Have you ever had a blood test and the vein was hard to locate? Or are you a practitioner that needs to know where a patient’s veins are located? It is now possible to easily see where veins are located using handheld portable devices with near-infrared light.
Difficult Veins
Whether many times or a few, at some point in life, a person is bound to have a blood test. For the practitioner taking the blood, having knowledge of where veins typically lie and the ability to locate those veins is paramount for patient comfort and safety. As a... Read More
It is thought that 1 in 20 people are currently living with diabetes in Australia.
Symptoms of diabetes can include feeling lethargic, sleepy, thirsty, frequent urination, mood swings, blurred vision and headaches just to name a few. Doctors can check these symptoms using Diagnosis Pad — an offline AI medical assistant.
What is Diabetes?
Simply put, diabetes is a condition where there is an excess of sugar (glucose) in the bloodstream. In a person without diabetes, the body is able to make sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin to move glucose from the bloodstream to... Read More
Be sure to read the June edition of Spa + Clinic with a feature on Diagnosis Pad.
After its successful launch earlier this year, Diagnosis Pad has broadened its scope to support cosmetic practitioners with the unique cases that they may often be presented with.
Working offline and on device, the app aims to guide practitioners to possible diagnoses and recommendations to consider when consulting with a patient. Using ambient audio it also provides the practitioner with a transcript and a summary of notes to share onto the patient file without cloud processing. Maintaining precious patient... Read More
As a general practitioner, I am increasingly seeing patients coming in with reams of paperwork on their symptoms, medical history and what online chatbots like ChatGPT think the diagnosis could be. Whilst I am all for patient education and empowerment, I must give warning about privacy. Where is your precious data being stored and what is it being used for.
Privacy concerns aside, I also have concerns about the accuracy of such sites. I previously did a study on the dangers of using ChatGPT and found some alarming responses when I presented it with some common clinical presentations.
Often, these sites... Read More
Doctor reviews the MD One Stethoscope
The stethoscope is a vital tool in the doctor’s bag. In this article I explore the MD One Stethoscope from MDF Instruments and see how it compares to my Littmann Classic III.... Read More
