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Quebedeaux presents Baptist Health info at Quorum Court | Photos & Videos

Representatives from Baptist Health Medical Center paid a visit to the HSC Quorum Court Tuesday evening. Jay Quebedeaux, president of Baptist HMC Hot Spring County/Arkadelphia, presented information to members of the Court and attended visitors about the local facility’s new and existing services and performance ratings over the last year. Quebedeaux has been in the healthcare field for over 31 years and previously served as CEO of Mena Regional Health System. He’s been in charge of the Malvern Baptist HMC operations for about nine months and has nothing but good things to say about the community and fellow staff. “The…Continue Reading

New DNR tool provides health information for thousands of lakes : Jan 23, 2023 | News releases

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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has created a new online tool, called the Watershed Health Assessment Framework for Lakes (WHAF for Lakes), providing easy access to water quality and health information for thousands of Minnesota lakes. WHAF for Lakes is part of the DNR’s Watershed Health Assessment Framework and is funded by the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment. “Our staff did very innovative work over the past year to create this valuable new tool,” said Katie Smith, Ecological and Water Resources Division Director. “WHAF for Lakes will benefit anyone who wants to know more about a particular lake’s…Continue Reading

Medicare taskforce urged to let patients see nurses, physiotherapists or counselors instead of GPs | Health

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Allied health groups are urging the federal government to consider new Medicare funding models to let patients see nurses, physiotherapists or counselors as their first point of call, saying overcrowded GPs with long waiting lists cannot remain as the sole entry point for the medical system. Labor’s strengthening medicare taskforce, to report within weeks, is expected to recommend major changes to health funding and expanding rebates to more services. Several task force members outside general practice, including the Allied Health Professionals Australia national chair, Antony Nicholas, said a shortage of GPs means people need more access points to receive care.…Continue Reading

Non-fungible tokens for the management of health data

The COVID-19 pandemic stimulated an unprecedented push for digital transformation, accelerating the adoption of digital technology in health care1. There was a surge in telemedicine services, in artificial intelligence (AI) for SARS-CoV-2 detection2and in the use of AI to predict blueprints for vaccine development3. With the increased digital flow of data, there is a need for privacy-preserving technologies to improve research and clinical applications within the healthcare system4,5. Data tokenization on the blockchain provides high levels of privacy and confers the potential for personal ownership of health data, which other privacy-preserving technologies such as federated learning and generative adversarial networks…Continue Reading