#Health Informatics

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Researchers develop AI tool to transform MS monitoring through rapid brain MRI analysis

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University College London researchers have developed an advanced AI tool called MindGlide to analyze brain MRI scans of multiple sclerosis (MS) patients.

MindGlide can rapidly (in 5–10 seconds) detect key brain changes like lesions and shrinkage, even from routine or lower-quality scans that previously couldn't be used effectively.

The AI tool outperformed existing methods (SAMSEG and WMH-SynthSeg) in identifying brain abnormalities, showing up to 60% improved accuracy. It also successfully tracked treatment effects using real-world images, not just clinical trial data.

Tested on nearly 15,000 MRI images from over 1,000 patients, MindGlide proved reliable across time points and scan types, including those not designed for MS analysis. Researchers hope it will unlock insights from millions of archived hospital scans, helping both research and future clinical care.

Currently, MindGlide analyzes only brain images—not the spinal cord, which is also crucial in MS—so future development aims to expand its scope.

Ultimately, MindGlide could transform MS monitoring and treatment evaluation by providing fast, accurate, and wide-reaching AI-powered insights.

Read more at University College London/Medical Xpress

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Researchers release the most extensive dataset of neural connections ever recorded

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Harvard and Google researchers, led by Jeff Lichtman of Harvard, have published a groundbreaking study in the journal Science detailing the largest 3D brain reconstruction ever created.

The study showcases a high-resolution map of a cubic millimeter of human cortex, which astonishingly contains 57,000 cells, 230 millimeters of blood vessels, 150 million synapses, and equates to about 1,400 terabytes of data.

This work is part of a nearly decade-long collaboration that merges advanced electron microscopy and AI algorithms to color-code and map the intricate neural wiring of mammals.

The ultimate objective of this ongoing research, which is part of the National Institutes of Health BRAIN Initiative, is to develop a detailed neural wiring map of a mouse's brain, projected to contain 1,000 times more data than the current human cortex sample.

The study not only advances our understanding of brain structure, including rare neural formations seen in epilepsy patients but also enhances tools available for connectomics—a field dedicated to the comprehensive mapping of brain connections to better understand brain function and disease.

Moving forward, the team plans to focus on mapping the mouse hippocampal formation, key in studying memory and neurological diseases.

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Header image: Six layers of excitatory neurons, color-coded according to depth. Credit: Google Research and Lichtman Lab.

Source: Anne J. Manning, The Harvard Gazette

Full study: Alexander Shapson-Coe et al, A petavoxel fragment of human cerebral cortex reconstructed at nanoscale resolution, Science (2024). DOI: 10.1126/science.adk4858. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk4858

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Healthcare IT Breakthroughs: A New Era of Patient Care.

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Health Informatics: Integrating Health Data with Technology

Health informatics, encompassing healthcare, medical, and biomedical informatics, merges health data with technology to optimize resource management, equipment utilization, and data collection, storage, and utilization methods. Its applications span nursing, clinical care, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, and biomedical research.

Source: Wikipedia - Health Informatics

Health Information System

Health information encompasses data on population demographics, economics, and social factors, including individual details like age, gender, education, occupation, and residential location, as well as vital statistics such as birth, illness, and death rates. It also covers public health personnel, financial budgets, and material and equipment resources essential for healthcare provision.

Health information serves a vital role in shaping effective health policies and services, aligning them with community needs and addressing public health concerns comprehensively."

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3 Common Misconception: HIPAA Edition

(aka I have HIPAA tattooed under my eyelids and I want to make it everyone else’s problem)

This is pedantic, but the act protecting your health information is HIPAA, not HIPPA. One ‘p’, two ‘a’s. HIPAA stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, not the oft-quoted (and non-existent) Health Information Privacy & Protection Act. Not a huge deal, since it protects your health information regardless, but it’s a pretty decent metric to mark if someone actually knows what they’re talking about.

