In typical Silicon Valley style, Apple’s Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams stood at the front of the company’s auditorium unveiling the latest feature in their new Apple Watch – an electrocardiogram. The crowd cheered as a graphic mimicking an EKG monitor pulsed on the large screen behind him. After the demo, American Heart Association President […]
A while ago my doctor needed to refer me to a specialist and asked me where I wanted to go. I researched providers and practices at a few major research institutions online and was pretty surprised by what I found: They all had really bad reviews. These were physicians at the top of their field […]
Hershey, Pa. – With artificial intelligence, predicting a doctor’s decision could be like Hulu predicting what to watch next. Just as Hulu gives you recommendations based on your watch history, software could sift through medical records and make recommendations to the doctor based on similar cases. The computer models are not that difficult for trained […]
Hershey, Pa. – Doctors at Hershey Medical Center were faced with a unique challenge – helping a newborn with a rare condition that prevented her from breathing on her own. There were few documented cases of tracheal agenesis, a birth defect where the windpipe is missing or underdeveloped, and the long-term survival rate is low. […]