Podcasts about pointofcare

In this podcast, discover the power of Real-Time Benefit Check (RTBC), where we delve into how RTBC enhances patient experiences by offering instant insights into healthcare benefits. RTBC provides real-time access to patient eligibility and out-of-pocket costs, making it easier for healthcare providers and patients to understand prescription expenses at the point of care. Tune in to learn how this innovative tool enhances transparency, streamlines communication, and ultimately improves healthcare outcomes. Perfect for healthcare professionals and patients seeking to navigate the complexities of medical expenses with ease.

Lumos Diagnostics Ltd (ASX:LDX, OTC:LDXHF) chief technology officer Sacha Dopheide joins Proactive's Tylah Tully to discuss an extended agreement with Burnet Diagnostics Initiative (BDI) to further develop and manufacture a liver function test based on Alanine Transaminase (ALT) levels. The BDI agreement includes the production of ALT lateral flow tests, customised Lumos readers and a mobile application for use in an upcoming US clinical trial. The partnership, which began with a feasibility project in July 2023, aims to address critical clinical needs through rapid point-of-care testing. The new phase of the collaboration is set to begin in August 2024 and will focus on the production of a point-of-care ALT testing system, specifically designed to monitor liver function in high-risk patients. The ALT test is expected to provide rapid results, enabling quicker detection of acute liver toxicity, potentially caused by drug reactions. Lumos will offer development, regulatory and manufacturing services over the next 9-12 months, with projected revenues between US$700,000 and US$1 million. If successful, Lumos may continue to support BDI in further development stages, including additional trials and regulatory submissions. The partnership underlines Lumos' commitment to advancing point-of-care diagnostics and improving patient outcomes. Partnerships and agreements form a large part of the company's revenue stream helping it leverage its other client offerings. #Proactiveinvestors #LumosDiagnostics #ASX #HealthcareInnovation, #FDAApproval, #PointOfCare, #MedicalDiagnostics, #WomensHealth, #Hologic, #FebriDx, #ViraDx, #FluSeason, #GlobalHealthcare, #MedicalDevices, #HealthcareSolutions, #RevenueGrowth, #StrategicPartnerships, #Diagnostics, #Biotech, #HealthcareTechnology, #FinancialResults, #MedTech #invest #investing #investment #investor #stockmarket #stocks #stock #stockmarketnews

Have you ever been in a situation where a physician orders a drug and when you ask, “How much will that cost?,” the response you received was, “I don't know, you'll have to call your health plan.” Or you are surprised at the pharmacy when you pick up your prescription and the cost is really high and you ask for an alternative and then deal with that hassle. Arrive Health is changing all that. They are providing real-time, drug pricing data to the physician in the office, at the time the script is being written. With us today is Kyle Kiser the CEO of Arrive Health. Kyle is going to share what Arrive Health is doing to get cost information to the point of care so the physician and patient can make the best decision. Show notes: Favorite Books: The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom by Don Migul Ruiz; Radical Candor: Be a Kick-ass Boss Without Losing your Humanity by Kim Scott

Because two-thirds of their patients lack insurance and are self-pay, HealthWorks for Northern Virginia can't rely upon insurance payer data to obtain the patient records they need. But as Jesse Burke explains, using healow Insights PRISMA enables HealthWorks to get the data they need at the point of care, because PRISMA gathers information from all available EHRs nationwide using queries based on a patient's name and/or date of birth — effectively solving the interoperability puzzle for this busy Federally Qualified Health Center.

For the last two years, Prima CARE, a medical practice with more than a dozen locations in Southeastern Massachusetts, has been using healow Insights PRISMA to improve patient care. A secure, bidirectional interface allows practices to exchange patient information from any available internal or external network or hospital in the area or across the nation that participates in the CommonWell Health Alliance or Carequality networks. Relevant clinical information is available more quickly and effectively that ever, and all in one place. Data are also available to satisfy audits by insurance companies, which no longer need to visit the practice, but can conduct those audits electronically.

