Clinical decision support embedded within EHR linked to decreased use of high...
Clinical decision support embedded directly into the patient's electronic medical record is associated with decreased overall utilization of high cost imaging, especially among higher utilizers.
View ArticleEvergreen Life propels digitalization of the NHS by giving 55 million people...
Evergreen Life, the App that allows people to manage their health and wellness by placing their personal health record at their fingertips, has surpassed 250,000 users.
View ArticlePenn researchers develop predictive model to help lung cancer patients avoid...
A pilot program that uses big data to predict which lung cancer patients will require a trip to an emergency department successfully anticipated a third of all ED visits over a two-week trial period,...
View ArticlePrimary care practices unable to meet health care needs of cancer survivors,...
Primary care medicine is currently not able to meet the health care needs of cancer survivors, despite a decade-long effort by the medical establishment to move long-term survivorship care out of the...
View ArticleStudy pinpoints racial disparities linked to severity and effects of...
African American women were found to be twice as likely to be diagnosed with peripartum cardiomyopathy as compared to women of Caucasian, Hispanic/Latina, Asian, and other ethnic backgrounds, according...
View ArticleStudy: Less than half of patients receive insurer's approval for prescription...
Less than half of patients received their insurer's approval for prescriptions of PCSK9 inhibitors, according to new research in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation.
View ArticleResearch examines trend in hospitalizations from opioid poisonings
Preliminary research presented today at APHA's 2017 Annual Meeting and Expo examined the trend in hospitalizations from opioid poisonings in West Virginia, a state heavily impacted by the current...
View ArticlePatients with extreme swings in blood pressure more likely to die than those...
Extreme ups and downs in systolic blood pressure may be just as deadly as having consistently high blood pressure, according to a new study from the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute in Salt...
View ArticleThyroid cancer survivors have higher risk for aging-related diseases
Risk for aging-related diseases such as heart disease and diabetes was significantly higher among thyroid cancer survivors in Utah than it was among age-matched, cancer-free individuals, with those...
View ArticleBlood pressure begins to decrease about 14 years before death, study finds
Blood pressure in the elderly gradually begins to decrease about 14 or so years before death, according to a new study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal...
View ArticleSeverely preterm children with HRV have lower airway obstruction linked to...
Human rhinovirus (HRV), the culprit behind most colds, is the leading cause of hospitalization for premature babies. However, in very preterm children, exactly how HRV causes severe respiratory disease...
View ArticleChildren's Colorado and RxRevu partner to help prescribers better meet needs...
Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado) and RxRevu, the leader in prescription-decision support, are collaborating to help prescribers better meet the needs of children by seamlessly...
View ArticleMount Sinai Health System announces opening of new, full-service urgent care...
Mount Sinai Health System announced the opening of a new state-of-the-art, full-service urgent care center in Brooklyn's Dumbo neighborhood, which will feature daytime, evening, and weekend hours.
View ArticleResearchers win $6.5 million NIH grant to personalize diagnosis and treatment...
An experienced interdisciplinary team of psoriasis and computational researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center has received a...
View ArticlePatients with acne have increased risk of developing major depression
In an analysis of one of the largest electronic medical records databases in the world, researchers found that patients with acne had a significantly increased risk of developing major depression, but...
View ArticleInflammatory bowel disease linked to elevated risk of heart attack
An analysis of medical-record data from more than 17.5 million patients found that people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are at elevated risk for a heart attack, regardless of whether or not...
View ArticleUniversity Hospitals study suggests strong connection between IBD and heart...
University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute researchers Muhammad Panhwar, MD, and Mahazarin Ginwalla, MD, recently concluded a study of more than 22 million patients that suggests a...
View ArticleTechnology-based program increases cardiac rehab referral rates
Simply changing cardiac referral processes to opt-out rather than opt-in significantly increased referral rates, according to a study presented at the American College of Cardiology's NCDR Annual...
View ArticleStudy finds low rates of preconception counseling among women of childbearing...
Not enough women of childbearing age who have diabetes are receiving the recommended preconception counseling, a new study suggests.
View ArticleBD to introduce new digital solution for IV chemotherapy administration...
BD, a leading global medical technology company, will introduce its latest advancement in end-to-end IV safety, the new BD Cato™ ReadyMed solution — a digital solution that integrates with BD Cato,...
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