HIPAA protects you from employees of healthcare organizations sharing your information without your consent.  HIPAA violations occur when someone who has access to your medical information *as part of their job* either a) purposely accesses information outside of their job requirements b) shares your health information without your consent or c) puts health information in a position where it can be improperly accessed by others, purposefully or not. You can shout your medical information to the hills. People who you've told your medical information to can shout it to the hills, so long as they didn’t get that information through their job. People can demand that you share your information--but your doctor can’t hand it over without your consent.

Exceptions to HIPAA exist. There's quite a few of them, actually, and I’ve made a detailed list below the cut; but to correct the biggest misconception: yes, there are situations where health care employees are required to share your information with the government. This typically falls under mandatory reporting (think child abuse, gunshot wounds, or highly infectious diseases), but your information can also be accessed via warrant or subpoena for criminal proceedings.

Here is the government’s webpage breaking down the HIPAA Privacy Rule if you want to know more! I love love love HIPAA and will gladly talk about it for as long as anyone will let me (hence the cut below).

Detailed breakdown of HIPAA exceptions under the cut:

TPO: This stands for Treatment, Payment and Operations, because if your health info was on complete lockdown, no healthcare entity could function. Employees can access/share your info when that info is necessary for them to...

Provide treatment (ie: your nurse can share your info with your doctor)

 Receive payment (ie: giving your info to your insurance company)

Maintain operations (ie: health data/medical records staff. This is me--as a health systems analyst, I can’t do my job without access to the data within the medical records system)

Public Interest: ie: when required by law/governmental function. This includes:

Mandatory reporting (discussed above. Healthcare professionals are required to report infectious diseases like measles or rabies, as well as incidents like gunshot wounds or domestic violence.)

Health oversight activities. These are the organizations who evaluate and investigate whether a facility meets safety/performance regulations and standards. Trust me, you want your info shared with these folks!! 

 Law Enforcement. I’m going to be really specific here, because there’s been a lot of (justifiable) concern post-Roe v Wade. Your info can be shared if it is is…

Subpoenaed, court ordered, or court-ordered warrant by a court, judge, or administrative tribunal

 Requested by law enforcement to id a suspect, fugitive, witness, or missing person

 Requested by law enforcement for info about a victim/suspected victim of crime

 To alert law enforcement of a person’s death if the organization believes a crime has occurred

If the healthcare organization believes the information is evidence of a crime that occurred on its premises.

In emergency situations, providers can share information about the nature of a crime, the location of crime/victims, and the perpetrator of the crime.

Decedents: Funeral directors, coroners, and medical examiners all need your info to do their jobs, Being deceased, you can’t give your authorization, so an healthcare org sharing your info with them is not a HIPAA violation

Organ/Eye/Tissue donation: pretty self-explanatory. Some of your information as a donor might be shared to ensure a healthy transplant.  

Research (limited data sets): This one tends to freak people out, but if you’re on one of these, anything that can identify you is removed (name, address, etc.). Instead, details of specific conditions/treatments are stored to provide data for researchers. For example, every state has, by law, a cancer registry--used to identify sudden spikes that might be attributable to environmental factors.

Serious threats to health/safety. If a serious, specific threat is made against a person or the public, this can be shared with law enforcement and the person who the threat is made against. There’s a lot of grey area here in what counts as a specific threat, and this can get complicated quickly, but if someone tells a medical professional that they are planning on harming you, you will be notified alongside law enforcement. Likewise for a bomb or other public threat.

Essential government functions. If you are in prison or other correctional facility, you are not protected by HIPAA. Some government benefit programs will require the disclosure of health information. (It also includes national security and military missions).

And last, but not least: worker’s compensation. Healthcare orgs have to share parts of your information for you to receive worker’s comp, as part of the verification process. Fantastic!

