How Vision Pro Could Change Healthcare
How Vision Pro Could Change Healthcare VR (Virtual Reality) and AR (Augmented Reality) headsets like Apple’s Vision Pro hold immense potential to revolutionize various aspects of healthcare. I have mentioned these technologies could improve patient care, medical training, and more in prior posts. The purpose of this post is to add some specifics. I will […]
The Vibrating Pill
The Vibrating Pill One of my favorite weekly reads is Medical Automation. It is an independent champion of effective, efficient, and equitable healthcare. It promotes the intersection of parallel revolutions in biomedicine, informatics, and nanotechnologies. Every week, the electronic newsletter summarizes at least a half-dozen breakthrough research projects applicable to medicine and healthcare. One of […]
AI to Revolutionize the Stethoscope
AI to Revolutionize the Stethoscope Connor Landsgraf, CEO of San Francisco startup Eko Devices, believes it is time to upgrade the stethoscope, which he pointed out has not changed since the 1880s. He claims many physicians do not get adequate training on how to interpret the sounds they hear with a classic stethoscope. He says […]
What is a Large Language Model?
What is a Large Language Model? A large language model (LLM) is a type of artificial intelligence (AI) model which is fed with a massive dataset of information from the Internet. A set of complex computer algorithms analyzes the information and learns the statistical relationships between words and phrases. This process is called training. After […]
Is Falling a Problem? by John R. Patrick
Is Falling a Problem? According to the CDC, about 700,000 to 1 million people fall in hospitals in the United States each year. Falls in hospitals can be caused by a variety of factors including medication side effects, dementia, weakness, impaired vision, unsteady gait, and environmental hazards such as slippery floors or clutter. Even more […]