Over 70% of ER, urgent care, and doctor visits can be safely handled over the phone. The healthiestyou platform provides 24/7 access to licensed US doctors through phone, video, or email consultations to diagnose, prescribe medications, and provide medical advice for common conditions like allergies and bronchitis. It offers a personalized online wellness program and prescription drug price comparison tool to empower people to improve their health while potentially reducing costs. Member surveys found high rates of satisfaction and that issues were typically resolved in under 30 minutes through the telehealth service.
Health and finance are more and more interconnected. Medical expenses are the number one reason for bankruptcy in the US and health is noted as the highest expense in retirement. We know that over half of Americans can’t afford a $400 emergency and yet more and more consumers have high deductible health plans which require more cash out of their pocket than before. The lack of transparency in the system can lead people to be unaware of expenses coming their way, not understand the bills when they come, and not understand their plan and their ultimate financial responsibility. This can lead people to fund medical debt on credit cards and even avoid treatment because they can’t afford the expense. Financial products like HSAs are designed to support consumers in planning for and affording health expenses and can even reduce their taxable income and provide a long-term savings and investment vehicle, but many people are not aware or do not use them as they are designed. In addition, the stress associated with financial volatility can add to an individual’s stress and can actually cause or exacerbate the health problems they face.
This area is a crucial one to be aware of and to address in the work we do across the design and innovation community in health. There are many opportunities for those across the health system from payer to provider to benefits administrator and employer to help people understand and manage the financial aspects of health. This panel will help us to explore the concept of financial wellbeing as it pertains to health planning and navigation, opening our eyes to the obstacles and opportunities present.
Healthcare problems that have plagued the employee health for years, don't have the be norm. Leveraging direct primary care, pharmacy and other scopes of work can dramatically improve access to quality care while reducing the costs.
Kamal Jethwani, MD, MPH
Corporate Manager - Research and Innovation
Partners Healthcare Center for Connected Health
iHT² CMIO Symposium Beverly Hills – Opening Keynote: Kamal Jethwani, MD, MPH, Corporate Manager – Research and Innovation, Partners Healthcare Center for Connected Health
Health and finance are more and more interconnected. Medical expenses are the number one reason for bankruptcy in the US and health is noted as the highest expense in retirement. We know that over half of Americans can’t afford a $400 emergency and yet more and more consumers have high deductible health plans which require more cash out of their pocket than before. The lack of transparency in the system can lead people to be unaware of expenses coming their way, not understand the bills when they come, and not understand their plan and their ultimate financial responsibility. This can lead people to fund medical debt on credit cards and even avoid treatment because they can’t afford the expense. Financial products like HSAs are designed to support consumers in planning for and affording health expenses and can even reduce their taxable income and provide a long-term savings and investment vehicle, but many people are not aware or do not use them as they are designed. In addition, the stress associated with financial volatility can add to an individual’s stress and can actually cause or exacerbate the health problems they face.
This area is a crucial one to be aware of and to address in the work we do across the design and innovation community in health. There are many opportunities for those across the health system from payer to provider to benefits administrator and employer to help people understand and manage the financial aspects of health. This panel will help us to explore the concept of financial wellbeing as it pertains to health planning and navigation, opening our eyes to the obstacles and opportunities present.
Healthcare problems that have plagued the employee health for years, don't have the be norm. Leveraging direct primary care, pharmacy and other scopes of work can dramatically improve access to quality care while reducing the costs.
Kamal Jethwani, MD, MPH
Corporate Manager - Research and Innovation
Partners Healthcare Center for Connected Health
iHT² CMIO Symposium Beverly Hills – Opening Keynote: Kamal Jethwani, MD, MPH, Corporate Manager – Research and Innovation, Partners Healthcare Center for Connected Health
How To Go From Telehealth Startup To Telehealth EnterpriseVSee
For more information of the presentation such as recording and transcript, please visit:
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From Paper to Personal: Partnering with Patients for Condition Management
A folder of handouts given at discharge used to count as patient education for hospitals. Now, as health systems move to videos, text programs, and more in their overall digital patient engagement strategies, there is still something missing: starting with what the patient actually cares about. Each of these approaches involve pushing a standard set of information at patients, without first understanding what would actually be meaningful for this person at this moment.