In this episode, I sat down with a technology leader Sandeep Akkaraju and physician leader Joseph Minardi to discuss point of care diagnostic imaging. Prior to founding Exo, Sandeep was Founder and President of Jyve Inc. (acquired by a major semiconductor corporation at an exit valuation of more than $60M). Previously, he was CEO of IntelliSense, a leading provider of micro-mechanical integrated circuits (MEMS) and nanotechnology-based software and solutions. Under his guidance, IntelliSense expanded its physical presence into China and India and its sales presence into 30+ countries. Sandeep helped the company rapidly grow from a startup to its eventual acquisition at a valuation of $750 million. In 2003, he led the re-acquisition of IntelliSense from Corning.Sandeep holds a B.Tech from the Indian Institute of Technology, an M.S. from LSU and an M.B.A. from INSEAD, France.Dr. Joseph Minardi a Professor and Director at West Virginia University's Medicine Center for Point-of-Care Ultrasound. He is also the Chief of the Division of Emergency and Clinical Ultrasound.Learn more about Exo 

Resa Lewiss talks to us about the evolution of point-of-care Ultrasound in Trauma, focusing on the FAST examination. Three takeaways: 1. Ultrasound cannot replace CT scan. 2. Ultrasound is a data point in your patient care management. 3. Ultrasound decreases time to definitive management. For more head to: codachange.org/podcasts

Hear about the current state of antibiotic stewardship from Passion in Science Award winner Nathan Schoepp, who has developed an assay to profile the susceptibility of infecting bacteria for point of care testing.

We chatted with a new face to our office but seasoned Ogilvy Health expert, Mina Shariq, who moved from our London offices to our NYC-based agency this year. Mina explores the culture shock of moving to America during the pandemic, industry buzzwords, tapping into her natural curiosity, and more. 

Episode 14 Meet the Pioneer of 3D Printing in India, Dr. Jayanthi Patrasarthy Dr. Jayanthi is the Manager 3D Printing Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus and the Director, MedCAD, Dallas. She is a Dental Surgeon who is a  biomanufacturing specialist and develops Patient-Specific Implants & other Implantable medical devices by additive manufacturing. Nationwide Children's Hospital is the second-largest Paediatric acute care teaching hospital, ACS designated level1 Trauma centre, in Columbus, USA. She is a valuable asset for the hospital. Learn more about 3D Printing on www.surgeonsin3dprinting.com.   Subscribe  Apple I  Google I  Amazon Music I Spotify I Gaana   Resources: Join the Facebook page Surgeons in 3D Printing!   Visit the website: www.surgeonsin3dprinting.com.   Three Takeaways Start with Technology during Training Period. The surgeon doesn't need to know the details of technology but in that case, should have a team Technology opens up door to learning new things.   Sponsors: Reconstructive Healthcare Solutions Private Ltd. Show Notes   Today's Audio Training: Meet the Pioneer of 3D Printing in India, Dr. Jayanthi Patrasarthy [0.40]  Dr. Jayanthi tells about what she felt the reason for lesser penetration of technology in India. She also shares her experience sharing the needs of a doctor in engineering college for the development of this technology. She shares her strategy to extend this technology within doctors and the extent to which the technology can work. [4.04] Dr. Jayanthi shares her experience working with surgical fraternity. It all works on evidence. [4:41] Dr. Jayanthi shares her total enthusiasm when she first saw the 3D Printer and how she started to imagine that it could really help. [6:00] She shares how she switched to engineering after 30 years of dentistry to get into the  3D Technology. Later she started using preformed Titanium Mesh for cranial fractures. [7:27]  Dr Jayanthi shares her driving force for the work she does.She believes necessity as the mother of invention.She shares her experience in different countries when she worked. [10:00] Dr. Jayanthi shares her support system especially the support of her husband and family. She also shares how things keep growing one after the other as you progress in life. [13:50] Dr. Jayanthy shares the award she received as the first female for optimisation was on of design and manufacturing of electron beam melting parts for implantable devices in the body in 2008. [16:51] Dr. Jayanthy says her final message. Killer Resources Take the first step to your 3D Printing journey. Register for the upcoming course on Introduction to 3D Printing.   Visit the resources section of our website www.surgeonsin3dprinting.com.  Join the JOURNAL CLUB GROUP for 3D Printing for your development.

