Data + Technology

April 20, 2021

Responses collected from longitudinal surveys show how patient-reported data can help improve hospital quality.

April 19, 2021

AstraZeneca and MGH announced their digital health partnership earlier this month, saying it would allow them to pair a patient app with a clinician dashboard to deploy remote patient monitoring and evidence-based patient care.

April 17, 2021

Research shows medical device companies provide higher payments than drug companies to physicians, but greater research is needed to understand the relationships and how they could impact consumer welfare.

April 14, 2021

Hospitals created “pop-up” emergency rooms to keep COVID-19 patients separate from the general hospital population, and this could create cybersecurity challenges.

April 13, 2021

Previously thought of as “health at a distance,” telehealth now encompasses digital health access via mobile and web apps, electronic health records that sync with other data sources, asynchronous care solutions, and video appointments.

April 12, 2021

Microsoft will acquire Nuance Communications, Inc. for around $16 billion.

April 10, 2021

A panel of experts discussed how care coordinating technologies that were employed during the pandemic can help improve home care for patients in a post-COVID-19 world.

April 03, 2021

Interventions to address and prevent near miss events must be customized to a nurse's individual risk profile.

March 28, 2021

A study documented shifts in telehealth use and ambulatory care during the first four months of the COVID-19 pandemic, from March to June 2020.

March 24, 2021

Costs were lower for those who used telehealth services.