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The Medicine Quality Monitoring Globe: A public health intelligence system for collecting and curating reports of substandard and falsified medical products from publicly available Internet news media
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The Medicine Quality Monitoring Globe: A public health intelligence system for collecting and curating reports of substandard and falsified medical products from publicly available Internet news media
Author summary Evidence before this study The World Health Organization estimated that approximately 10.5% of medicines in low- and middle-income countries are substandard or falsified (SF). However,...
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October 30, 2026 at 12:24 PM
hugospiers.bsky.social
Identifying older adults at risk for dementia based on smartphone data obtained during a wayfinding task in the real world
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Identifying older adults at risk for dementia based on smartphone data obtained during a wayfinding task in the real world
Author summary Dementia poses a significant challenge for healthcare systems worldwide. For interventions and treatments to be effective, the early detection of cognitive changes associated with the d...
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October 26, 2026 at 8:23 AM
lruggiero.bsky.social
The Medicine Quality Monitoring Globe: A public health intelligence system for collecting and curating reports of substandard and falsified medical products from publicly available Internet news media
journals.plos.org/digitalhealt...
The Medicine Quality Monitoring Globe: A public health intelligence system for collecting and curating reports of substandard and falsified medical products from publicly available Internet news media
Author summary Evidence before this study The World Health Organization estimated that approximately 10.5% of medicines in low- and middle-income countries are substandard or falsified (SF). However,...
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October 21, 2026 at 2:42 AM
medcitynews.com
At INVEST Digital Health, hear from Leo Grady, CEO of Jona, who has spent 20 years advancing AI in healthcare. Leo will share his expertise on our panel, The Rise of Consumer Diagnostics, exploring how to make data actionable through personalization.

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Portrait of Leo Grady, CEO of Jona, featured speaker at INVEST Digital Health event on consumer diagnostics in Dallas, 2026.
October 16, 2026 at 5:22 PM
medcitynews.com
Ready for the next wave in healthcare? Meet Adam Weinstein, Chief Product Officer at Teladoc Health, at INVEST Digital Health! Hear how convenience is reshaping clinical strategy. Join us Oct 29 at Pegasus Park, Dallas! Register 👉 medcityinvestconference.com/digitalhealt...
Adam Weinstein, Teladoc Health executive, smiling with digital healthcare icons in the background, promoting a healthcare innovation event. INVEST Digital Health.
October 16, 2026 at 4:09 PM
medcitynews.com
Convergence of consumer health & employee benefits is transforming the industry. We’re excited to welcome Joanna Balogh-Reynolds, SVP of Strategic Partnerships at Progyny, to our INVEST DH panel: When Consumer Sentiment Enters the Employer Benefits Stack.

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oanna Balogh-Reynolds, Senior Vice President of Channel Partnerships at Progyny, smiling with digital healthcare icons in the background, promoting a healthcare innovation event. INVEST Digital Health.
October 16, 2026 at 3:36 PM
eslwaller.bsky.social
A shameless little plug for our paper based on the findings of previous seasons!

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Monitoring influenza-like symptoms in the UK through participatory surveillance: Insights from FluSurvey over two winter seasons (2023-24 and 2024-25)
Author summary Understanding recent trends and characteristics of influenza-like illness (ILI) in the community can provide insights into the broader population burden of respiratory illness and provi...
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October 9, 2026 at 7:53 AM
medcitynews.com
DTC is uncovering critical insights into female biology and underserved areas of care. Join us as Pita Navarro, CSO & Co-Founder of Evvy, shares her journey from developing AI-powered diagnostics to pioneering biomarker discovery.

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Pita Navarro of Evvy is speaking at MedCity News INVEST Digital Health on October 29, 2026 at Pegasus Park, Dallas, Texas
October 7, 2026 at 12:32 PM
vkola-lab.bsky.social
Accuracy alone is a weak signal for clinical LLM reliability. Our latest work in PLoS Digital Health introduces EntQA, an entity-centric, reference-free score of how well a response retains biomedical concepts from the case and question.

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Entity-centric evaluation of large language model responses for medical question-answering tasks
Author summary Large language models (LLMs) are starting to appear in hospitals and clinics, where they help doctors answer questions and review patient information. However, these tools can sometimes...
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October 6, 2026 at 8:23 PM
andreastocco.com
Hello #neurosky! This is a study that took many years and that I am proud to see published: cognitive models can replace traditional neuropsych testing, and be used for both early detection and continuous monitoring of long-term memory dysfunction. journals.plos.org/digitalhealt...
Reliable detection and continuous monitoring of memory dysfunction in mild cognitive impairment and healthy aging through adaptive computational phenotyping
Author summary Memory decline is a central feature of aging and an early marker of neurodegenerative disease, yet current methods for assessing memory are poorly suited for frequent, long-term monitor...
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October 5, 2026 at 7:07 PM
gmuttac.bsky.social
These are health and safety guidelines for the amount of time spent on digital devices in the classroom, appropriate break frequency, and the physical positioning of digital devices in the classroom.

