HealthPlix nudging doctors to make better clinical decisions: NTU Singapore study – ET HealthWorld

HealthPlix nudging doctors to make better clinical decisions: NTU Singapore study – ET HealthWorld

Bengaluru: Researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) conducted a study demonstrating how HealthPlix’s AI-powered EMR platform is ‘nudging’ doctors to make better clinical decisions. The working paper titled To Err is Inhuman: A Field Experiment on Nudging Doctors Away from Prescribing Drug-Drug Interactions highlights the power of ‘nudge’ adopted by HealthPlix to empower … Read more

Perfecting cardiology treatment decisions through innovative technologies in India – ET HealthWorld

Perfecting cardiology treatment decisions through innovative technologies in India – ET HealthWorld

By Dr Ankur Phaterpekar The burden of heart disease is increasing at a fast pace and the major reasons for this are unhealthy lifestyle, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet, smoking, alcohol consumption and inappropriate sleep routines. While there are some preventive measures, at times when the disease takes its hold, it must be managed with the … Read more

COVID Vaccine a Key Factor in Decisions Around Surgery

COVID Vaccine a Key Factor in Decisions Around Surgery

By Robert Preidt HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, June 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Vaccination played a crucial role when Americans were deciding whether to have surgery during the pandemic, a new study finds. “It’s critical to understand what factors affect a patient’s decision to have surgery during an infectious pandemic if we want to help … Read more

Is It Time to Rethink End-of-Life Decisions and Care?

Is It Time to Rethink End-of-Life Decisions and Care?

By Judith Graham Thursday, January 06, 2022 (Kaiser News) — For decades, Americans have been urged to fill out documents specifying their end-of-life wishes before becoming terminally ill — living wills, do-not-resuscitate orders, and other written materials expressing treatment preferences. Now, a group of prominent experts is saying those efforts should stop because they haven’t … Read more

How fear of future regrets shapes your decisions & how to minimise it

How fear of future regrets shapes your decisions & how to minimise it

By Nimesh Chandan Alfred Bernhard Nobel was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1833. He was a chemist, engineer and an inventor and held 355 patents to his name. In 1867, while experimenting with explosives, he discovered a mixture that had high explosion capabilities and was easy to handle. He named the invention ‘dynamite’ after the … Read more

Making Decisions About Switching Birth Control Methods

Making Decisions About Switching Birth Control Methods

Over time, your birth control might not fit into your lifestyle anymore, or for any number of reasons, you make be looking to change it. It’s normal and completely safe to switch birth control methods, as long as you talk to your doctor first. Learning about different types of birth control and how to safely … Read more

Young People Facing End-of-Life Care Decisions

Young People Facing End-of-Life Care Decisions

It is extremely difficult for anyone, especially young people in their 20s and 30s, to be told that their treatment(s) haven’t worked. If the cancer you have continues to progress despite treatment, it may be called end-stage cancer. As you process this information and make choices about end-of-life care you would like to receive, know … Read more