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Most, But Not All, Canadians With Chronic Conditions Get Clinically Recommended Tests
Most Canadians with chronic conditions have a regular place of care, but there are some reported gaps in the management of their conditions according to a new study released today by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). The study, Experiences With Primary Health Care in Canada, measures access to and quality of care from a patient perspective across Canada"s 10 provinces. The study is based on the responses of more than 11,000 people age 18 and older to Statistics Canada"s 2008 Canadian Survey of Experiences With Primary Health Care, which was jointly funded by CIHI and the Health Council of Canada.
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The UJI Is Working To Develop A Digital Analysis System Of Multispectral Images That Allows Melanoma To Be Distinguished From Other Kinds Of Diseases
The Computer Vision research group at the Universitat Jaume I of CastellÃö is working with the Hospitals Consortium of CastellÃö to develop a digital analysis system of multispectral images to help physicians distinguish melanoma from other kinds of skin diseases. A cooperation agreement has been signed by UJI, the University-Business Foundation and the CastellÃö Provincial Hospital Foundation to implement this project.
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Side Discrepancy Errors In Radiology Reports Rare But Often Clinically Significant
Side discrepancy errors in radiology reports do occur and it is important that radiologists, referring physicians and patients communicate well to help prevent errors in clinical management, according to a study performed at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. "Side discrepancy errors refer to instances when the side of the lesion is incorrectly noted in one or more sections of the radiology report," said Minal Jagtiani Sangwaiya, MD, lead author of the study.
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'Taking Up A Dialogue' With The Brain: Letter Decoding From Single-trial Brain Signals

Brain-computer interfaces "translate" what a person is thinking in words or actions. Researchers from Maastricht University in the Netherlands performed functional MRI brain scans on healthy participants, instructing them to "type" by performing mental tasks corresponding to different letters in the English alphabet. Researchers were able to use signals from the participants" brain activation patterns to decode information about the intended letter that a participant was thinking about, and to use this in a conversation with the experimenters without any spoken words. It is hoped that such technology can enable communication with "locked-in" patients or assessment of consciousness in non-responsive patients. Authors: B. Sorger, J. Reithler, B. Dahmen, R. Goebel, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands Organization for Human Brain Mapping


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