Peer recovery helping patients with addiction seek treatment

The health system has hired individuals in long-term recovery from substance abuse disorder to talk with patients about seeking treatment for their disorder after they leave the hospital.  »

UNC Health Care trains staff to treat dementia patients

When individuals with dementia are admitted to the hospital, it can be a traumatic, confusing experience for them. UNC Health Care is training staff to help.

UPS to kick off drone delivery service with hospital campuses

With a first-of-its-kind certification from the Federal Aviation Administration, UPS has started flying a drone delivery service on the WakeMed Health & Hospitals' campus in North Carolina.

AI voice assistants 'listen in' on patient visits to ease the EHR burden

Swedish Medical Group is piloting a virtual assistant that listens in to patient visits and automatically inputs notes in the EHR—cutting down on documentation time and opening up possibilities for increased patient volume.

New therapies such as bioelectronics turning drug companies into therapy companies with hospitals' help

Advancements in digital apps, electronic devices and genetics are widening the traditional definition of what medical therapies can entail.

Text messaging: The next frontier for post-operative care?

Despite concerns that patients might overuse a program to directly message their physician after surgery, an orthopedic group found that patients didn’t abuse the capability.

Tech helping to alleviate nurse shortage, experience gaps

As nursing shortages hit the Southern and Western U.S., health systems are turning to new tech tools to improve recruitment, retention and education.

Northwell opening first addiction treatment facility centered on research

Northwell Health is opening the country's first residential and outpatient addiction treatment facility centered on addiction medicine research.

UPMC, Carnegie Mellon to use Amazon's AI tools in research

A research consortium that includes UPMC, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh will use Amazon Web Services' machine learning and cloud computing resources.

Medicare pilot gives physicians access to patients' claims data

The CMS unveiled a new pilot program, dubbed the "Data at the Point of Care" pilot, which would provide clinicians with access to claims data for their Medicare patients.