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Companies and health care institutions nationwide are prioritizing digital health equity efforts
Can digital tools help make health care more accessible and affordable for everyone? This concept, known as digital health equity,…
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Informatics group develops more gender-inclusive model for medical records documentation
A group of health informaticists has created a model for electronic health records documentation and sharing that more fully incorporates…
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Dallas, Baltimore children’s hospitals embrace high-tech features in behavioral health areas to promote calmness
Children and teenagers presenting to emergency rooms with behavioral health crises sometimes wait hours to days for a bed in…
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New study highlights privacy questions in teenagers’ electronic health records
Adolescent online patient portals can be set up confidentially so information about pregnancy testing, sexually transmitted diseases, mental health, and…
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Elizabeth Holmes’ trial a reminder to never fall for the hype
Elizabeth Holmes once claimed she would revolutionize health care with a testing device that could check for multiple conditions using…
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Remote patient monitoring the next wave in telehealth
Telehealth wasn’t the only health care technology that took off during the COVID-19 pandemic. Remote patient monitoring — the use…
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Apps for substance use disorders, other conditions, may not be as private as we think
About one in five Americans report using mobile health applications (apps), according to survey data published by Gallup in 2019.…
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Virtual assistants’ role in health care still being explored though questions persist
The use of virtual assistant devices like Amazon Echo in health care settings has been featured in a number of…
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Request to extend telehealth benefits for Medicare beneficiaries, and other story starters
There’s been a small flurry of stories and news updates on telehealth this summer. On July 26, some 430 health…
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Data breaches on the rise: What you need to know
If it seems as if you’ve been reading more about data breaches of hospitals and health care organizations lately, you’re…