AI in the Operating Room
AI in the Operating Room The first time surgeon Teodor Grantcharov sat down to watch a video of himself performing surgery, he wanted to throw the recording out the window. “My perception was that my performance was spectacular,” Grantcharov says, and then pauses—, “until the moment I saw the video.” Reflecting on this operation from […]
Healthcare Innovation
Healthcare Innovation One of the things which can keep your brain healthy is to keep stimulating it. I do that through my reading, writing, and speaking. This week, my brain was super-stimulated by attending an all-day Nuvance Health Neuroscience Institute Symposium. Dr. Paul Wright, MD, MBA and SVP, System Chair for Neuroscience at Nuvance Health […]
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 […]