We’ll share a case study of how we applied five years of patient research and worked with a leading regional health system to create a personalized condition management program for their heart failure patients, tailored based on whether patients were first learning of this diagnosis or had been managing their condition for awhile. An integrative and innovative approach combined education on the “survival skills” most critical to health as well as an interactive needs assessment to identify any knowledge, resource, or behavior gaps so that proactive support can be provided to patients before risks become problems.
When you combine an experienced and efficient non-profit health cost sharing organization with an expert wellness education and management platform, you get the most comprehensive health sharing program available today – Health Excellence Select!
Patient engagement is a critical element of successful transitions of care. Without it, patients are improperly educated about their condition and inadequately prepared to self-manage.
Healthcare organizations need effective and scalable ways of engaging patients post-discharge.
What is patient engagement? How do we create it? This talk proposes that focusing on human qualities and applying user experience design processes can help health information technology professionals with this key goal.
Health and finance are more and more interconnected. Medical expenses are the number one reason for bankruptcy in the US and health is noted as the highest expense in retirement. We know that over half of Americans can’t afford a $400 emergency and yet more and more consumers have high deductible health plans which require more cash out of their pocket than before. The lack of transparency in the system can lead people to be unaware of expenses coming their way, not understand the bills when they come, and not understand their plan and their ultimate financial responsibility. This can lead people to fund medical debt on credit cards and even avoid treatment because they can’t afford the expense. Financial products like HSAs are designed to support consumers in planning for and affording health expenses and can even reduce their taxable income and provide a long-term savings and investment vehicle, but many people are not aware or do not use them as they are designed. In addition, the stress associated with financial volatility can add to an individual’s stress and can actually cause or exacerbate the health problems they face.
This area is a crucial one to be aware of and to address in the work we do across the design and innovation community in health. There are many opportunities for those across the health system from payer to provider to benefits administrator and employer to help people understand and manage the financial aspects of health. This panel will help us to explore the concept of financial wellbeing as it pertains to health planning and navigation, opening our eyes to the obstacles and opportunities present.
Discovering a Common Purpose: Creating Physician EngagementHealth Catalyst
Join Dr. Bryan Oshiro, MD Chief Medical Officer, Health Catalyst , as he shares key best practices in getting physician engagement including identifying and empowering physician leaders in key functional teams, compensating for leadership roles, educating and developing a common purpose, triad teamwork approaches, giving quick, easy, and responsive access to the right data to identify problems and make recommendations, and supporting and empowering physician-led recommendations.
Attendees will learn:
The importance of physician engagement in quality improvement (the “why”)
To describe the challenges and barriers to truly have physicians lead quality improvement (“the what”)
To identify strategies to enhance physician engagement (the “how”)
Creating Physician engagement is a journey. It is a partnership that requires putting the patient first to provide the best care possible.
Please join Dr. Oshiro as he shares his experiences spanning three decades of quality improvement and clinical practice, from Loma Linda University Medical School to Intermountain Healthcare, for what will be an engaging and enlightening session.
End of Life Planning - Directives by DesignBen Quirk
Learn about Directives by Design, a culturally sensitive tool to guide patients through end of life choices and create a living will as required for hospitals in MU2.
HXR 2016: FAST TRACK: Prove It: The role of Evidence and Insights in Health I...HxRefactored
Health intervention design is a comprehensive process that is aiming to solve multifactorial problems. How to identify these factors and approach them? How to decide who will be the best target audience for the intervention? Where would these evidence and insights come from? During this session you will learn what are the must-haves of a health intervention, what are the most common pitfalls that can ruin your intervention and how you can enhance your health intervention design using insights from research.
How to make cash-based telepsychiatry work for youVSee
Session: Telepsychiatry Best Practices
Speaker: Chris O'Brien (TherapyWorks)
Telehealth Secrets Conference 2018 by VSee
More info here: vsee.com/conference
Vidyo helped REACH Health Effectively Handle Emergency CareVidyo, Inc.
