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Fairer Returns on Public Investments
Travis Whitfill and Mariana Mazzucato make a case that demands the attention of both leaders of the Advanced Research Project Agency for Health (ARPA-H) and policymakers: the agency’s innovation must focus not only on technology but also finance. Breaking from decades of public finance for science and technology with few strings attached, new policy-thinking is needed, they argue, if taxpayers are to get a dynamic and fair return on their ARPA-H investments.
ARPA-H Could Offer Taxpayers a Fairer Shake
US drug companies turn taxpayer-funded innovation into astronomical profits. A new agency focused on health innovation could shift the rewards of medical advances to benefit public health. Years before the pandemic began, the US government was a major investor in what would become COVID-19 vaccines. It supplied nearly $350 million to build technologies crucial to mRNA vaccines. Later, as coronavirus infections surged, it spent some $2 billion to support vaccine clinical trials.
AI in Digital Therapeutics: Your Next Treatment Plan?
MANILA - Alongside the rise of telemedicine in the Philippines and throughout the world, there is another subset in which artificial intelligence (AI) is playing a significant role in successfully revolutionizing healthcare for the post-pandemic era. Digital therapeutics (DTx) delivers medical interventions directly to patients using evidence-based, clinically evaluated software to treat, manage, and prevent a broad spectrum of diseases and disorders.
AI’s Hippocratic Oath
ROSARIO, ARGENTINA - The development of artificial intelligence (AI) has enabled the growth of the healthtech sector in Latin America and has witnessed a stunning number of successes. One fine example is Colombian startup Arkangel AI, which is sponsored by Google, Novartis, Everis, Roche and Nvidia.
Sfidat e shëndetit të Joe Bidenit
Ani se presidenti amerikan, Joe Biden, premtoi të udhëheqë me “shkencë dhe të vërtetën”, përpjekjet e administratës së tij për të avancuar shkencën kanë mbetur të mangëta. Bideni vetëm kohë më parë e emëroi komisionerin e Administratës për Ushqim dhe Barna dhe i duhet ende që t’i plotësojë shumë pozita të tjera kyç të politikës shkencore, përfshirë Zyrën e këshilltarit për shkencë në Shtëpinë e Bardhë dhe drejtorin e Institutit Kombëtar të Shëndetësisë.
Biden's health moonshot
LONDON — Although US President Joe Biden promised to lead with “science and truth”, his administration’s efforts to advance science have fallen short. Biden only recently named a commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, and he has yet to fill many other key science-policy positions, including the office of the White House Science Adviser and the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Improving Emergency Preparedness in Pediatric Primary Care Offices: A Simulation-Based Interventional Study
Abstract Objectives Pediatric emergencies pose a challenge to primary care practices due to irregular frequency and complexity. Simulation-based assessment can improve skills and comfort in emergencies. Our aim was improving pediatric office emergency preparedness, as measured by adherence to the existing American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement, and quality of emergency care in a simulated setting, as measured by performance checklists.
Preparedness for Pediatric Office Emergencies: A Multicenter, Simulation-Based Study
Preparedness for Pediatric Office Emergencies: A Multicenter, Simulation-Based Study Kamal Abulebda, Matthew L. Yuknis, Travis Whitfill, Erin E. Montgomery, Kellie J. Pearson, Rosa Rousseau, Maria Carmen G. Diaz, Linda L. Brown, Robyn Wing, Khoon-Yen Tay, Grace L. Good, Rabia N. Malik, Amanda L. Garrow, Pavan P. Zaveri, Eileen Thomas, Ana Makharashvili, Rebekah A. Burns, Megan Lavoie, Marc A. Auerbach Pediatrics Sep 2021, 148 (3) e2020038463; DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-038463
Improving Pediatric Readiness and Clinical Care in General Emergency Departments: A Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study
Objective To evaluate the impact of a collaborative initiative between general emergency departments and the pediatric academic medical center on the process of clinical care in a group of general EDs. Study design This retrospective cohort study assessed the process of clinical care delivered to critically ill children presenting to 3 general EDs. Our previous multi-faceted intervention included the following components: post-simulation debriefing, a designation of a pediatric champion,...
Improving Pediatric Readiness in General Emergency Departments: A Prospective Interventional Study
Objective To describe the impact of a national interventional collaborative on pediatric readiness within General Emergency Departments. Study design A prospective, multicenter, interventional study measured pediatric readiness in general emergency departments before and after participation in a pediatric readiness improvement intervention. Pediatric readiness was assessed using the weighted pediatric readiness score (WPRS) on a 100-point scale.
Statewide Pediatric Facility Recognition Programs and Their Association with Pediatric Readiness in Emergency Departments in the United States
High-quality emergency care for sick or injured children is expected regardless of where in the US emergency care is delivered. However, a 2006 Institute of Medicine report characterized the state of pediatric emergency care as “uneven.”1x1 ()Emergency care for children: growing pains. National Academy Press, Washington, DC; 2006 Google ScholarSee all References Over the past 2 decades, efforts have been implemented to improve pediatric emergency care.
Impact of Just-in-Time and Just-in-Place Simulation on Intern Success With Infant Lumbar Puncture
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Simulation-based skill trainings are common; however, optimal instructional designs that improve outcomes are not well specified. We explored the impact of just-in-time and just-in-place training (JIPT) on interns’ infant lumbar puncture (LP) success. METHODS: This prospective study enrolled pediatric and emergency medicine interns from 2009 to 2012 at 34 centers. Two distinct instructional design strategies were compared.
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