In March 2017, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education weighed in on a controversial debate throughout the medical community, deciding that first-year residents would be allowed to work 24-hour shifts — an increase from the historical 16 hours[1]. The…
Month: December 2017
Considering the Future: Challenges and Opportunities for Real-time Biomarker Tracking
In diagnosing heart attack, doctors in the emergency room will order a series of troponin tests. One is administered immediately and the rest in a few hour intervals over several days. Constantly elevated blood troponins are indicative of cardiac injury.…