By Meg Bryant, Healthcare DIVE | February 28, 2918 Dive Brief: Evidence suggests health IT-supported clinical pathways can improve patient outcomes, but more and better studies are needed to demonstrate the true effect, a review in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association finds. The U.K. researchers reviewed 44 studies [...]
The Medical Futurist | February 27, 2019 Blood, saliva, urine, sweat or even ear wax can carry valuable information about an individual’s medical state. Until now, even simpler tests on such bodily fluids had to be carried out at medical facilities, but with the recent uptick in the development of [...]
By Erin Dietsche, MedCity News | February 26, 2019 Deloitte's vision for health in 2040 is made up of three main categories: data and platforms; care enablement; and well-being and care delivery. While no one knows what the future will hold, it can be fun to take a guess at [...]
By Kevin Truong, MedCity News | February 24, 2019 Companies, health plans and providers are increasingly looking at delivering care at schools, where children spend most of their waking hours. There isn’t a hospital, a medical clinic or even a decent grocery store nearby Robla School District in Northern Sacramento. [...]
By Sy Mukherjee, Fortune | February 21, 2019 Stanford and a compendium of industry partners has set out to create guiding principles meant to ensure the ethical use of digital health technology, Stanford Libraries tells Fortune. Stanford University’s sprawling library system recently hosted a seminar attended by stakeholders in the [...]
By Mackenzie Garrity, Becker's Hospital Review | February 16, 2019 Digital health developers are increasingly seeking physician involvement in the design of their tools. However, physicians will need to find time and opportunities to participate in the development process, according to a blog post from the American Medical Association. The [...]
