that’s a pretty accurate anecdote to leave this update off on. More to come as things progress.

Side note- If anyone has any questions about top surgery, drains, hematomas, or anything adjacent, I’m happy to talk! My DMs are always open. I’m by no means an expert or qualified doctor, but I’m always happy to share my experience in the hope that it helps someone else.

[junkiechurch420]

2 Weeks on T: What I’ve Noticed

So I started testosterone two weeks ago (edit: my stoned ass thought it was 3 sorry) and just did my third shot (subcutaneous, .1 ml (20mg) once a week to start off). While the changes are very minimal, they’re noticeable.

The ass sweat. My god dude. It started for me within a few hours of my first shot (literally the very first change)

Bottom growth! I think it started a couple days after my first shot and has been growing slowly since. Definitely a noticeable difference in size, sensation and like… how the skin feels.

I think about sex a lot more than I did before and get horny a lot easier but it’s not to a point where it’s annoying. I also find myself more attracted to women when before my bisexuality was a 50/50 split.

Body odor is starting to smell different (not better or worse, just a more “male” smell I guess) and is a bit more noticeable.

Mental clarity. It gets better and better every day. Even if the changes are small, I find I look in the mirror and see myself a bit more every time.

Now this one I might just be lyin to myself but I think (and this is only because I already had high testosterone levels and my voice was already deep) my voice is starting to crack. Marginally.

My face is greasier and I’m having small breakouts.

Anger. Now, this might sound like a bad thing, but it manifests in different ways than it did before. I have a lot of issues with BPD rage and I’ve experienced not one episode since I’ve started. When the anger does come, I’ve been told to count to 20 and if I’m not angry anymore when I’m done, then it was probably just the T making me mad. I find it’s more frustration and it’s not intense, just more frequent.

Usually I’m not great at adjusting to change, and I heard about certain effects of T (hot flashes, anger, and sex drive most notably) and thought that they’d impact me really intensely which I was kind of worried about because I’m susceptible to chemical changes that impact my emotions but I can say this has only been a positive experience for me so far. The changes come slowly enough that it doesn’t fuck with my brain chemistry (another reason I chose weekly shots as opposed to every two weeks). I’m happier. I look forward to my life now, and I don’t mind the “undesirable” changes because those changes are as much of a part of my maleness as facial hair or a deep voice will be.

Rock on mothafuckas, and I’ll update you next week.

[curops]

My health has been taking a dive again recently but it's become tradition for me to go to all of my friend's hockey games so I pushed myself out today and wound up passing out which. Okay, less than optimal HOWEVER. Tell me that isn't a perfect premise for a Style fic? Kyle stressed with school or work and slacking on his self-care and still forcing himself to Stan's hockey game. Stan sees him go down while he's on the ice and skates off mid-game to help him... sigh...

[intersectionalpraxis]

Official statement:

[taviamoth]

🚨 IOF tanks and bulldozers continue their siege and invasion of Al-Shifa Medical Complex in the northern #Gaza Strip over 6 hours later amidst heavy fire in its vicinity.

Sources from inside Al-Shifa Medical Complex informed Al-Araby TV that over 40 IOF airstrikes targeted the Al-Shifa. Two explosions occurred inside the Complex, where over 30,000 displaced people are in danger. Over 5,000 wounded are subjected to danger due to the bombing and the power outage.

[meowmeowmeowimacat]

sorry i took a bit of a break for a couple days, my senior year in hs is comming to a close! so, i might be offline/not as active until July! i will try to post some, but sadly irl stuff can get in the way.

While we're doing irl stuff, i might as well mention that my grandma has skin cancer. Her appointment to get it removed is two months away, and im definitely worried abt her (she's 92).

I also got into college, but that's for after summer.

[findchaos]

I just posted an update on our medical emergency GoFundMe about our progress so far. Thank you so much for supporting us through this hecked month, we're very excited to reach our goal to afford all of these surgeries!

❤️‍🩹 gofund.me/05db79c2