REACH Health is at the forefront of delivering patient care with telemedicine platform, especially in acute and emergency scenarios. Bringing expert healthcare teams and remote patients together for better interactions and healthcare workflow was a challenge.
Vidyo’s software based video conferencing capabilities was integrated into REACH telehealth system which allows physicians to connect with patients in no time. REACH Health is equipped with time immediate physician assistance possibility in the area of telestroke using Vidyo’s video conferencing platform.
More about Vidyo’s telemedicine solutions: http://www.vidyo.com/solutions/healthcare/
How To Go From Telehealth Startup To Telehealth EnterpriseVSee
For more information of the presentation such as recording and transcript, please visit:
https://vsee.com/blog/go-telehealth-startup-telehealth-enterprise/
For other webinars:
https://vsee.com/webinars/
Or join our Linkedin Group: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Telehealth-Failures-Secrets-Success-13500037/about
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From Paper to Personal: Partnering with Patients for Condition Management
A folder of handouts given at discharge used to count as patient education for hospitals. Now, as health systems move to videos, text programs, and more in their overall digital patient engagement strategies, there is still something missing: starting with what the patient actually cares about. Each of these approaches involve pushing a standard set of information at patients, without first understanding what would actually be meaningful for this person at this moment.
We’ll share a case study of how we applied five years of patient research and worked with a leading regional health system to create a personalized condition management program for their heart failure patients, tailored based on whether patients were first learning of this diagnosis or had been managing their condition for awhile. An integrative and innovative approach combined education on the “survival skills” most critical to health as well as an interactive needs assessment to identify any knowledge, resource, or behavior gaps so that proactive support can be provided to patients before risks become problems.
When you combine an experienced and efficient non-profit health cost sharing organization with an expert wellness education and management platform, you get the most comprehensive health sharing program available today – Health Excellence Select!
Patient engagement is a critical element of successful transitions of care. Without it, patients are improperly educated about their condition and inadequately prepared to self-manage.
Healthcare organizations need effective and scalable ways of engaging patients post-discharge.
What is patient engagement? How do we create it? This talk proposes that focusing on human qualities and applying user experience design processes can help health information technology professionals with this key goal.
Health and finance are more and more interconnected. Medical expenses are the number one reason for bankruptcy in the US and health is noted as the highest expense in retirement. We know that over half of Americans can’t afford a $400 emergency and yet more and more consumers have high deductible health plans which require more cash out of their pocket than before. The lack of transparency in the system can lead people to be unaware of expenses coming their way, not understand the bills when they come, and not understand their plan and their ultimate financial responsibility. This can lead people to fund medical debt on credit cards and even avoid treatment because they can’t afford the expense. Financial products like HSAs are designed to support consumers in planning for and affording health expenses and can even reduce their taxable income and provide a long-term savings and investment vehicle, but many people are not aware or do not use them as they are designed. In addition, the stress associated with financial volatility can add to an individual’s stress and can actually cause or exacerbate the health problems they face.
This area is a crucial one to be aware of and to address in the work we do across the design and innovation community in health. There are many opportunities for those across the health system from payer to provider to benefits administrator and employer to help people understand and manage the financial aspects of health. This panel will help us to explore the concept of financial wellbeing as it pertains to health planning and navigation, opening our eyes to the obstacles and opportunities present.
Discovering a Common Purpose: Creating Physician EngagementHealth Catalyst
Join Dr. Bryan Oshiro, MD Chief Medical Officer, Health Catalyst , as he shares key best practices in getting physician engagement including identifying and empowering physician leaders in key functional teams, compensating for leadership roles, educating and developing a common purpose, triad teamwork approaches, giving quick, easy, and responsive access to the right data to identify problems and make recommendations, and supporting and empowering physician-led recommendations.
Attendees will learn:
The importance of physician engagement in quality improvement (the “why”)
To describe the challenges and barriers to truly have physicians lead quality improvement (“the what”)
To identify strategies to enhance physician engagement (the “how”)
Creating Physician engagement is a journey. It is a partnership that requires putting the patient first to provide the best care possible.
