By Mark Melchionna
June 20, 2023 – New research published in JAMA Network Open found that hospitalized patients using wearable devices had better physical activity levels and physical functioning as opposed to patients receiving standard care.
Typically,…
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Most health system executives would describe the severity of the nursing shortage in their organization as critical, but many hospitals aren’t employing the right tactics for hiring and retaining nurses, according to a report…
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Patients have plenty of gripes with the U.S. healthcare system — from feeling rushed and unheard during visits to having to wait weeks to schedule an appointment to being blindsided by surprise bills. They…
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The iLet Bionic Pancreas for use by type 1 diabetes patients has been cleared by the FDA and is now available commercially. The device is offered by Beta Bionics, a medtech company based in…
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The healthcare workforce crisis in Europe is being exacerbated by extreme levels of stress, anxiety and burnout among clinicians, with the knock-on effect of placing patient care at risk. A session at HIMSS European Health…
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Scientists at Purdue University have developed a urine test for early-stage Parkinson’s disease. The technology involves isolating extracellular vesicles of neural origin from urine samples and then assessing the proteins within the vesicles to…
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It’s a challenging time to be a young person. Study after study has shown that stressors such as social media, bullying, loneliness and the pandemic are causing and exacerbating a wide array of mental…
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What You Should Know: UnitedHealthcare, the largest health insurance company in the United States, will begin providing coverage for the Eversense E3, a Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) System effective July 1, 2023 for people…
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Clinicians — including doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals — face high levels of stress and burnout due to the nature of their work, with about half of all healthcare workers reporting burnout in…
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By Shania Kennedy
May 30, 2023 – Computed tomography (CT) scans for coronary artery calcium significantly improved risk predictions for heart disease in middle-aged patients compared to polygenic risk scores, according to a study published last…
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