Academic Research

Johns Hopkins has received a $20 million grant from the National Institute on Aging that will spur the development of artificial intelligence devices (AI) to improve the health of older adults and help them live independently for longer — a relatively untapped use of this technology.

Use of a novel technique called the quantitative flow ratio (QFR) to precisely identify and measure the severity of artery blockages can lead to significantly improved outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), according to a new study done in collaboration with Mount Sinai faculty.

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors adopted five National Priorities for Health, which serve as ambitious long-term goals to guide PCORI’s funding of patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER) and other engagement, dissemination and implementation, and research infrastructure initiatives.

Controls-based “checklists” and dubious certifications will not adequately protect a healthcare organization’s sensitive digital assets. What will work is a formal Information Risk Management (IRM) program designed to grow more effective and mature over time.

In the electronics industry, the UL stamp of approval means that a product has been deemed safe. But in the healthcare field, there isn’t a single certification that ensures that Protected Health Information is safe – or that risks are being properly managed.

Travelers who have time to spare before their flight departs can learn Hands-Only CPR in about five minutes at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI), where a new interactive kiosk at Gate B7 will teach this effective bystander CPR skill. BWI Airport is one of five U.S. locations where a Hands-Only CPR training kiosk will reside, courtesy of the American Heart Association (AHA) and the Amerigroup Foundation.

Penn Medicine by any standard is a behemoth. With total revenues last year of over $5 billion, Penn Medicine is inclusive of the University of Pennsylvania Health System and the Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine, the nation’s oldest medical school established in 1765. In addition to the over 2000 medical school faculty and 3000 students at Perelman,  the chart below shows Penn Medicine by the numbers for 2015.

Harvard Health Publications, the consumer health education division of Harvard Medical School, today announced a licensing relationship that will deliver a new series of Q&A videos to clinicians and patients at the point of care. This relationship will put the medical knowledge and expertise of Harvard Medical School faculty into brief videos that clinicians using […]