Please join Dr. Oshiro as he shares his experiences spanning three decades of quality improvement and clinical practice, from Loma Linda University Medical School to Intermountain Healthcare, for what will be an engaging and enlightening session.
End of Life Planning - Directives by DesignBen Quirk
Learn about Directives by Design, a culturally sensitive tool to guide patients through end of life choices and create a living will as required for hospitals in MU2.
HXR 2016: FAST TRACK: Prove It: The role of Evidence and Insights in Health I...HxRefactored
Health intervention design is a comprehensive process that is aiming to solve multifactorial problems. How to identify these factors and approach them? How to decide who will be the best target audience for the intervention? Where would these evidence and insights come from? During this session you will learn what are the must-haves of a health intervention, what are the most common pitfalls that can ruin your intervention and how you can enhance your health intervention design using insights from research.
How to make cash-based telepsychiatry work for youVSee
Session: Telepsychiatry Best Practices
Speaker: Chris O'Brien (TherapyWorks)
Telehealth Secrets Conference 2018 by VSee
More info here: vsee.com/conference
Vidyo helped REACH Health Effectively Handle Emergency CareVidyo, Inc.
REACH Health is at the forefront of delivering patient care with telemedicine platform, especially in acute and emergency scenarios. Bringing expert healthcare teams and remote patients together for better interactions and healthcare workflow was a challenge.
Vidyo’s software based video conferencing capabilities was integrated into REACH telehealth system which allows physicians to connect with patients in no time. REACH Health is equipped with time immediate physician assistance possibility in the area of telestroke using Vidyo’s video conferencing platform.
More about Vidyo’s telemedicine solutions: http://www.vidyo.com/solutions/healthcare/
We held a half-day workshop on the philosophy, process and tools to convene healthcare hackathons to uncover and rapidly validate unmet needs in healthcare.
Lean Startup for Healthcare: Workshop at Healthbox Orthogonal
A workshop on how the Lean Startup approach to innovation applies in a healthcare setting, delivered by Pathfinder Software CEO Bernhard Kappe to the inaugural class at the Healthbox startup accelerator
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Our message is simple: RETHINK the way you view healthcare. Welcome to eHealth Companion, a Personal Healthcare Management System designed to help companies' of all sizes and their employees successfully transition to Consumer Directed Health Plans.
20131210 Electronic Health Records - Is the NHS ready? What about patientsamirhannan
On 12th December 2013, Dr Hannan (GP / family physician) along with Marilyn Gollom (patient) presented this talk to Health 2.0 Manchester. You can watch the talk by going to http://www.htmc.co.uk/pages/pv.asp?p=htmc0519.
We’re creating a home blood testing device that with one finger prick, tells you:
(1) What your major health indicators are
(2) Whether they’re at healthy levels or not
(3) If they’re problematic, then recommendations on how to improve your health, and the option to send those results to a doctor
Instant and accurate results for you, your family, and those you care about.
As new payment models emerge that emphasize value over volume, providers are being compelled to look more closely at how to motivate patients—especially those with multiple chronic conditions—to actively manage their care, make better decisions and change behaviors. This editorial webinar will explore the relationships between engagement and improved health outcomes, greater patient satisfaction and better resource utilization. Our panel of experts will share proven strategies for building patients' confidence, disseminating self-management tools and making the best use of your care team.
Five Data-driven Patient Empowerment StrategiesHealth Catalyst
Data plays a big role toward empowering patients to become more involved in their care. With data, digital tools, and education, patient empowerment can act like a blockbuster drug to produce exceptional outcomes.
Data empowers patients five ways:
Promotes patient engagement.
Produces patient-centered outcomes.
Helps patients practice self-care.
Improves communication with clinicians.
Leads to faster healing and independence.
Clinicians using creative, innovative care strategies, and patients with access to the right tools and technology, can produce remarkable results in terms of cost, health outcomes, and experience.
On 12th December 2013, Dr Hannan (GP / family physician) along with Marilyn Gollom (patient) presented this talk to Health 2.0 Manchester. You can watch the talk by going to http://www.htmc.co.uk/pages/pv.asp?p=htmc0519.
