This week it is my pleasure to co-write the blog with Fresenius Medical Care North America data scientist, Andy Long. We are writing about artificial intelligence (AI) based on 3 recent Journal of the … [Read more...]
Virtual Reality Meets Peritoneal Dialysis Training
Last week I attended the Renal Research Institute’s 21st International Conference on Dialysis Advances in Kidney Disease 2019. The conference has a general nephrology track, a nurse care team track, … [Read more...]
Seriously, Use a Parachute
This week FMCNA Medical Officer, Rob Kossmann, emailed an interesting article from the BMJ Christmas issue, “Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from an aircraft: randomized … [Read more...]
Human Enhancement Just in Time for Christmas
You may still be gnawing on the bones of Terry’s November 26th Acumen blog post on the QPP Final Rule impact on Advanced Alternative Payment Models, but Thanksgiving is in the history books and it is … [Read more...]
USRDS: A Data Picture
In late October the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) meeting returned to San Diego. Thousands of renal folks from around the world flooded the convention center and spilled out to walk along the … [Read more...]
Data Catches the Flu: Why Vaccinations Matter
It’s Fall in New England. The nights are cool. Every farm market has stacks of pumpkins by the door and garden shops are awash with yellow, purple, and orange mums. I keep pushing my grocery cart past … [Read more...]
Where Are We on the Digital Health Road?
It seems like we were just singing, “School’s out for summer,” and now Labor Day is behind us. Summer vacation is over. In Boston the Friday afternoon line of cars headed to Cape Cod is gone and we … [Read more...]
