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After health insurer Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma announced Wednesday that Saint Francis Health System would be leaving its network because of failed contract negotiations, Saint Francis issued a news release Friday saying they wish to resume talks.
In a statement, Jake Henry Jr., president and CEO of SFHS, said the two entities had been negotiating since January and reached an agreement on the afternoon of April 30th, the final day of the previous contract. While waiting for the contract, BlueCross unexpectedly sent new terms at 10:02 p.m. on Friday night with provisions that had not been agreed on earlier. The added terms materially changed the agreement. It wasn t a contract that I could sign it wasn t what we agreed to just a few hours earlier, Henry said.
New Study Demonstrates Value of AI-Enabled EKG Algorithm in Routine Practice
Written by AZoRoboticsMay 7 2021
There are several forms of heart disease, but some types of this medical condition, like asymptomatic low ejection fraction, can be difficult to detect, particularly during the early stages when therapies would be highly effective.
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The EAGLE short for ECG AI-Guided Screening for Low Ejection Fraction trial attempted to establish whether an artificial intelligence (AI) screening tool designed to spot low ejection fraction through EKG data could enhance the diagnosis of this medical disorder in regular practice. The results of the study have been published in the
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Trial demonstrates early AI-guided detection of heart disease in routine practice
Heart disease can take a number of forms, but some types of heart disease, such as asymptomatic low ejection fraction, can be hard to recognize, especially in the early stages when treatment would be most effective. The ECG AI-Guided Screening for Low Ejection Fraction, or EAGLE, trial set out to determine whether an artificial intelligence (AI) screening tool developed to detect low ejection fraction using data from an EKG could improve the diagnosis of this condition in routine practice. Study findings are published in Nature Medicine.
Systolic low ejection fraction is defined as the heart’s inability to contract strongly enough with each beat to pump at least 50% of the blood from its chamber. An echocardiogram can readily diagnose low ejection fraction, but this time-consuming imaging test requires more resources than a 12-lead EKG, which is fast, inexpensive and readily available. Th
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