End-of-life home care offers dignity, comfort and personalised support in familiar surroundings For many, living with respect and dignity towards the end of life means having the right to choose to stay at home, without the upheaval and emotional complexity of relocating to a strange building or medical facility. This also means being surrounded by memories and people who matter most and retaining the freedom to make personal choices. While in some cases, patients may...
A worker sits down for a pre-employment medical, answers a set of health questions, and software produces a recommendation about whether they are fit for the job. No clinician reviews the file, and no one can fully explain how the result was reached. It sounds far-fetched, yet AI is already moving into the health checks that decide who gets hired, and the technology is running ahead of the rules. The evidence suggests that handing over...
By Natalie Calderon Moultrie, Audiologist, HearUSA Today, preventive care is increasingly data-driven, with people taking a more active role in monitoring their health before small issues become serious problems. Wearables like smartwatches and smart rings can now track heart rate, sleep patterns, stress levels and daily activity, while apps monitor nutrition, mindfulness and fitness goals. Yet despite this explosion of health data, one of the most important indicators of long-term wellness is still largely ignored:...
In his revolutionary new book “Health Care: Compassion In Action,” author Greg Gallivan reveals how artificial intelligence will fix the problems that caused the rise in administrative duties introduced in the past that made it impossible for doctors to have the time necessary to properly practice medicine. The change forced the end of individual practitioner private practice and caused the need for medical doctor groups to be formed, which Gallivan believes fractured the patient-doctor relationship,...
Too often, a child’s eyes are evaluated only after a concern develops or at a routine physical exam. However, taking a proactive approach to pediatric eye health is essential. Healthy eye care plays an important role in a child’s development, learning, and overall well-being. Providing comprehensive pediatric eye care extends beyond the pediatrician. Children with vision concerns should be assessed and cared for by a team of specialists, including pediatric ophthalmologists, orthoptists, and other eye...
Recent years have seen a rise in the popularity of consumer health technology, such as wearable health monitoring devices and smart scales that help people collect more in-depth data about their bodies and health. However, while all this data is nice, it leaves one big question: what are we supposed to do with all this information? Wearable health devices provide the ability to measure more than ever — data on sleep, activity, blood oxygen levels,...
By Ann Mendenhall, PA A patient once told me she had sat in a parking lot outside a treatment center three separate times before driving home without going in. The fourth time, she did not have to get out of the car at all. She did her first screening from her phone, in the same parking lot, and by the end of that call we had a plan. That shift, from a door she could...
Ryan Dewey Smith is the Founding Executive Chairman & CEO of Inperium, a nonprofit supporting organization that helps human services providers scale sustainably while preserving their mission and identity. Known for his pragmatic approach to leadership, governance, and organizational growth, he has built one of the nation’s largest constellations of mission-driven health and human services affiliates. Ryan is also the author of Sustaining the Mission, a forthcoming book on building durable nonprofit organizations through disciplined...
In 1980, an 18 year old named Willie Ramirez arrived unconscious at a Florida hospital. His family described him in Spanish as “intoxicado,” a word that in Cuban usage points to something he had eaten or drunk. Staff heard “intoxicated” and treated him for a drug overdose. He was in fact suffering an intracerebral haemorrhage that went untreated for days. He was left quadriplegic, and the case settled for roughly 71 million dollars. One false...
When patients sit down with me to talk about rhinoplasty surgery, one of the first questions they ask is about the difference between open and closed rhinoplasty. It is a fair thing to wonder about, because the two approaches sound very different and the internet is full of strong opinions about each. In practice, both are well-established ways to perform rhinoplasty surgery, and the better one is simply the one that fits your nose and...