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#AssitiveTechnology
#HealthandSafety
Digital Devices in the Classroom: Health and Safety Guidelines (VDOE)
September 15, 2026 at 6:59 PM
txmedai.bsky.social
They will sell you FDA-cleared. Ask who measured mortality. 1,357 devices. 3 (0.2%) mortality, morbidity, or readmissions.
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September 11, 2026 at 8:30 PM
debwadford.bsky.social
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Congratulations to @rahilryder.bsky.social @jelder099.bsky.social and Team!! Great work!!!
The SARS-CoV-2 Integrated Genomic Epidemiology Database (IGED): Linking viral genomes with patient-level metadata to advance statewide genomic surveillance in California
Author summary In California, the COVID‑19 pandemic generated an unprecedented volume of anonymized viral genomic data, creating a critical need to link sequencing results with patient information for...
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September 1, 2026 at 4:09 AM
ucsf-bchsi.bsky.social
Read Jordan Guillot, B. Miao, A. Suresh, M. Sushil, C. Williams, R. Vashisht, T. Oskotsky, M. Sirota, @atulbutte.bsky.social in @plos.org "Extracting adverse event nature, severity, timelines, interventions from clinical notes CAR-T cell therapy patients using LLM" journals.plos.org/digitalhealt...
Extracting adverse event nature, severity, timelines and resulting interventions from clinical notes of patients receiving CAR-T cell therapy using large language models
Author summary Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CAR‑T) therapy has transformed care for blood cancer but requires careful tracking of adverse events (AEs). We asked whether a large language model cou...
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August 28, 2026 at 6:21 PM
survivorshipit.medsky.social
" #Patients must feel a sense of autonomy regarding their personal health data to engage confidently with #digitalhealth services." journals.plos.org/digitalhealt...

#MedSky #CanSky #PublicHealth #HealthEquity #HealthLiteracy #PatientExperience #PatientEngagement
Social factors associated with the development of e-health literacy: A mixed-methods study among patient organization members and representatives
Author summary In our study, we looked at how people can better understand and use digital health services. As healthcare becomes more digital, patients need confidence when using online tools, apps o...
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August 18, 2026 at 2:55 AM
aemonten.bsky.social
"This study suggests the potential utility of generative AI in pre-institutional review board (IRB) review tasks"

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Developing artificial intelligence tools for institutional review board pre-review: A pilot study on ChatGPT’s accuracy and reproducibility
Author summary In this pilot study, we examined whether ChatGPT could accurately and consistently extract key elements from clinical research protocols and informed consent forms written in Japanese. ...
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July 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
joanagsa.bsky.social
This is super useful, thank you for sharing. We published this one at just about the same time and I wish I had known about your work beforehand. It would have definitely been cited...
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Epidemiological methods in transition: Minimizing biases in classical and digital approaches
Epidemiology and Public Health have increasingly relied on structured and unstructured data, collected inside and outside of typical health systems, to study, identify, and mitigate diseases at the po...
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March 25, 2025 at 10:02 AM
joanagsa.bsky.social
Why (another) review on #DigitalEpi and does DE even exist?

We argue that the key difference between classical and digital approaches is in dealing with bias: a priori vs. a posteriori
Just out @plos.org Digital Health
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@spac.bsky.social @danielapaolotti.bsky.social
Epidemiological methods in transition: Minimizing biases in classical and digital approaches
Epidemiology and Public Health have increasingly relied on structured and unstructured data, collected inside and outside of typical health systems, to study, identify, and mitigate diseases at the po...
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January 31, 2025 at 12:40 PM
joanagsa.bsky.social
Thank you for this pack!
Two papers from @spac.bsky.social (and me)
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Early and Real-Time Detection of Seasonal Influenza Onset
Author Summary Influenza, generally referred to as the flu, is a common infectious disease that affects millions of people. Every year, we expect this seasonal disease to occur during the Winter, but ...
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December 26, 2024 at 9:41 AM
earthmother30.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/digitalhealt... physicians trusted the AI’s classifications and did not use the available information to override the erroneous classification. What is more, in the second experiment, they did not even realize that the treatment was completely ineffective.
Doctors vs. Algorithms: Physicians, too, struggle to learn from evidence that contradicts AI suggestions
Author summary Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now widely used in various fields, including clinical practice, where AI systems assist in classifying patients for diagnosis and treatment. However, the...
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July 19, 2026 at 7:20 PM
uhc2030.bsky.social
Health data has enormous potential, but without robust governance, it can deepen inequalities that undermine #UHC progress. That’s why building #HealthSystems resilience requires data governance frameworks that protect health data collection & use.

Learn more: 👉 bit.ly/DigitalHealt...
Graphic of a chat bubble with the following text: Health data must work for people, not against them.
June 24, 2026 at 5:45 AM
uhc2030.bsky.social
Involving them from the outset isn't just good practice, it’s how you create systems that respond to people’s needs and that build trust.

Read our digital health narrative to learn more: 👉 bit.ly/DigitalHealt...
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June 23, 2026 at 4:15 PM
uhc2030.bsky.social
To build #HealthSystems resilience, we must place health equity and rights at the heart of digital health strategies. This ensures health services are people-centered, accessible and affordable, thus improving health prevention and promotion.

Read our narrative to learn more: bit.ly/DigitalHealt...
Graphic of a chat bubble with the following text: First message: Digital health should tackle inequalities – not deepen them. Reply: And lack of wi-fi should not be a medical risk factor.
June 23, 2026 at 12:07 PM
uhc2030.bsky.social
The 3rd Global Convening of the #GIDH started today, and this year's theme is: Building #HealthSystems resilience and local capacity through Digital Foundations, Learning and Partnerships.

It's exactly the conversation our digital health narrative was built for 👉 bit.ly/DigitalHealt...
June 22, 2026 at 1:50 PM