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Matthew Michela, president and CEO of Life Image, discusses his company’s survey that found that most health care organizations are contributing to information blocking despite being aware of regulations put in place to eliminate it.

Survey responses from health care facilities across the country outline current nurse shortages and foretell of future vacancies.

Twistle's CEO, Kulmeet Singh, says he's come up with a reliable way to measure return on investment for his company's remote monitoring software solutions.

Responses collected from longitudinal surveys show how patient-reported data can help improve hospital quality.

AstraZeneca and MGH announced their digital health partnership earlier this month, saying it would allow them to pair a patient app with a clinician dashboard to deploy remote patient monitoring and evidence-based patient care.

The Texas Hospital Association said the unexpected move from CMS brings uncertainty to the state's safety net hospitals.

A changing of the guard at Children's, Alabama's only freestanding pediatric hospital.

Researchers weight the benefits and risks of inpatient units for children and young patients.

Hospitals created “pop-up” emergency rooms to keep COVID-19 patients separate from the general hospital population, and this could create cybersecurity challenges.

Researches have validated a five-item assessment tool that can be used to measure clinicians' compassion.

Microsoft will acquire Nuance Communications, Inc. for around $16 billion.

Besides the ability to ramp up quicky, healthcare leaders are looking for systems that can accommodate remote work—and some predict that certain workers who fled offices due to COVID-19 will never return to traditional settings.

A panel of experts discussed how care coordinating technologies that were employed during the pandemic can help improve home care for patients in a post-COVID-19 world.

Survey responses illustrate the impact COVID-19 has had on health system employees, including considerations of leaving the workforce and concerns about childcare.

Known by different names around the globe, from vaccine passports or green passes, various digital certificates confirm vaccination and negative SARS-CoV-2 test status through “confidential data transfers."

A new bipartisan law signed by Illinois' governor aims to tackle health disparities seen in the state's most vulnerable populations.

With less than half of the workers having been vaccinated and some suffering long-term effects from the stress of the past year, it’s clear from the survey results that the effects of the pandemic will be with health workers for months or years to come.

Interventions to address and prevent near miss events must be customized to a nurse's individual risk profile.

Departures at Walmart signal setbacks in plans for in-store clinics.

Leadership that passes the stress test successfully deals with what is commonly known as the pain-in-the-ass factor.

Before the CDC guidelines, 45% of the patients were prescribed opioids, but that fell to 34% after the guidelines.

Sentiment among Blacks has shifted markedly since February, with 55% now having had their first shot or being willing to be vaccinated.

The researchers also sought to learn whether any particular patient group had worse outcomes from COVID-19 than other vulnerable populations.

A study documented shifts in telehealth use and ambulatory care during the first four months of the COVID-19 pandemic, from March to June 2020.

A West Penn veteran moves to Colorado; Northwell elevates two human resources pros.

The calculation method used in the study accounted for heart failure and a patient’s history of opioid use, and found that that both respiratory depression and length of stay continued to cost.

A study found that one of the best-known cancer centers in the world fared better on its internally generated patient satisfaction scores than it did on physician-rating websites.

Costs were lower for those who used telehealth services.

The data and technology expert spend nearly two and half years with the FDA.

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