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Patient’s Story Puts National Spotlight on Cancer Clinical Trials

Penn Medicine

Both Kate Korson and her mother Marcy are part of the Abramson Cancer Center’s long legacy of clinical research. Kate recently shared her clinical trial experience with a national audience on Good Morning America.

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Gen AI for the Genome: LLM Predicts Characteristics of COVID Variants

NVIDIA: Healthcare

A widely acclaimed large language model for genomic data has demonstrated its ability to generate gene sequences that closely resemble real-world variants of SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind COVID-19. Called GenSLMs, the model, which last year won the Gordon Bell special prize for high performance computing-based COVID-19 research, was trained on a dataset of nucleotide sequences — the building blocks of DNA and RNA.

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HIGH FLOW NASAL OXYGEN: AN ANESTHESIA GAME-CHANGER

The Anesthesia Consultant

At the 2023 American Society of Anesthesiologists meeting in San Francisco, I walked by a booth advertising High Flow Nasal Oxygen. The product was called Optiflow. I asked the representative to educate me. She began by opening a package containing an Optiflow nasal cannula, and she strapped it around my head and into my nostrils. Within one minute she started a flow of 40 liters per minute of humidified, warmed 100% oxygen into my nose.

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12 Reasons Why I Love the Operating Room

The Circulating Life

Happy Perioperative Nurses Week! I hope that you are having a great week, and that your facility actually remembered to celebrate you this week! I’ve been an OR nurse for 12 years, and I absolutely love working in the OR. Since we’re celebrating this week, here are 12 reasons why I love working in the operating room. Also, I made this list into a reel, so if you’d rather watch it without the commentary, check out Facebook and Instagram !

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Could A Single Shot Heal Heart Disease?

Penn Medicine

Penn Medicine researchers are advancing the science of new treatments for heart disease that could work with just one shot—CRISPR gene editing to reduce cholesterol, to mRNA treatments that target heart cells, and innovative immunotherapies.

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Quality Improvement in Rural Healthcare

NexGen Surgical

Rural healthcare faces a number of challenges. From financial constraints to limited staff due to low revenue. These facilities may be unable to achieve their aim of giving maximum care to the locals. Therefore, significant investmentis to be made in the facilities. Enhancing the quality of healthcare provided in rural areas is essential to improve […] The post Quality Improvement in Rural Healthcare appeared first on NexGen Surgical.

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Alternatives in Case of Propofol Shortage

Radius Anesthesia

Over the past couple of decades, drug shortages have become a relatively common occurrence in clinical settings. According to an American Hospital Association (AHA) survey of community hospitals, nearly 50% of responding hospitals reported at least 21 drug shortages within the first 6 months of 2011, and more than 99% of hospitals reported at least 1 drug shortage within the same time period.

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How Penn Medicine Is Changing the World with mRNA

Penn Medicine

Recently awarded the Nobel Prize, biomedical innovations in using mRNA represent a multi-use tool that could prevent, treat, or cure numerous diseases. Penn Medicine researchers are continuing to advance this promising technology worldwide.

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dbrand Ghost Case

RK.MD

For many years, I purchased clear, TPU-based smartphone cases and was plagued with the infamous “yellowing” issues after several months. dbrand’s Ghost case promises that will never happen; however, this is at the expense of the material being less scratch-resistant. Many forums have described how even gently placing a phone into the case can cause it to scratch.

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Hospitals have Begun to See a 60% Decrease in the Utilization of Contract Labor Over the Past Year

Somnia

According to a study published by Kaufman Hall on October 24th on the “2023 State of Healthcare Performance Improvement” numbers were up 44% from last year. Of these results the numbers were only predicted to be up by 27%. Within health systems it has been known that the cost of labor is one of the largest costs if not the largest cost. To combat this Hospitals have started to act on reducing these labor costs.

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#AASChat X Topic for November 15th “So You Are a Faculty Member, Now What?

AAS

Join us for the next #AASChat – This Wednesday, November 15th at 7:00 PM Eastern Time On this month’s #AASChat led by Dr.Victoria Lyo @VictoriaLyo and Dr. Gavitt Woodard @GavittWoodard we’ll be discussing, So You Are a Faculty Member, Now What? A few questions that will direct the conversation will include: What are tips on balancing […] The post #AASChat X Topic for November 15th “So You Are a Faculty Member, Now What?

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Suturing Workshop Mentoring at EVMS

NSAA

The post Suturing Workshop Mentoring at EVMS appeared first on NSAA | National Surgical Assistant Association.

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ABA Cardiac Anesthesia Board Exam Preparation

RK.MD

Until this year, adult cardiothoracic anesthesia fellowship training involved getting board-certified by the National Board of Echocardiography (NBE) in advanced perioperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). This differed from my board certifications for my anesthesiology residency training and critical care medicine fellowship training, both through the American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA).

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Multi-Tasking Tips for the Academic Surgeon

AAS

When I started medical school, I believed it was the busiest time of my life and dreamed of beginning residency, hoping that things would improve as I settled into my chosen specialty. Little did I know that the busy phase of my life had only just begun. As I progressed in my career, my to-do […] The post Multi-Tasking Tips for the Academic Surgeon appeared first on Association for Academic Surgery (AAS).

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