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Grand Rounds September 8, 2023: The DEVICE Trial: An Embedded, Pragmatic Trial of Emergency Airway Management (Matthew Prekker, MD, MPH; Jonathan Casey, MD, MSc)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Two devices are commonly used to perform tracheal intubation, direct laryngoscope and video laryngoscope. The DEVICE trial hypothesized that the use of a video laryngoscope will increase the incidence of successful intubation on the first attempt. Learn more Read more in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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Smart pharmaceutical and healthcare labels: Lets trace medicines from its origin

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It is worth noting that smart labels contain a transponder code which can be read by sophisticated devices, including radio frequency identification device (RFID) tags and near-field communication (NFC) chips. While most smartphones can read NFC chips, RFID tags can only be read by specialized receivers.

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BD partners with Biocorp on connected self-injection devices

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Medtech giant Beckton Dickinson (BD) has signed a deal with France’s Biocorp to use the latter’s near-field communication (NFC) tags in injectable devices. The Injay tag can confirm a complete injection and transfer that information via an NFC reader to a smartphone or tablet for review by a healthcare professional.

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Jolly Good/Teijin Pharma develop VR digital therapeutics for depression

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The goal of the partnership for approval for the Japanese market from the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA). Jolly Good is a medical technology company that develops VR solutions and AI-based medical and welfare services that analyse user behaviour in the VR space.

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Grand Rounds July 28, 2023: How Can Researchers Fight Misinformation About Medicine? (Carl T. Bergstrom, PhD)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

As researchers, we are producers and consumers of the medical literature. If you’re not prepared to see your manuscript appear in a leading medical journal, you should think carefully before posting it as a preprint. More broadly, citations in medical journals often do not reflect the material cited.

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Blue Note leukaemia DTx gets FDA breakthrough tag

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A prescription digital therapeutic (DTx) for leukaemia patients developed by Blue Note Therapeutics has been awarded breakthrough device status by the FDA. It is well-established for conventional drugs and medical devices but has only recently started to be used for DTx.

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Grand Rounds October 21, 2022: Disinformation, Cyberthreat, and Choice: Protecting Patients and Clinical Research From the Digital Triple Threat (Eric Perakslis, PhD; Andrea Downing)

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Perakslis said his definition of digital health is any time you mix medical information and the internet. Researchers can be thoughtful about devices used in studies and how to keep patient information safe. Researchers need to overcome the risks of online tools and increase the benefits. Learn more. pctGR, @Collaboratory1.