Using Facebook to Help Young Adults Quit Smoking
Smoking cessation intervention for young adults conducted on Facebook found smokers are 2.5 times more likely to quit with the Facebook-based treatment than if they were referred to an online program.
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Computers Equal Radiologists in Assessing Breast Density and Associated Breast Cancer Risk
Automated breast-density evaluation was just as accurate in predicting women’s risk of breast cancer, found and not found by mammography, as subjective evaluation done by radiologists.
Expert Review Will Strengthen Emerging Digital Technologies
In the absence of rigorous preclinical testing from the FDA, health systems should carefully scrutinize digital tools that interact with electronic health records to recommend patient diagnoses or therapies.
AI is Quicker, More Effective Than Humans in Analyzing Heart Scans
A type of AI known as advanced machine learning can classify essential views from heart ultrasound tests faster, more accurately and with less data than board-certified echocardiographers.
Smartwatch Effective in Detecting Atrial Fibrillation
Irregular heart impulses that lead to stroke can be detected using a smartwatch with a specially designed application, a finding that could eventually lead to new ways to screen patients for earlier treatment.
Samsung and UCSF Introduce My BP Lab, a Smartphone App for Blood Pressure and Stress Research
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and UCSF have announced the launch of My BP Lab, a jointly developed smartphone research app to help users monitor their blood pressure and stress levels.
Wearables Could Catch Heart Problems That Elude Your Doctor
Office visits offer doctors only a snapshot of chronic conditions. That’s where new mobile health-tracking technology can make a real difference, providing detailed and long-term health data for each patient.
How Doctors are Providing Smarter Care with Electronic Health Records
More and more, the promise of EHRs transforming data into knowledge is beginning to bear fruit.
2018 Precision Medicine World Conference to Feature UCSF Faculty
For the third consecutive year, UCSF is co-sponsoring the Precision Medicine World Conference in January 2018 to share the latest in the rapidly evolving space.
UCSF Innovators Use EHRs to Track Hospital-Acquired Infection
UCSF Health Informatics team has used electronic health records to track down a source of a common hospital-acquired infection.
Many Hospitals Still Not Using Digital Patient Health Information
U.S. hospitals are making slow progress in ensuring that their providers have access to and use patients’ complete electronic health records when those patients have also received care from outside providers.