What’s Hot in Healthcare: Florida researchers can diagnose stroke with 83% accuracy

Cindy Krischer Goodman | South Florida Sun-Sentinel

With stroke diagnosis, there is a critical window. Patients who are treated within an hour of the onset of symptoms have a much greater chance of surviving and avoiding long-term brain damage. FIU researchers say their machine learning algorithm, if used by emergency department care teams, would improve the patients’ medical outcome by allowing doctors to make better and faster decisions.

Broward Health Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale has opened a Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab that uses new robotic technology to treat arrhythmias. The Eugene M. & Christine E. Lynn Cancer Institute in Delray Beach has a new device to treat cancer patients that can target radiation more precisely and in real time.

“The MRIdian-Smart innovation will revolutionize our approach for radiation in Palm Beach and deliver saving care, particularly for patients with difficult to treat pancreas and liver tumors,” said Dr.Baptist Health, which owns the Lynn Cancer Institute, also has a MR-Guide Radiation Therapy System at its Miami Cancer Institute.Cleveland Clinic Weston has opened a specialized center for people with nutritional deficiencies caused by gastrointestinal diseases.

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