MediMeals Investor Presentation - February 2017Cory Glazier
Clinical trials have proven irrevocably that heart disease and diabetes can be reversed through deliberate nutritional therapy with a shift to consuming a whole food, plant-based diet.
MediMeals is an evolutionary health service that makes it as easy for doctors to prescribe scientifically proven meal regimens as it has been to prescribe pharmaceuticals and surgery in the past.
We get nutritionally precise, delicious meals to our patients nationwide, on doctor's orders.
We have reduced the learning curve and time constraints to upgrading diet. Healing the body with food has never been as accessible.
Consumerism, Innovation and Best Practices to Thrive in the Future of HealthJustin Barnes
May 1, 2019 University of Toronto, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, The Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME) Keynote speaker Justin Barnes, a health innovation strategist and co-founder of Health Innovation Think Tank, will provide yet another integral perspective focused on the ways in which we can scale up and implement evidence-based changes in health care technology on a global scale. Having testified before Congress on more than twenty occasions delivering statements on virtual care, alternative payment methods, consumerism, connected health and the globalization of healthcare, Justin offers thought leadership for the university, the healthcare community as well as other key stakeholders.
Consumer Driven Health – IHPME Research Day
Looks to the Future of Health Care
The trend towards consumer driven health, whether it be mobile apps, wearable devices, or easy access to electronic health records, is changing the landscape of our health care system and the way we think about care.
In this webinar, you will learn:
How we approach intervention campaigns: a framework
The science of behavior change and how it can be applied to increase the probability of desired outcomes
How Altarum’s ACE Measure can help predict consumer behaviors and design successful intervention campaigns
Speakers:
Ryan Rossier, Medullan
Chris Duke, Altarum
Josh Klapow, ChipRewards
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN HEALTHCARE.pdfAnujkumaranit
Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems. It encompasses tasks such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and language understanding. AI technologies are revolutionizing various fields, from healthcare to finance, by enabling machines to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence.
Title: Sense of Smell
Presenter: Dr. Faiza, Assistant Professor of Physiology
Qualifications:
MBBS (Best Graduate, AIMC Lahore)
FCPS Physiology
ICMT, CHPE, DHPE (STMU)
MPH (GC University, Faisalabad)
MBA (Virtual University of Pakistan)
Learning Objectives:
Describe the primary categories of smells and the concept of odor blindness.
Explain the structure and location of the olfactory membrane and mucosa, including the types and roles of cells involved in olfaction.
Describe the pathway and mechanisms of olfactory signal transmission from the olfactory receptors to the brain.
Illustrate the biochemical cascade triggered by odorant binding to olfactory receptors, including the role of G-proteins and second messengers in generating an action potential.
Identify different types of olfactory disorders such as anosmia, hyposmia, hyperosmia, and dysosmia, including their potential causes.
Key Topics:
Olfactory Genes:
3% of the human genome accounts for olfactory genes.
400 genes for odorant receptors.
Olfactory Membrane:
Located in the superior part of the nasal cavity.
Medially: Folds downward along the superior septum.
Laterally: Folds over the superior turbinate and upper surface of the middle turbinate.
Total surface area: 5-10 square centimeters.
Olfactory Mucosa:
Olfactory Cells: Bipolar nerve cells derived from the CNS (100 million), with 4-25 olfactory cilia per cell.
Sustentacular Cells: Produce mucus and maintain ionic and molecular environment.
Basal Cells: Replace worn-out olfactory cells with an average lifespan of 1-2 months.
Bowman’s Gland: Secretes mucus.
Stimulation of Olfactory Cells:
Odorant dissolves in mucus and attaches to receptors on olfactory cilia.
Involves a cascade effect through G-proteins and second messengers, leading to depolarization and action potential generation in the olfactory nerve.
Quality of a Good Odorant:
Small (3-20 Carbon atoms), volatile, water-soluble, and lipid-soluble.
Facilitated by odorant-binding proteins in mucus.
Membrane Potential and Action Potential:
Resting membrane potential: -55mV.
