Latest AI and machine learning research in public health & policy for healthcare professionals.
BACKGROUND: Dialysis machines are used regularly in healthcare practice. They are classified as a type of medical device with moderate and high risk therefore significant requirements are placed on their safety and performance every time they are used on patients. The new Medical Device Regulation (MDR) defines medical device post-market surveillance (PMS) as performed by independent, third-party,...
BACKGROUND: Mechanical ventilators are medical devices used in intensive care units when patients are in need of mechanical aid to facilitate the process of breathing. As the function of breathing is the exchange of gases, the mechanical ventilator takes over that function while the patient is incapable to spontaneous breathing. As these devices are used to maintain the life of patents, their perf...
BACKGROUND: Anaesthesia machines, as moderate to high-risk medical devices intended for use on patients during surgical procedures must be safe and re...
BACKGROUND: Premature born infants or infants born sick require immediate medical attention and decreasing the stress imposed onto their body by the e...
BACKGROUND: Fatty liver disease is a common condition caused by excess fat in the liver. It consists of two types: Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, also...
BACKGROUND: To effectively monitor medical insurance funds in the era of big data, the study tries to construct an inpatient cost rationality judgemen...
Robot-assisted lung segmentectomy will be covered by insurance starting 2020. The results of the Japan Clinical Oncology Group( JCOG) 0802 trial have ...
Despite the achievements obtained worldwide in the control of tuberculosis in recent years, many countries and regions including China still face chal...
Emerging infections are a continual threat to public health security, which can be improved by use of rapid epidemic intelligence and open-source data...
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been applied increasingly in the medical field during the past 5 years. Within respiratory medicine, chest imaging AI...
Nowadays in China, digital technology is sweeping all walks of life. To deal with the increasing incidence of chronic diseases and people's pursuit of...
Nearly all diseases are caused by different combinations of exposures. Yet, most epidemiological studies focus on estimating the effect of a single ex...
Monitoring drug safety is a central concern throughout the drug life cycle. Information about toxicity and adverse events is generated at every stage ...
The availability of medical big data and the rapid development of computer software and hardware have greatly promoted the advancement of intelligent ...
The Robot-assisted Cardiac Surgery Council (RACSC) was established in 2015, and consists of the members of three closely related surgical societies an...
Robot-assisted valve repair refers to an intervention added to conventional minimally invasive cardiac surgery( MICS), which is covered by national in...
The trend in cardiac surgery is moving toward minimally invasive procedures worldwide. In Japan, robot-assisted cardiac surgery has started simultaneo...
Minimally invasive cardiac surgery( MICS) has emerged in 1990s. Nowadays, MICS via mini thoracotomy became popular for valvular heart disease. Robot-a...
In Japan, the medical fee revision in April 2018 allowed insurance coverage for robot-assisted cardiac surgery for mitral and tricuspid valve plasty. ...
Automated coding of diseases can support hospitals in the billing of inpatient cases with the health insurance funds. This paper describes the impleme...