We caught up with working mother, rising agency star, and point of care expert, Christine Molbury. Christine explains how she has navigated the agency landscape and while the pandemic put many plans on hold, she used it as an opportunity to propel her career. Tune-in to hear how she stays motivated, curious, and taps into the "fire inside" to reach new heights both personally and professionally.

The scale of need, wide burden of disease, and complex systems challenges can at times be overwhelming in the global health arena. Focusing on small wins and long-term investment is key to programmatic success and sustainability. Training clinicians in bedside ultrasound effectively uses the same human resources to help shrink the gap between the broad imaging needs of a population and limited consultative capacity of radiology. The result is enhanced patient care, provider empowerment, and improved job satisfaction. Growing point-of-care ultrasound trainees into trainers themselves allows for local solutions to ongoing education needs and helps develop and address the most relevant home-grown research questions, results of which may have broader international practice implications. Building broader networks for bilateral point-of-care ultrasound training and research opportunities will be of global benefit.

The World Health Organization notes that 80-90% of all diagnostic problems could potentially be solved by basic radiograph (x-ray) and ultrasound (US) examinations; however, the problem is that two-thirds of the world’s population currently has no access to imaging technologies (1). From refugee camps in Greece, to rural clinics in Australia, to Everest Base Camp, point-of-care ultrasound is one of the most powerful diagnostic and procedural tools in any austere clinical setting. This transformative technology allows front line providers who have direct responsibility for patient care to rule in or rule out diagnoses rapidly, and to ensure safety in performing procedures with real-time image guidance. For example, POCUS training just allowed a midwife to identify a massive amount of free intra-abdominal fluid in the 30 year-old Ugandan mother presenting to gynecology clinic with her third pregnancy and new abdominal pain. She notified the surgeon of her concern for a ruptured ectopic pregnancy and the patient was immediately taken to the operating theatre, and she survived. She related that before her ultrasound training, her practice of sending this patient to town for an ultrasound evaluation by the only radiologist in the district would have delayed definitive care, and may have resulted in death. When I worked in an Ebola treatment unit one of my favorite patients who had been doing well suddenly spiked a fever to 40 degrees Celsius. His abdomen became rigid and I had no idea why. In a setting where no other imaging was possible, POCUS allowed me to see that there was an unexpected issue with his bowels. That knowledge led me to start him on antibiotics, and adjust care plans after I found similar in several other patients. Ultrasound machines have become increasingly portable, user-friendly, and less expensive over the last decade. This is resulting in a growing presence in otherwise austere environments. POCUS trained clinicians can afford imaging capacity to health facilities that may have very limited on-site diagnostics. There is no ionizing radiation, nothing invasive, and it is cost-efficient (2,3). Human resources are consolidated; the clinician is the diagnostician. POCUS provides the potential to quickly narrow differential diagnoses by facilitating a look inside the body during the patient encounter, and research studies support its use to solve information gaps in resource-limited settings (4-10). Moreover, the potential for this digital technology to be shared – and to leverage global expertise and consultation – increases the range of application beyond one individual’s knowledge base. References 1. World Health Organization Medical Devices: Managing the Mismatch, 2010. Accessed March 20, 2016. Available at: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/44407/1/9789241564045_eng.pdf 2. Mercaldi CJ, Lanes SF. Ultrasound guidance decreases complications and improves the cost of care among patients undergoing thoracentesis and paracentesis. Chest 2013;143(2):532–8. 3. Adhikari S, Amini R, Stolz L, Blaivas M. Impact of point-of-care ultrasound on quality of care in clinical practice. Reports in Medical Imaging 2014; 7: 81-93. 4. Sippel S, Muruganandan K et al. Review article: use of ultrasound in the developing world. International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2011; 4:72 5. Henwood PC, Beversluis D et al. Characterizing the limited use of point-of-care ultrasound in Colombian emergency medicine residencies. International Journal of Emergency Medicine 2014; 7:7 6. Deng D, Mingsong L et al. Ultrasonographic applications after mass casualty incident caused by Wenchuan earthquake. Journal of Trauma 2010; 68: 1417-20 7. Fagenholz P, Gutman JA et al. Chest ultrasonography for the diagnosis and monitoring of high-altitude pulmonary edema. Chest 2007;131(4):1013-8 8. Shah SP, Epino H et al. Impact of the introduction of ultrasound services in a limited resource setting: rural Rwanda 2008. BMC International Health and Human Rights 2009; 9:4 9. Kotlyar S, Moore CL: Assessing the utility of ultrasound in Liberia. J Emerg Trauma Shock 2008; 1(1): 10-14 10. Stein W, Katunda I, Butoto C: A two-level ultrasonographic service in a maternity care unit of a rural district hospital in Tanzania. Trop Doct 2008; 38(2): 125-6