Action potential frequency in the olfactory nerve increases with odorant strength.
Adaptation Towards the Sense of Smell:
Rapid adaptation within the first second, with further slow adaptation.
Psychological adaptation greater than receptor adaptation, involving feedback inhibition from the central nervous system.
Primary Sensations of Smell:
Camphoraceous, Musky, Floral, Pepperminty, Ethereal, Pungent, Putrid.
Odor Detection Threshold:
Examples: Hydrogen sulfide (0.0005 ppm), Methyl-mercaptan (0.002 ppm).
Some toxic substances are odorless at lethal concentrations.
Characteristics of Smell:
Odor blindness for single substances due to lack of appropriate receptor protein.
Behavioral and emotional influences of smell.
Transmission of Olfactory Signals:
From olfactory cells to glomeruli in the olfactory bulb, involving lateral inhibition.
Primitive, less old, and new olfactory systems with different path
New Directions in Targeted Therapeutic Approaches for Older Adults With Mantl...i3 Health
i3 Health is pleased to make the speaker slides from this activity available for use as a non-accredited self-study or teaching resource.
This slide deck presented by Dr. Kami Maddocks, Professor-Clinical in the Division of Hematology and
Associate Division Director for Ambulatory Operations
The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, will provide insight into new directions in targeted therapeutic approaches for older adults with mantle cell lymphoma.
STATEMENT OF NEED
Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a rare, aggressive B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) accounting for 5% to 7% of all lymphomas. Its prognosis ranges from indolent disease that does not require treatment for years to very aggressive disease, which is associated with poor survival (Silkenstedt et al, 2021). Typically, MCL is diagnosed at advanced stage and in older patients who cannot tolerate intensive therapy (NCCN, 2022). Although recent advances have slightly increased remission rates, recurrence and relapse remain very common, leading to a median overall survival between 3 and 6 years (LLS, 2021). Though there are several effective options, progress is still needed towards establishing an accepted frontline approach for MCL (Castellino et al, 2022). Treatment selection and management of MCL are complicated by the heterogeneity of prognosis, advanced age and comorbidities of patients, and lack of an established standard approach for treatment, making it vital that clinicians be familiar with the latest research and advances in this area. In this activity chaired by Michael Wang, MD, Professor in the Department of Lymphoma & Myeloma at MD Anderson Cancer Center, expert faculty will discuss prognostic factors informing treatment, the promising results of recent trials in new therapeutic approaches, and the implications of treatment resistance in therapeutic selection for MCL.
Target Audience
Hematology/oncology fellows, attending faculty, and other health care professionals involved in the treatment of patients with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL).
Learning Objectives
1.) Identify clinical and biological prognostic factors that can guide treatment decision making for older adults with MCL
2.) Evaluate emerging data on targeted therapeutic approaches for treatment-naive and relapsed/refractory MCL and their applicability to older adults
3.) Assess mechanisms of resistance to targeted therapies for MCL and their implications for treatment selection
Anti ulcer drugs and their Advance pharmacology ||
Anti-ulcer drugs are medications used to prevent and treat ulcers in the stomach and upper part of the small intestine (duodenal ulcers). These ulcers are often caused by an imbalance between stomach acid and the mucosal lining, which protects the stomach lining.
||Scope: Overview of various classes of anti-ulcer drugs, their mechanisms of action, indications, side effects, and clinical considerations.
Couples presenting to the infertility clinic- Do they really have infertility...Sujoy Dasgupta
Dr Sujoy Dasgupta presented the study on "Couples presenting to the infertility clinic- Do they really have infertility? – The unexplored stories of non-consummation" in the 13th Congress of the Asia Pacific Initiative on Reproduction (ASPIRE 2024) at Manila on 24 May, 2024.
