Tag: Health

Are #smartwatch #health #apps to detect atrial fibrillation smart enough? — ScienceDaily

Extended cardiac monitoring in patients and the use of implantable cardiovascular electronic devices can increase detection of atrial fibrillation (AF), but the devices have limitations including short battery life and lack of immediate feedback. Can new smartphone tools that can record an electrocardiogram (ECG) strip and make an automated diagnosis overcome these limitations and facilitate timely diagnosis? A new study finds that the use of these devices is challenging in patients with abnormal ECGs. Better algorithms and machine learning may help these tools provide more accurate diagnoses, investigators say.
— Weiterlesen www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/10/221012103146.htm

Mindshifting: why GPs and specialists need to focus more on the quality of practice organisation

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

What it’s all about

Patients judge poor organisation as incompetence of the practice team, because well-functioning processes are expected to the same extent as good medicine. But in reality, the expectation is disappointed.

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The sore point: assessing the relationship of waiting time and talk time in GP and specialist practices

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

What it is about

The “classic” view in patient satisfaction surveys is to look at the survey characteristics in isolation. But an analysis that is supposed to depict the reality of impressions must also take into account effect relationships.

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Managing the medical mindshift: employee motivation

Data, facts and instruments on the German health system

What it’s all about

“My staff are lucky to work here”, or: “The salary is motivation enough” are mindsets that many practice owners still have internalised today. However, in view of the limited availability of staff and the changed requirements of medical assistants, GPs and specialists urgently need to correct this attitude.

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The super-fast #MRI scan that could revolutionize #heart failure #diagnosis — ScienceDaily

Researchers have developed cutting-edge technology to diagnose patients with heart failure in record time. The state-of-the-art technology uses magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to create detailed 4D flow images of the heart. But unlike a standard MRI scan, which can take up to 20 minutes or more, the new 4D heart MRI scan takes just eight minutes.
— Weiterlesen www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/09/220921210007.htm