Feasibility of an Assessment Tool as a Data-Driven Approach to Reducing Racial Bias in Biomedical Publications
- Siobhan Wescott,
- Ronn Johnson,
- Sangeeta Lamba,
- Devon Olson,
- Yolanda Haywood,
- Carolyn C Meltzer,
- Ricardo Correa
The editorial independence of biomedical journals allows flexibility to meet a wide range of research interests. However, it also is a barrier for coordination between journals to solve challenging issues such as racial bias in the scientific ...
The Impact of Functional Dependence and Related Surgical Complications on Postoperative Mortality
- Jacob C. Clifton,
- Milo Engoren,
- Matthew S. Shotwell,
- Barbara J. Martin,
- Elise M. Clemens,
- Oscar D. Guillamondegui,
- Robert E. Freundlich
Functional dependency is a known determinant of surgical risk. To enhance our understanding of the relationship between dependency and adverse surgical outcomes, we studied how postoperative mortality following a surgical complication was ...
Improving the Classification Performance of Esophageal Disease on Small Dataset by Semi-supervised Efficient Contrastive Learning
The classification of esophageal disease based on gastroscopic images is important in the clinical treatment, and is also helpful in providing patients with follow-up treatment plans and preventing lesion deterioration. In recent years, deep ...
Breast histopathological image analysis using image processing techniques for diagnostic purposes: A methodological review
Breast cancer in women is the second most common cancer worldwide. Early detection of breast cancer can reduce the risk of human life. Non-invasive techniques such as mammograms and ultrasound imaging are popularly used to detect the tumour. ...
ACGME Case Log Reminder Does Not Improve Resident Accuracy in Logging Cases
- Andrew M. Pregnall,
- Calvin L. Gruss,
- Krishnan S. Ramanujan,
- Brian J. Gelfand,
- Matthew D. McEvoy,
- Jonathan P. Wanderer
To assess competency of residents prior to graduation, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) maintains a case log system, where residents self-report cases they perform. This mechanism results in underreporting of ...
Regionalized Health System Review of Automated Dispensing Cabinet Overrides
Automated dispensing cabinet (ADC) overrides are used to access emergent or urgent medications when time delay from computerized provider order entry may result in patient harm. [1] Although necessary, ADC overrides bypass the safety features of ...
Understanding the Accuracy of Clinician Provided Estimated Discharge Dates
Discharge planning is a vital tool in managing hospital capacity, which is essential for maintaining hospital throughput for surgical postoperative admissions. Early discharge planning has been effective in reducing length of stay and hospital ...
The Influence of Audible Alarm Loudness and Type on Clinical Multitasking
- Alexandra L. Bruder,
- Clayton D. Rothwell,
- Laura I. Fuhr,
- Matthew S. Shotwell,
- Judy Reed Edworthy,
- Joseph J. Schlesinger
In high-consequence industries such as health care, auditory alarms are an important aspect of an informatics system that monitors patients and alerts providers attending to multiple concurrent tasks. Alarms levels are unnecessarily high and alarm ...
Artificial Intelligence in Medicine: A Sword of Damocles?
Will Artificial Intelligence (AI) re-humanize or de-humanize medicine? As AI becomes pervasive in clinical medicine, we argue that the ethical framework that sustains a responsible implementation of such technologies should be reconsidered. The ...
Effectiveness of Wearable Device-based Intervention on Glycemic Control in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A System Review and Meta-Analysis
With the development of flexible electronics and chip technology, the application value of wearable devices in lifelong treatment of chronic diseases is increasing. In view of its rapid development and diversified forms, wearable device-based ...