Lung Cancer: Artificial Intelligence, Synergetics, Complex System Analysis, S...Oleg Kshivets
RESULTS: Overall life span (LS) was 2252.1±1742.5 days and cumulative 5-year survival (5YS) reached 73.2%, 10 years – 64.8%, 20 years – 42.5%. 513 LCP lived more than 5 years (LS=3124.6±1525.6 days), 148 LCP – more than 10 years (LS=5054.4±1504.1 days).199 LCP died because of LC (LS=562.7±374.5 days). 5YS of LCP after bi/lobectomies was significantly superior in comparison with LCP after pneumonectomies (78.1% vs.63.7%, P=0.00001 by log-rank test). AT significantly improved 5YS (66.3% vs. 34.8%) (P=0.00000 by log-rank test) only for LCP with N1-2. Cox modeling displayed that 5YS of LCP significantly depended on: phase transition (PT) early-invasive LC in terms of synergetics, PT N0—N12, cell ratio factors (ratio between cancer cells- CC and blood cells subpopulations), G1-3, histology, glucose, AT, blood cell circuit, prothrombin index, heparin tolerance, recalcification time (P=0.000-0.038). Neural networks, genetic algorithm selection and bootstrap simulation revealed relationships between 5YS and PT early-invasive LC (rank=1), PT N0—N12 (rank=2), thrombocytes/CC (3), erythrocytes/CC (4), eosinophils/CC (5), healthy cells/CC (6), lymphocytes/CC (7), segmented neutrophils/CC (8), stick neutrophils/CC (9), monocytes/CC (10); leucocytes/CC (11). Correct prediction of 5YS was 100% by neural networks computing (area under ROC curve=1.0; error=0.0).
CONCLUSIONS: 5YS of LCP after radical procedures significantly depended on: 1) PT early-invasive cancer; 2) PT N0--N12; 3) cell ratio factors; 4) blood cell circuit; 5) biochemical factors; 6) hemostasis system; 7) AT; 8) LC characteristics; 9) LC cell dynamics; 10) surgery type: lobectomy/pneumonectomy; 11) anthropometric data. Optimal diagnosis and treatment strategies for LC are: 1) screening and early detection of LC; 2) availability of experienced thoracic surgeons because of complexity of radical procedures; 3) aggressive en block surgery and adequate lymph node dissection for completeness; 4) precise prediction; 5) adjuvant chemoimmunoradiotherapy for LCP with unfavorable prognosis.
These lecture slides, by Dr Sidra Arshad, offer a quick overview of physiological basis of a normal electrocardiogram.
Learning objectives:
1. Define an electrocardiogram (ECG) and electrocardiography
2. Describe how dipoles generated by the heart produce the waveforms of the ECG
3. Describe the components of a normal electrocardiogram of a typical bipolar leads (limb II)
4. Differentiate between intervals and segments
5. Enlist some common indications for obtaining an ECG
Study Resources:
1. Chapter 11, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th edition
2. Chapter 9, Human Physiology - From Cells to Systems, Lauralee Sherwood, 9th edition
3. Chapter 29, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
4. Electrocardiogram, StatPearls - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK549803/
5. ECG in Medical Practice by ABM Abdullah, 4th edition
6. ECG Basics, http://www.nataliescasebook.com/tag/e-c-g-basics
The prostate is an exocrine gland of the male mammalian reproductive system
It is a walnut-sized gland that forms part of the male reproductive system and is located in front of the rectum and just below the urinary bladder
Function is to store and secrete a clear, slightly alkaline fluid that constitutes 10-30% of the volume of the seminal fluid that along with the spermatozoa, constitutes semen
A healthy human prostate measures (4cm-vertical, by 3cm-horizontal, 2cm ant-post ).
It surrounds the urethra just below the urinary bladder. It has anterior, median, posterior and two lateral lobes
It’s work is regulated by androgens which are responsible for male sex characteristics
Generalised disease of the prostate due to hormonal derangement which leads to non malignant enlargement of the gland (increase in the number of epithelial cells and stromal tissue)to cause compression of the urethra leading to symptoms (LUTS
- Video recording of this lecture in English language: https://youtu.be/lK81BzxMqdo
- Video recording of this lecture in Arabic language: https://youtu.be/Ve4P0COk9OI
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2. OVER 70%of all ER, urgent care, and doctor office visits can be safely
handled over the phone.
-Wellness Council of America
Did you know?
