Adam Amitai, CEO and co-founder of Lavaa Health
The United States is currently grappling with a significant issue in the healthcare sector: a severe shortage of physicians. According to McKinsey & Company, by the end…
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Despite the high accuracy of AI-based automated analysis of 12-lead ECG images for classification of cardiac conditions, clinical integration of such tools is hindered by limited interpretability of model recommendations. We aim to demonstrate…
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Critically ill children who require inter-hospital transfers to paediatric intensive care units are sicker than other admissions and have higher mortality rates. Current transport practice primarily relies on early clinical assessments within the initial…
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Pulsed radio frequency energy (PRFE) therapy is a non-invasive, electromagnetic field-based treatment modality successfully used in clinical applications. However, conventional PRFE devices are often bulky, expensive, and require extended treatment durations, limiting patient adherence…
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Depression in older adults is often underdiagnosed and has been linked to adverse outcomes, including motor vehicle crashes. With a growing population of older drivers in the United States, innovations in screening methods are…
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Distributed learning enables collaborative machine learning model training without requiring cross-institutional data sharing, thereby addressing privacy concerns. However, local quality control variability can negatively impact model performance while systematic human visual inspection is time-consuming…
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Primary cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) is responsible for ~10,000 deaths annually in the United States. Stratification of risk of poor outcome at initial biopsy would significantly impact clinical decision-making during the initial post…
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Boston-based knownwell, a hybrid weight-inclusive primary and metabolic care provider, announced it expanded into six clinics across the greater Chicago area and will provide patients across the midwest access to virtual care. The company touts…
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The nation’s independent cardiology practices are facing serious challenges, such as financial pressures, rising competition and fragmented technology. These struggles have left many practices with no choice but to be gobbled up by a…
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The Midwest Health Purchasers Collaborative (MHPC), a nonprofit employer purchasing organization, has teamed up with Vida Health, a virtual obesity and metabolic health provider, to offer employers obesity care.
MHPC is part of the Midwest…
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