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April 16, 2024
MedStar Health Research Institute is leading the way in advocating for guidelines and oversight that prioritize patient safety when using AI and machine learning in healthcare. Artificial inte...
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August 04, 2023
Gallstones are hard deposits of cholesterol, pigmentation, calcium, or bile that can form in the gallbladder, a small organ in the upper abdomen that stores and releases bile as part of the digestive...
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May 01, 2023
By MedStar Health Research Institute
This article was written by Seife Yohannes, MD. Newly published research shows that a system to monitor and treat COVID patients’ respiratory health outside the ICU resulted in 27% fewer admissions, ...
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March 17, 2023
Melanie McCauley is a tenacious person, and she’s a perfect spokesperson for self-advocacy in heart care. When she had an uncommon type of heart attack in November 2021, she saw several cardiologists...
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March 13, 2023
A MedStar Health Research Institute study shows significant promise for treating complex aortic aneurysms with a minimally invasive procedure. The aorta is the largest artery in the body,...
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March 06, 2023
Research from MedStar Health Research Institute examining a new technique to evaluate surgical trainees could mean faster mastery of robot-assisted procedures. As surgical technology becomes m...
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February 24, 2023
By Ron Lassiter, PT, DPT, Director, Burn Rehabilitation Therapy
When I was six years old, I was playing in my family’s dry-cleaning business when a drunk driver crashed through the front window. I was pinned beneath the hot metal of the car and exposed to steam f...