Wearable sensors help diagnose heart rhythm problems in West Virginia

Cardiologists at a West Virginia medical center early last year began prescribing patients a small, chest-worn sensor to track their heart rhythm and help inform diagnoses.  »

New care model helps primary-care practices treat obesity

AMGA developed a care model focused on obesity care management after finding more than 65% of members weren’t addressing it in their practices. 

How hospitals are building on COVID-19 telehealth momentum

Healthcare executives will have to focus on the patient experience, clinician training and resources, and payment challenges if they want to make telehealth a permanent part of care delivery in 2021.

Researchers: Hospital price variation exacerbates health inequities

Well-capitalized hospitals tend to invest in staff, facility upgrades and acquisitions that draw more lucrative privately insured patients and redirect Medicaid beneficiaries.

Project to curb pressure injuries in hospitals shows promise

The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare is working with hospitals to find root causes and solutions to pressure injuries, which have been rising in recent years. 

Hospitals, clinics may be ready to adopt wearable tech

Wearables offer new therapeutic options for cardiac rehab and migraines, but hospitals and clinics are still figuring out how to take advantage of the technology.

Mayo, Google want to speed radiation therapy planning with AI

Physicians and researchers will work together to try to develop an artificial-intelligence algorithm capable of segmenting healthy tissue and organs from nearby tumors for patients with head and neck cancers.

Pandemic puts pen in hands of remote scribes

While the pandemic may have led to layoffs of scribes in the U.S., companies offering remote scribing have seen growth.

Health systems launch treatment programs for patients post-COVID

As COVID-19 surges continue, health system leaders anticipate more post-virus treatment programs will pop up across the country.

Yale New Haven's COVID-19 nurse-staffing model has long-term benefits

Yale created a new staffing model relying on the competencies of nurses across the system to deal with a surge of COVID-19 patients this spring and summer.