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Supervised deep learning shown to enable more accurate delirium detection

Supervised deep learning shown to enable more accurate delirium detection

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The first proof-of-concept pilot study with a limited-lead, rapid-response electroencephalogram medical device, which measures the electrical activity of the brain, and Vision Transformer, a supervised deep learning method, detected changes associated with delirium before the onset of symptoms – when patients are more receptive to treatment. WHY IT MATTERS According to the study by lead

Rodents, flies and Listeria in baking company’s facility prompt FDA warning

Rodents, flies and Listeria in baking company’s facility prompt FDA warning

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As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are not issued until a company

No reduction in human illnesses from poultry-caused Salmonella

No reduction in human illnesses from poultry-caused Salmonella

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“While the prevalence of Salmonella contamination in regulated poultry products has decreased by more than 50 percent in recent years, there has not been a reduction in human illnesses attributable to poultry,” a new USDA report says. USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has released a survey of Not-Ready-to-Eat Breaded and Stuffed Chicken Products for Salmonella.

Activists mail Biden about downer pigs

Activists mail Biden about downer pigs

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Photo illustration Pigs often become non-ambulatory “because of a temporary metabolic condition characterized by profound fatigue” according to a 2019 ruling by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The condition is “usually completely reversible” after the animals are cooled and rested. Several non-governmental organizations who are not satisfied with that 5-year-old decision have opted

Czech food agency reveals key topics of 2022

Czech food agency reveals key topics of 2022

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Results from inspections, sampling and targeted operations are detailed in the Czech Republic food agency’s latest annual report. In 2022, the Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority (SZPI) carried out almost 50,000 inspections of businesses, public catering establishments, customs warehouses and online shops. The agency detected 3,351 non-compliant lots of food and other products. The

Misbranding and undeclared allergens reasons for the recall of beef wieners

Misbranding and undeclared allergens reasons for the recall of beef wieners

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Perdue Premium Meat Company, Inc., doing business as Alexander & Hornung, a Saint Clair Shores, MI, establishment, recalled approximately 3,204 pounds of fully cooked beef wiener products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The product may actually contain smoked sausage, which contains

Health IT leaders can do better boosting access for underserved populations

Health IT leaders can do better boosting access for underserved populations

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Most in the healthcare industry would say provider organizations have an obligation to offer better care to underserved populations. The question is how. Dr. Graham Gardner is a cardiologist, and the CEO and cofounder of Kyruus, a healthcare provider data management and patient engagement technology vendor. He has had a long career on the healthcare provider and

OSF Healthcare using predictive AI to streamline care navigator workloads

OSF Healthcare using predictive AI to streamline care navigator workloads

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Researchers from OSF Healthcare and its partners have developed an artificial intelligence algorithm that can predict the upcoming week’s work for each cancer patient navigator for their existing patients. They have also created a second machine learning model that distributes new patients among the navigators within specialties to better balance workloads. WHY IT MATTERS Patient navigators

NHS England appoints John Quinn as CIO

NHS England appoints John Quinn as CIO

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As the new National Health Service England chief information officer, John Quinn will run and be tasked with innovating the NHS’s critical technical infrastructure and managing cybersecurity for national services. WHY IT MATTERS Quinn previously spent eight years in leadership roles at the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency and was MHRA’s executive director for

Survey: 1 in 3 patients comfortable with AI-led primary care

Survey: 1 in 3 patients comfortable with AI-led primary care

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Nearly one-third (32%) of people already say they would be comfortable with artificial intelligence leading a primary care appointment, according to a new survey from Outbreaks Near Me – although fewer (25%) would be comfortable with AI-led therapy Twelve percent of adults in the U.S. say their healthcare providers currently use AI to help diagnose