Empowering Nurses to Focus on Patient Care 2024
Four years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, nurses are still experiencing significant stress and burnoutâaccording to the American Nurses Foundationâs…
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The Evolution of Healthcare at Home, the Technology Driving this Change, and It’s Impact on the World of Healthcare | Healthcare IT Today
The world of healthcare is ever-evolving, especially when new technology is being adopted. One such new area is healthcare at home. Although we were forced into fully remote operations with COVID-19, we have been…
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With patient trust low, there are few places to turn for medical info
By Sara Heath
April 18, 2024 – Patients are approaching their health information with much more skepticism now than ever before, with patient trust still trending low and patients expressing concerns with the politicization of healthcare…
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h2o Therapeutics’ Apple Watch feature for Parkinson’s gets FDA medical device listing
Turkey-based digital health startup h2o therapeutics announced its new Apple Watch-enabled freezing of gait cueing feature, dubbed Foggy, designed for Parkinson’s Disease patients has received FDA listing as a Class II medical device and…
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Digital messaging surge between doctors and patients requires EHR management
The surge in electronic health record adoption has led to a significant increase in patient-physician inbox messages, a trend further amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic.This rise in digital communications has posed substantial challenges for…
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44% of mental health patients had in-person visits before telehealth
By Anuja Vaidya
April 11, 2024 – Between 2019 and 2022, less than half of patients had an in-person visit before a telehealth appointment for mental healthcare, new research reveals.
The US Congress has permanently allowed Medicare…
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Effectiveness and Implementation of a Text Messaging mHealth Intervention to Prevent Childhood Obesity in Mexico in the COVID-19 Context: Mixed Methods Study
Background: Promoting physical activity (PA) and healthy feeding (HF) is crucial to address the alarming increase in obesity rates in developing countries. Leveraging mobile phones for behavior change communication to encourage infant PA and…
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Augmenting medical tourism with the metaverse
Medical tourism, the practice of traveling abroad for medical treatment, has been a popular choice for individuals seeking cost-effective, timely, and high-quality healthcare services.
Estimated to be worth $54.4 billion in 2020, the medical tourism…
WHO offers genAI health assistant with enhanced empathetic response
The World Health Organization said it has expanded its generative artificial intelligence assistant, first launched during the COVID-19 pandemic as Florence, to help people everywhere live healthier lives.S.A.R.A.H, or Sarah, was created using an…
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200 Stakeholders Push DEA for Updated Proposed Rule on Virtual Prescribing of Controlled Substances – MedCity News
In an April 2 letter, a group of over 200 stakeholders urged the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to release a revised proposed rule that would “permit and regulate the prescribing of controlled substances through…
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