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A Machine Learning Approach To Post-Market Surveillance Of Medical Devices, Jonathan Bates, Shu-Xia Li, Craig Parzynski, Ronald Coifman, Harlan Krumholz, Joseph Ross

Yale Day of Data

Post-market surveillance is a collection of processes and activities used by product manufacturers and regulators, such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to monitor the safety and effectiveness of medical devices once they are available for use “on the market”. These activities are designed to generate information to identify poorly performing devices and other safety problems, accurately characterize real-world device performance and clinical outcomes, and facilitate the development of new devices, or new uses for existing devices. Typically, a device is monitored by comparing adverse events in the exposed population to a matched unexposed population. This research considers …

Community-Based Palliative Care: Trends, Challenges, Examples And Collaboration With Payers, Eric Wall Md, Mph

Palliative Care Institute

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Eric Wall is the Pacific Northwest Medical Director for United Healthcare overseeing quality and affordability initiatives in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana. Dr. Wall is a board-certified family physician with 35 years of practice experience. He was formerly the Senior Medical Director for Qualis Health and before that, the Vice-President for Medical Affairs at Lifewise Health Plan of Oregon.

Dr. Wall graduated from the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium) and completed his family medicine residency at the University of Miami-Jackson Memorial Hospital. He then pursued a Masters of Public Health at the University of Washington after …

Nausea/Vomiting/Anorexia, Bree Johnston Md, Mph

Palliative Care Institute

By the end of this talk, the learner should be able to: –Identify anorexia as a common source of distress for both patients and caregivers –Discuss the importance of framing and exploring meaning when dealing with patients with anorexia –Discuss the prevalence of anorexia, nausea, and vomiting among patients with serious illness –Discuss the evidence for various pharmacologic approaches to anorexia, nausea, and vomiting –Discuss nonpharmacologic approaches to anorexia, nausea, and vomiting

Realities Of Advanced Medical Interventions, Koala (Maureen) Connelly Rn, Cathy Mcconechy

Palliative Care Institute

Strategies for sharing risks and benefits of advanced medical interventions and the implications for patients’ abilities to make informed decisions.

Understanding Death With Dignity Legislation: A Necessity For The Palliative Care Provider, Frances Derook Md

Palliative Care Institute

Evidence and experience to date of Death with Dignity in Washington and Oregon.

Increased Patient Health Literacy And Healthcare Provider Structural Competence: Public And Private Strategies For Improving Patient Health Outcomes, Kari Kennedy

TAC Talks

Obesity is an ongoing problem in the United States, with an estimated 64.5% of the adult population meeting the current criteria for weight loss treatment (Stevens et al 2015). Previous studies have correlated weight status with several comorbid diseases, and as a result, obesity is widely considered to be a public health concern. While there has been some research into the impact of weight-related public stigma on private patient experiences, the larger public mechanisms that contribute to these patient experiences have yet to be closely examined in this context. In this presentation, I discuss the ways that public factors influence …

Integrating Institute Of Medicine (Iom) Core Competency Of Evidence-Based Management Practice With Senior Leadership Nursing Students, Rose Powell, Karen Migl

Bright Ideas Conference

The purpose of this project is to provide an environment for the senior leadership nursing student to analyze a current leadership/management research article and apply the findings to nursing management practice.

Inclusion Of Seniors In The Design Of Assistive Technology, Margaret Rusnak

Ohio Association of Gerontology and Education Conference

Assistive technology helps many older adults complete essential tasks, thus providing them a means to remain functionally independent within their communities. However, many older adults either reject the use of devices or misunderstand their intention. The gap between design and need may be bridged through the active participation of elders in the design process. Previous studies have focused on older persons’ attitudes toward adopting new technology, emphasizing how to promote and maintain usage. Recent research reveals the necessity of including older adults in the design, research, and application of assistive technology in an effort to meet the real needs of …

The Importance Of Treatment For Foster Youth, Lyl T. Cartagena

Creative Activity and Research Day - CARD

This presentation provides an overview of mental health interventions including highlights of their outcomes.The summary of the extant findings helps identify the strengths and deficits of what has been done, and supports a call for further research in order to change current methods of care provided along with developing an improved method of treatment for foster care youth.

Flow-Induced Dilation Of Skeletal Muscle Feed Arteries: Relevance To Exercise Hyperemia, Brittni N. Moore, Jeffrey J. Jasperse Dr.

Seaver College Research And Scholarly Achievement Symposium

During exercise, an increase in blood flow to working skeletal muscle is necessary in order to sustain activity for longer than a few seconds. This is accomplished by the dilation of arteries and arterioles feeding the muscle. Arterioles, located within contracting muscle, are exposed to dilatory metabolites released by the muscle; however, the mechanism by which feed arteries dilate is still unknown, since they are located external to the muscle. The purpose of this study was to determine if flow-induced dilation (resulting from shear stress on endothelial cells) contributes to exercise hyperemia in rat extensor digitorum longus and gastrocnemius muscle …