Physician Access
4. 24/7access to doctors
• Licensed and reside in the US
• Credentialed and accredited
• Available by phone, video, or email
• Diagnose, prescribe, inform
• Service available in all 50 states (consult
only in Idaho)
• Largest Telehealth network in the country
Physician Access
5. Top 9 Reasons We Visit a Doctor
Allergies
Bronchitis
Earache
Sore Throat
Pink Eye
Sinusitis
Strep Throat
Upper Respiratory Infections
Urinary Tract Infections
healthiestyou doctors address the top 9 most common reasons for a visit to the
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6. Telehealth vs. In-person Visit
8,000patients
Physician Access
Source: Journal of American Medical Association, Vol 173 No. 1
Paid 21% less
Telehealth to grow
55% in 2013
“…telehealth did not have higher rates of misdiagnosis or treatment failure.”
Telehealth market
expected to
double by 2016
7. The Member Experience
Call healthiestyou to
Request a consultation
Provide medical history
Call is scheduled with
appropriate doctor
Doctor reviews online
patient history and
calls the member
If prescription is
required, sent via
Escript to member’s
choice of pharmacy
Doctor updates EMR
with consultation notes
Member receives
follow-up survey
The Member Experience
Physician Access
9. OurWellness Platform
• Designed by Dr. KellyTraver, world-renowned physician and
wellness expert
• Leverages more than eight years of research and real life
experiences of 10,000 patients
• Personalized, smarter-with-use, online health programs that
empowers people to achieve the health and happiness they deserve.
• Taps into up-to-date brain and behavior science on 12 major brain
principles
Dr. KellyTraver is a Stanford
educated physician and
former Global Medical
Director for Google
Worldwide. She is also the
author of the HealthiestYou
12Week Program book,
available everywhere books
are sold.
11. How itWorks
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Virtual Coach:
Delivers personalized feedback
based on actual behaviors
(1800-rule engine)
Personalization:
Behavioral questions enable better
customization of program based
on real user data
Weekly Action Plan:
Customized to meet specific
needs/goals
Points for Rewards:
Incentivizes users
Social MediaTools:
Harnesses the power of crowd
sourcing, collaboration, and
mutual support
Activity Log:
Enables users to input and track
their cumulative progress
Personal Library:
Updated in real time with
appropriate lessons, exercises,
etc.
Videos for this Week’s
Lessons:
Engages users, better results
with targeted video
15. 97%of members will use the service again.
(68% national average satisfaction rating
with in-person doctor visit)
healthiestyou Survey Results
93%of members had issues resolved with
healthiestyou
95%of members would recommend
healthiestyou
50%of telephone consultations resulted in an
employee not leaving work for care
95%of members showed improved nutrition
74%of members relieved stress levels.
22. Telehealth applications
continue to push our
healthcare systems to
new heights of efficiency
and effectiveness.
Over the next five years,
telehealth markets will
transition from the best kept
secret in healthcare, to being
consistently demanded by
professionals and patients
alike.
Why healthiestyou?
-Frost & Sullivan Research Preview
Top 20 Telehealth Markets
23. How to Get Started
1 Use the service – have your own membership
Get contracted
Use our support team to help close first group
- www.hyagent.com
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24. The demand for healthcare under ObamaCare will increase
dramatically. The supply of physicians won’t. Get ready for a
two-tier system of medical care.
-The Wall Street Journal
Healthcare Tomorrow
25. It’s all about creating a path to better health,
and we’re excited to lead the way.
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26. Reminders
• healthiestyou is not health insurance and we encourage all members to maintain
adequate insurance from a responsible provider.
• healthiestyou is designed to complement, and not replace, the care you receive from your
primary care physician.
• healthiestyou physicians are an independent network of doctors who advise, diagnose,
and prescribe at their own discretion.
• healthiestyou physicians provide cross coverage and operate subject to state regulations.
• Physicians in the independent network do not prescribe DEA controlled substances, non-
therapeutic drugs and certain other drugs which may be harmful because of their
potential for abuse.
• healthiestyou does not guarantee that a prescription will be written Prescriptions by
phone are not available in Idaho.