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As digital health and telemedicine technologies continue to explode, patients increasingly are being drawn into their care in ways unlike ever before. And hospitals and health systems know they must find ways to engage their patients to keep them healthy and satisfied. Gary Hamilton is CEO of InteliChart (HIMSS23 Booth 3406), a vendor of patient

Opinion > What We Heard This Week — Quotable quotes heard by MedPage Today's reporters by MedPage Today Staff April 9, 2023 "They are the gatekeepers in patient care." -- Linda Murphy, president of revenue cycle solutions at AMN Healthcare, on the influence doctors have over commercial health insurer claims. "Frankly, he wasn't diagnosed earlier

London, UK, 20th January 2023, ZEXPRWIRE, Medizaa is a leading medical equipment company specializing in investments and sales of high-quality, reliable medical equipment. We are committed to providing hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare facilities with theRead More...

Public health officials have confirmed more patients in an outbreak of infections from Salmonella Hartford, but the source of the pathogen remains unknown. The patient count is now 47, up from 31 a week ago, according to the Food and Drug Administration’s investigation team. The agency continues to search for the root source of Salmonella

After several rounds of treatment for a rare eye cancer — weekly drug infusions that could cost nearly $50,000 each — Paul Davis learned Medicare had abruptly stopped paying the bills. That left Davis, a retired physician in Findlay, Ohio, contemplating a horrific choice: risk saddling his family with huge medical debt, if he had to

Skip to main content February 16, 2023 06:00 AM Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine Students at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine are required to study patient safety and take the Certified Professional in Patient Safety exam. From increasing the use of sepsis bundles to streamlining diagnostic test ordering to improving patient satisfaction with consent procedures

Practice Management > Information Technology — Biden administration working on better patient matching instead by Joyce Frieden, Washington Editor, MedPage Today January 25, 2023 WASHINGTON -- With all the fuss about the many healthcare items included in the omnibus fiscal year 2023 spending bill passed by Congress in December, little notice was taken of one

Eight years ago, a patient lost her power of speech because of ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, which causes progressive paralysis. She can still make sounds, but her words have become unintelligible, leaving her reliant on a writing board or iPad to communicate. Now, after volunteering to receive a brain implant, the woman has been