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Mindaugas Galvosas, MD

@mgalvosas.bsky.social

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Cough as a Digital Biomarker and First Digital Therapeutic (DTx) for chronic cough @ hyfe.com, coughpro.com | prev. founder of wandering prevention tech for dementia | interested in Digital Health | my opinions

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Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · Nov 18

Hey BSKY, I'm building the Digital Health Starter Pack to stay up to date with the innovation and POVs.

Who should I add? Please nominate/share, thank you!

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Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · 16h

It’s a serious condition in its own right, with social, psychological and physical consequences that are often underestimated.

The first step to truly understanding cough is objectively measuring it. Hyfe provides cough-counting technology to everyone through our free app CoughPro: coughpro.com

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Cough tracking and insights that help people who struggle with cough

coughpro.com

Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · 16h

Our team at Hyfe spans 18 countries - and chronic cough spans them all.

I am from Lithuania 🇱🇹 and in my country - around 7.5% of adults live with chronic cough (8+ weeks).

#ChronicCoughDay #WCCD2025 #CoughAwareness

Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · 22h

Innovation in medicines for global health: a 20-year landscape analysis

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Innovation in medicines for global health: a 20-year landscape analysis

Discover the world’s best science and medicine | Nature.com

www.nature.com

Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · 22h

Middle-aged people who stop smoking can effectively erase the habit’s negative impact on cognitive skills such that, after 10 years, they have the same risk for dementia as those who never smoked, per a study involving 9,436 people published in Lancet Healthy Longevity.

Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · 22h

Aging men’s brains shrink more quickly than those of aging women’s, per a new study of 4,726 brains

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Men’s brains shrink faster than women’s: what that means for Alzheimer’s

Women’s brains age more slowly, but that doesn’t seem to protect them from a common form of dementia.

www.nature.com

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Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · 2d

It’s the year 2030, and every iPhone has 2,030 tabs open in Safari.

Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that - may tab closing become effortless again…

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Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · 2d

Claude 3.5 Sonnet v2 achieved a 70% success rate navigating electronic health records

In a virtual electronic health record environment that contained 100 realistic patient profiles (containing 785,000 records, including labs, vitals, medications, diagnoses, procedures)

Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · 2d

US faces a predicted shortage of 36 500 physicians by 2036, with an increasing proportion of physicians leaving clinical practice or expressing an intent to do so.

Trends in & Predictors of Physician Attrition From Clinical Practice Across Specialties👇

www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/...

Trends in and Predictors of Physician Attrition From Clinical Practice Across Specialties: A Nationwide, Longitudinal Analysis: Annals of Internal Medicine: Vol 0, No 0

Background: The United States faces a predicted shortage of 36 500 physicians by 2036, with an increasing proportion of physicians leaving clinical practice or expressing an intent to do so. Evidence ...

www.acpjournals.org

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Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · 2d

Startup execs envision a standard set of practices combined with federated networks of organizations to do quality assurance of AI at scale.

www.hcinnovationgroup.com/analytics-ai...

AI Vendors Weigh in on Governance and Regulatory Issues

Startup execs envision a standard set of practices combined with federated networks of organizations to do quality assurance of AI at scale

www.hcinnovationgroup.com

Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · 2d

Winners and losers from 2026 Medicare Advantage star ratings - the CMS quietly released highly anticipated star ratings data Thursday night.

Humana and Aetna saw enrollment in highly rated plans fall, while Elevance’s and Centene’s stars improved.

Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · 2d

Stanford recently released its new MedAgentBench healthcare benchmark to gauge whether AI agents can actually execute simple tasks in an EHR.

Claude 3.5 ranked first and only succeeded with ~70% of tasks.

hai.stanford.edu/news/stanfor...

Stanford Develops Real-World Benchmarks for Healthcare AI Agents | Stanford HAI

Researchers are establishing standards to validate the efficacy of AI agents in clinical settings.

hai.stanford.edu

Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · 2d

The Playbook: Implementing AI in Healthcare to support health systems looking to adopt and optimize AI responsibly

Developed with Google and 30+ partners across healthcare, tech, and policy -> providing a roadmap to scale AI solutions that improve outcomes.

dimesociety.org/ai-implement...

The Playbook: AI in Healthcare – Digital Medicine Society (DiMe)

Your guide to responsible AI implementation in healthcare.

dimesociety.org

Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · 2d

Doesn’t sound like a bad way to address the fact that nearly a third of prescriptions in the U.S. never get filled.

Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · 2d

The kiosks stock common meds like antibiotics, inhalers, and blood pressure drugs, with inventory tailored to each office’s prescribing patterns.

After a provider writes a prescription, patients scan a QR code at the kiosk -> remote pharmacist reviews the order -> dispensing.

Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · 2d

Pretty cool to see Amazon rolling out pharmacy kiosks at One Medical locations across Los Angeles, allowing patients to pick up prescriptions within minutes of their appointment

Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · 2d

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Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · 2d

It’s the year 2030, and every iPhone has 2,030 tabs open in Safari.

Let’s hope it doesn’t come to that - may tab closing become effortless again…

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Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · 5d

Do young people need Covid boosters? Research shows more protection for ages 65 and older

Overall effectiveness of the Covid vaccines for all adults is similar to that of the annual flu shot.

www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

Do young people need Covid boosters? Research shows more protection for ages 65 and older

Overall effectiveness of the Covid vaccines for all adults is similar to that of the annual flu shot, according to a large study of veterans.

www.nbcnews.com

Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · 5d

Scientists in Japan have identified a potential biological cause of long COVID-19 brain fog

The Yokohama City University researchers found that people with the condition experience widespread increases in activity related to AMPA receptors, a type of molecule crucial for learning and memory.

Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · 5d

Drinking even a single diet beverage a day may up the risk of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) by 60%, while consuming a sugary beverage could increase the risk by 50%, per a new study 👇

www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Artificially sweetened and sugary drinks are both associated with an increased risk of liver disease, study finds

A major new study reveals that both sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and low- or non-sugar-sweetened beverages (LNSSBs) are significantly associated with a higher risk of developing metabolic dysfunct...

www.eurekalert.org

Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · 5d

PwC expects U.S. healthcare spending to top $8.6T by 2035, with up to a trillion of that shifting from traditional brick-and-mortar models to digital-first strategies.

www.pwc.com/us/en/indust...

www.pwc.com

Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · 5d

The issue is striking a nerve: 37% would lose confidence in a company if they didn’t disclose AI is answering phones, and 15% said they’d boycott a brand entirely.

Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · 5d

Of the 2,000 U.S. consumers surveyed, 27% believe that AI agents answer when they call their doctor, and 81% are convinced that it’s being used secretly.

Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · 5d

Answering Service Care put out a cross-industry AI Call Report that found 8 in 10 Americans demand to know if they’re speaking to AI:

Mindaugas Galvosas, MD @mgalvosas.bsky.social · 5d

A taste-based flu test has been developed by researchers who chemically engineered a sensor that reacts to viral activity in a patient's saliva and releases a tasteable reporter upon detection; additional clinical studies are needed.

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

A Viral Neuraminidase-Specific Sensor for Taste-Based Detection of Influenza

Influenza has caused the deadliest pandemics in history, thereby prompting advances in our ability to ensure vigilance at all stages of future outbreaks. Quarantining patients early is crucial when it...

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