Patients who have had vascular surgeries are often readmitted to the hospital for a variety of reasons — often preventable — more often than patients who undergo different types of surgeries. These readmissions could be largely avoided if other aspects of the discharge process were improved, according to research led by the University of Missouri in Columbia….
The National Institutes of Health has started collecting data for one initiative in their All of Us project research program, which aims to shed light on social determinants of health. The program currently has more than 350,000 participants and aims to recruit 1 million or more. The respondents will share information on their health and genetics as…
Machine learning is getting better at predicting things. There are now algorithms that improve the detection of diabetic retinopathy, predict the onset of sepsis, and help determine a critically ill patient’s risk of dying. But a piece of wisdom from Warren Buffet comes to mind: “Predicting rain doesn’t matter. Building arks does.” Even the most…