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  • The Smart Heart: How AI Is Sharpening Cardiovascular Medicine

    Michaela Haas

    March 01, 2024 |

    Reasons to be Cheerful |

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    Response Location: United States, Rochester, Minnesota

    Several hospitals are beginning to use artificial intelligence, like Chat GPT’s medical assistant Suzanne, to make cardiovascular medicine more accurate and effective. AI can detect illnesses that are hard to see with the human eye, interpret test results and make diagnoses quicker and help doctors provide more effective treatment to patients. Since AI emerged in healthcare in 2018, the FDA has approved about 700 AI and machine learning-enabled medical devices.

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  • An unexpected way to fight chronic absenteeism

    Javeria Salman

    February 29, 2024 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States, Guilford County, North Carolina

    A Bessemer Elementary School, a telemedicine program launched in 2021 is combatting high rates of absenteeism by providing health care in school. Students can log into a computer at school and receive care, then head back to class rather than having to miss school for doctor visits or sick days. Since the program launched, absenteeism at the school fell from 49% during the 2021-2022 school year to 37% last year.

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  • Osun Fights Misinfo, Boosts HPV Vaccine Uptake for Women's Health

    Noah Aderoju

    February 29, 2024 |

    National Wire |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Osun

    By December 2023, the nationwide campaign had vaccinated about 4.7 million girls; however, Osun continued to experience pushback, with citizens resisting the campaign due to misinformation and a lack of understanding about the vaccine’s significance. The federal government also joined in, adding the HPV vaccine to its routine immunization system, which helped about 4.7 million girls get vaccinated.

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  • The fight to keep Black moms and babies alive

    Elana Gordon Taylor White Akilah Johnson Martine Powers

    February 28, 2024 |

    The Washington Post |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Texas

    Black parents are at greater risk of experiencing serious complications during pregnancy and childbirth, which is why preserving Black birth care, like doulas, is so important to preventing unnecessary deaths and medical interventions. The doula community is growing and there’s currently a push among local doulas and providers to grow the network of doulas of color to increase the accessibility of relevant and representative birth care.

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  • Why a Native American vet drives 1,200 miles to care for her peers

    Anna Mulrine Grobe

    February 28, 2024 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Navajo Nation, United States, Arizona

    The Diné Naazbaa Partnership (DNP) serves Navajo Nation veterans, connecting them with food, medication, transportation and other necessities, as they’re more likely to be unemployed and far less likely to use or apply for VA services. The DNP has connected with about 1,228 of the 14,700 veterans on the Navajo Nation and has partnered with 370 groups to fund projects that provide housing improvements and emergency financial aid to veterans.

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  • Portable AI Ultrasound Reducing Maternal Mortality in Sierra Leone

    Treezer Michelle Atieno

    February 26, 2024 |

    Science Africa |

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    Response Location: Sierra Leone

    AI software BabyChecker is a portable ultrasound tool that can be accessed through smartphones and allows community health workers to easily and quickly detect pregnancy risks in rural areas where access to care is difficult. So far, over 20 community health workers have been trained to use the technology, and more than 2,000 pregnant women have been scanned using the BabyChecker app.

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  • The 15-Minute City Is Saving My Life

    Steve Mencher

    February 22, 2024 |

    Next Avenue |

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    Response Location: United States, Baltimore, Maryland

    The 15-minute city is an urban planning concept that encourages planners to develop neighborhoods that are easily accessible within a 15-minute walk, bike or public transit ride. The 15-minute city idea promotes health and wellness by encouraging residents to walk and bike more, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and fosters a sense of community among locals.

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  • Chatham Maternity Care Center bucks trend of rural maternity closures

    Rachel Crumpler

    February 21, 2024 |

    North Carolina Health News |

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    Response Location: United States, Siler City, North Carolina

    As rural hospitals stopped providing maternity care, Chatham Hospital opened a new Maternity Care Center in September 2020. The five-bed unit provides care to low-risk mothers and newborns and is staffed with family physicians trained in obstetrics and surgery, to keep costs down. In three years, the Maternity Care Center has delivered 402 babies, with birth volumes gradually increasing each year.

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  • Can We Fix Mental Health Crisis Response in the Hudson Valley?

    Steven Yoder

    February 19, 2024 |

    The River |

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    Response Location: United States, Ulster County, New York

    Mobile crisis response teams, like CAHOOTS and the Ulster County mobile teams, deploy crisis workers and medics instead of police to situations like mental health crises and welfare checks, to avoid unnecessary escalation. Counties with mobile teams say the quality of care they receive has dramatically improved. In Ulster county alone, they receive about 4,000 diverted 911 calls annually and only five to 10% of them require police backup.

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  • Indigenous women reclaim traditional birthing practices

    Amelia Schafer

    February 17, 2024 |

    ICT News |

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    Response Location: United States, South Dakota

    In rural areas where obstetric care is hard to access, Indigenous women are opting for traditional birthing practices and building a community around pregnancy and childbirth education. Groups like the He Sapa Birth Circle and the Great Plains Tribal Leaders’ Health Board provide spaces for Indigenous parents to seek advice, receive support and education and get connected with traditional care options.

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