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Health Informatics Courses: PG Diploma in Healthcare Informatics and Analytics at SIHS Pune

The Post Graduate Diploma in Healthcare Informatics and Analytics (PGDHIA) at Symbiosis Institute of Health Sciences (SIHS) in Pune is a top-tier health informatics course designed to equip professionals with deep knowledge of healthcare data management, analytics, and system implementation. This one-year, hybrid format (online + offline) programme is structured to accommodate working professionals. 

Course Design & Curriculum

PGDHIA delivers a comprehensive curriculum across two semesters (15 credits each). In Semester 1, key courses include Healthcare Informatics, Healthcare IT terminology & standards, Hospital Management Information Systems, Database Technology, Statistics for Data Science, and Application Areas in Healthcare IT. Semester 2 delves into MIS & Decision Support Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Reality/Virtual Reality, Software Development Life Cycle, Python programming, Healthcare Analytics, Project Management, and a capstone Project.

Who Should Enroll?

The course accepts graduates from medicine, allied health, nursing, engineering, life sciences and more, with a minimum of 50% marks. With only 30 seats available, it welcomes a select cohort geared toward launching a career in digital health, data analytics, or health IT leadership.

What You Gain

Participants will master secure healthcare data collection and analysis, understand interoperability and health‑IT standards, and explore regulatory and ethical frameworks in informatics. The programme blends classroom learning with hands‑on training, all mentored by SIHS’s industry‑connected faculty and expert mentors.

Career Outcomes

Graduates are positioned for roles such as Clinical Data Analyst, Health Informatics Specialist, Medical Information Manager, or Healthcare Business Analyst. As India’s digital health ecosystem expands under initiatives like the National Digital Health Mission this PG Diploma opens doors to impactful, future‑ready careers.

Interested in fee structure, application deadlines, or comparison to other health informatics courses? I can help with that too. For more detail visit us at https://www.sihs.edu.in/pg-diploma-in-healthcare-informatics-and-analytics 

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Innovative technique merges nano informatics with AI for potential breakthroughs in cancer prediction

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A new study has unveiled a cutting-edge approach that integrates nano informatics and machine learning to accurately forecast cancer cell behaviors. This method facilitates the identification of cell subpopulations with unique traits, such as drug sensitivity and metastatic potential.

Read more at Hebrew University of Jerusalem/Medical Xpress

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AI tool finds gene groups behind complex diseases and could help create personalized treatments

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Northwestern University biophysicists have developed a new AI-powered tool to identify gene combinations that cause complex diseases like cancer, diabetes, and asthma.

Unlike single-gene disorders, these illnesses result from multiple genes interacting, making them harder to study.

The new model, called TWAVE (Transcriptome-Wide conditional Variational auto-Encoder), uses generative AI to amplify limited gene expression data and detect patterns linked to disease traits.

Rather than focusing on individual genes, TWAVE identifies gene groups responsible for shifting cells between healthy and diseased states. It also considers gene expression, which reflects environmental and lifestyle factors and avoids privacy concerns associated with DNA sequences.

In tests across various diseases, TWAVE outperformed traditional methods by pinpointing disease-causing genes—including some previously missed—and showing that different people can develop the same disease from different genetic pathways.

This paves the way for more personalized treatments based on an individual's specific gene expression profile.

Header image credit: Camila Felix.

Scientific paper: Motter, Adilson E., Generative prediction of causal gene sets responsible for complex traits, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2025). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2415071122. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2415071122

Read more at Northwestern University

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Health Management Courses Online in India

The Global Institute of Health Science offers online Health Management courses in India, empowering students to drive change through education, research, and a commitment to health equity and social justice.

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Drug Discovery Informatics: Accelerating Innovation in Pharmaceutical Research

The process of discovering new drugs is a monumental task that has traditionally been a combination of intuition, trial-and-error, and manual experimentation. Drug discovery can take years, sometimes decades, with billions of dollars spent on research and development, and even then, the success rate is low. This is because the process involves identifying potential therapeutic compounds, testing…

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