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Study: VA telehealth expansion lagged in rural areas during COVID-19

  • March 9, 2023
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A digital divide in telemedicine use between rural and urban communities increased after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly within mental health integration services, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.  The study evaluated 3.6 million mental health integration visits and 63.5 million primary care visits across 138 Veterans Affairs healthcare systems […]

Tesla puts a ‘dummy’ camera in its new vehicles

  • March 9, 2023
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Tesla has decided to install a “dummy” camera in its new vehicles equipped with its Hardware 4.0 Autopilot/Self-Driving sensors. Hardware 4.0 is Tesla’s latest suite of sensors and computer that powers its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving package features. We have been gradually learning more about the new sensors and computer over the last few months. […]

U.S. won’t reach a new record in oil production ‘ever again,’ says Pioneer Natural Resources CEO

  • March 9, 2023
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While oil production in the U.S. will continue its return towards pre-Covid levels, limits on refining capacity and inventory mean it will not grow as much as some hope, according to Pioneer Natural Resources CEO Scott Sheffield. “We just don’t have that potential to grow U.S. production ever again,” Sheffield told CNBC’s Brian Sullivan on […]

Open Medical partners with FotoFinder to revolutionise skin cancer pathways

  • March 9, 2023
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Open Medical and FotoFinder have announced a new partnership that brings together innovative cloud technology and state-of-the-art skin imaging. Open Medical’s digital transformation solution, Pathpoint eDerma, in combination with FotoFinder’s Automatic Total Body Mapping technology, will enable dermatologists worldwide to access high-quality dermoscopic images and provide prompt specialised care regardless of location. Michael Shenouda, commercial […]

Health Technologies

Community Rapid Response avoids thousands of hospital admissions – Digital Health Technology News

  • March 9, 2023
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Every year thousands of people in north Cumbria are avoiding an admission into hospital thanks to a local community rapid response team. The community rapid response teams are part of North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust’s community care teams based across the county. They are made up of district nurses, physiotherapists and occupational therapists […]

World

He Was Sweating Uncontrollably. Was It Male Menopause?

  • March 9, 2023
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Locker-Room Consultation Chelmowski was beginning to worry that he was never going to figure it out. Early one morning, at his usual spin class, he found himself on a bike next to an old friend, George Morris, who was a neurologist specializing in seizure disorders. Could these weird episodes be seizures? They weren’t like any […]