With a fraction of beds in play for new arrivals, waiting room patients — even some arriving by ambulance — are increasingly likely to be seen, examined and treated in the lobby. The consequences are as predictable as they are devastating: worse patient outcomes, fragmented care, longer hospital stays, ballooning costs and rising frustration and anger among staff and patients.
What does it mean for health outcomes when so many people don't believe in the doctors, drug companies and the public agencies who are there to treat us? What can be done to bring trust back?
Delaware Gov. Matt Meyer (D) signed legislation on Tuesday to legalize physician-assisted suicide for some terminally ill patients, making his state the 11th to allow medical aid in dying after nearly a decade of debate on the issue. "This law is about compassion, dignity, and respect," Meyer said in a statement. "It gives people facing unimaginable suffering the ability to choose peace and comfort, surrounded by those they love."
An artificial intelligence based deep learning model can predict lung cancer risk using only a single low dose computed tomography scan, according to research carried out in Korea. The deep learning model, which is known as Sybil, was originally developed using National Lung Screening Trial data by investigators from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Medical School.