The Veterans Health Administration is the largest integrated healthcare system in the US with a common EHR. Dr Harrington learns the advantages for cardiology practice and research.

In the evaluation of an emergency and critical care patient, the provider accounts for the chief complaint, the relevant history and the physical examination. With the evolution of Point-of-Care Ultrasound protocols and algorithms, such as the RUSH protocol or the BLUE protocol, the provider now can organize differential diagnoses and treatment options by integrating point-of-care ultrasound interpretations. However, these are not absolutes. These are probabilities. Although we are following recipes, we must never forget to be creative. And, we actually crave creativity. Studies support that handwork such as gardening, wood working, knitting can decrease stress, anxiety, and improve your mood. Perhaps work which requires meaningful hand use may contribute to your creativity- to your following algorithms and delivering more optimal patient centered care. Emergency and critical care medicine can be formulaic- following an algorithm, a pathway, or a protocol. Point-of-care ultrasound may offer the ability to be creative and increase the accuracy of diagnoses and treatment plans.

Drs Harrington and Gibson give their annual review of the highs and lows in medicine with a focus on cardiology.

Dr. Sandeep Pulim shares his journey learning, creating, and building healthcare technology. The ModernMD: Dr. Sandeep Pulim Dr. Sandeep Pulim, MD is the Chief Medical Information Officer at @PointofCare, and Venture Partner of LiftOff Health. Previously, Sandeep Co-founded Health Recovery Solutions, which created a unique mobile platform to engage patients and their families and connect them with providers in hospitals to reduce readmissions. Sandeep is an advisor at the Blueprint Health accelerator. He previously served as Senior Medical Editor at MDLinx, an award-winning, medical information tool that aggregated information from 1,200 medical journal sources to keep healthcare professionals up to date. Success Quote: “Learn something new everyday” – Sandeep Pulim White Coat to Business Suit: After graduating with his MD, Sandeep took a break from the traditional pathway to focus on important family matters and started a digital media company. Sandeep wanted to use his clinical background in a more meaningful way and worked with Stephen Smith, co-founder of Medscape, at MDLinx to build their clinical content, editorial team, and user base.  Below are some highlights: What are the key skills for a physician entrepreneur? Everyone has different talents. To be a successful physician entrepreneur, you must learn new skills and figure out your strengths. Idea to Venture: The Idea: How can mobile tools be used to manage obesity? Created a program that would send a series of daily health challenges to patients that would build and escalate to keep patients engaged.  Failures: Hackatons are a great way to validate an idea, but are not enough to confirm if you have a real business. Sandeep missed the enrollment deadline for for Blueprint Health 2nd class and did get an opportunity to build the company. Success: Joined Blueprint Health as an advisor and met Health Recovery Solutions team. Business Rounds: Best advise: Make sure you are always doing the right thing when no one else is around.    Healthcare trends: Many opportunities are being driven by the Accountable Care Act and the Triple Aim - Better quality, lower cost and better access. Listen as Sandeep breaks down the large healthcare trends which include payment models, delivery, preventive health, data, and mobile. Links: http://atpointofcare.com/ http://betweenthecharts.com/ http://liftoffhealth.com/ http://www.blueprinthealth.org/

In a 2009 study in Clinical Chemistry, Dr. Erna Lenters and Dr. Robbert Slingerland evaluated eight different points of care instruments measuring hemoglobin A1c and came to the conclusion that six of the eight did not meet generally accepted analytical performance criteria.