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The industry may be poised to most benefit from AI technology.

Dr. Mitesh Patel, director of Penn Medicine's Nudge Unit, explains how a field of research rooted in economics is now bringing clinical benefits to patients within a health system.

Healthcare leaders share their perspectives on the adoption of digital therapeutics.

The algorithm can be adopted by other hospitals and health systems to identify incident stroke.

Fully vaccinated individuals should still be cautious around others.

Lalan Wilfong, MD, who leads value-based care initiatives for the 200-site oncology network, said the rollout of the Navigating Cancer platform has helped reduce incident resolution times 33%.

The analysis of patient records confirms reports of booming alcohol sales and tax collections, and could be a warning of more hospitalizations to come once the economy fully reopens.

A California hospital executive departs following an uproar over teachers in a well-to-do district gaining access to COVID-19 vaccines.

The study findings offer general practitioners' views on prescription mHealth apps.

A survey received through a text messaging and web-based system may reduce the costs of traditional recruitment and data collection for patients with low back pain.

The general public appears to be interested in and satisfied with using robotic systems for healthcare tasks.

A new study finds that online reviews are increasingly important in healthcare decision-making, but 50% of health systems lacked online reviews in 2020.

The vice president and chief data officer at Parkland Hospital in Dallas discusses how the health system leverages data.

Telestroke capabilities may extend stroke expertise to hospitals without on-site stroke experts.

The findings could guide policies relevant to the development of AI.

Investigators at the Office of Inspector General identified trends in hospital billing and Medicare payments for stays at the highest severity level.

Speaking to a group of oncology providers, Dr. Kavita Patel, a former Obama administration official, predicted that issues affecting hospital revenue would be revisited under Biden.

Data breaches are preventable. Here's how a health exec can safeguard health data.

UK researchers have just published a novel study on the hopes and fears of ordinary citizens about how their healthcare data will be used.

Longstanding distrust of the medical establishment plays out in a lack of confidence in safety of the COVID-19 vaccine. This gives health plans and systems the task of building bridges with at-risk groups.

New data provide insight into the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospitals and insurers.

MedStar Health denied patients with disabilities access to a support person.

Small healthcare businesses must manage remote and virtual care models with appropriate support, training, reimbursement, and incentive models.

The machine-learning model could save time and healthcare costs.

Electronic signature pads save money and reduce paper waste at health systems.

The updated guidance focuses on asymptomatic providers who are exposed to COVID-19.

The partnership may reduce barriers to care for patients with substance use disorder.

Automation technologies for healthcare revenue cycle operations may be unnecessarily complex to deploy.