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Machine Learning Meets Motherhood: This Entrepreneur Is Changing The Future Of Fertility

Forbes Healthcare

Felicia von Reden started Ovom Care in 2023 to build software to make the often strenuous IVF process more efficient and more affordable. Ovom uses artificial intelligence to help doctors determine the right medication and dosage for each patient, and even identify the most viable eggs and sperm in a patient's body.

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Zombie Healthcare Masking Policies Return to Maryland

Sensible Medicine

In 2023, the Maryland Department of Health (DOH) adopted a standard for return to universal masking in healthcare facilities when hospitalizations with respiratory viruses (covid, influenza, or RSV) reach a level of 10 cases per 100,000 population. A limited mask mandate is returning to my state this week. Maryland has a population of 6.3

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Win $100,000 in Goodies Courtesy of Careismatic Brands for Nurses’ Week 2023

Scrubs

Careismatic Brands, the world’s largest maker of medical apparel, is giving away $100,000 in free scrubs for Nurses’ Week 2023. Some 250 winners will each receive a new set of scrubs every month from June to December 2023. Then we have the competition of the century for you.

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LivaNova Facing Multiple Class Action Lawsuits Over October 2023 Cyberattack

The HIPAA Journal

The Houston, TX-based medical device company, LivaNova, is facing multiple class action lawsuits over an October 2023 cyberattack that exposed the protected health information of 180,000 patients. The post LivaNova Facing Multiple Class Action Lawsuits Over October 2023 Cyberattack appeared first on The HIPAA Journal.

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Virtual Care and Mental Health Top of Mind for Employers’ Workplaces in 2023

Health Populi

The 2023 Large Employers’ Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey from the Business Group on Health (BGH) found that two in three large employers see their health and well-being strategy as an integral part of their overall workforce strategy.

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Artificial Intelligence can be the Catalyst for Transformative Change at NIH

Sensible Medicine

For example, a systematic review of medical journals found only 0.6% For example, the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research settled HIPAA violations for $3.9 Take electronic health records (EHRs) – a decade ago, they were touted as the 21st-century upgrade to medical practice. Yet this gold mine is mostly fools gold.

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A Discussion with Dr. Dena Zeraatkar regarding analytic flexibility in observational studies

Sensible Medicine

Following her doctoral training, she pursued postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School, for which she was awarded a Banting scholarship. For her research, in 2023, she was awarded a Gairdner Early Career Investigator Award. She earned her doctoral degree at McMaster University in the Health Research Methodology graduate program.