At least 12 percent of Americans now communicate with their healthcare providers about appointments, test results, and ongoing treatments via secure online patient portals and health apps, a… read more.
An award-winning BBC documentary filmmaker has turned her skills towards a different kind of storytelling — one aimed not at television audiences, but at patients and healthcare professionals… read more.
Substantial variations in referrals for advanced heart failure therapies are apparent across the UK and Ireland, with no obvious link to geographical location or social deprivation to explain… read more.
Clinical Pharmacy Congress highlights High cholesterol is a key modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease, but many eligible patients are not receiving lipid-lowering therapy. A service evaluation by… read more.
Researchers at UBC found that B.C.’s decision to provide universal, no-cost prescription contraception sharply reduced what patients pay, with the largest financial gains for people in their 20s…. read more.
Nurse-led, community-based ultrasound screening for hip dysplasia achieved almost universal reach and identified children earlier than current practices. A University of Tokyo study found that 8.7% of infants… read more.
When health policy researchers at the Brown University School of Public Health tracked data from primary care practices that had been acquired by private equity firms, they found… read more.
While most parents say it’s important for health care providers to speak privately with teens during checkups, far fewer are putting that belief into practice, according to a… read more.
People with self-reported poorer mental health also report worse quality of care and lower confidence in healthcare systems, according to a study published May 5th in the open-access journal PLOS… read more.
In an increasingly digital world, millions of disabled people are being systematically excluded from critical services every day, from their medical records to bank accounts to emergency response… read more.
A routine component of many medical appointments—stepping on the scale to be weighed—may be a stigmatizing experience that raises patients’ blood pressure and potentially impacts their healthcare, according… read more.
One in four U.S. adults — the equivalent of over 66 million Americans — report having used artificial intelligence tools or chatbots for physical or mental healthcare information… read more.
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