By Sara Heath
March 13, 2024 – Using too much medical jargon in discharge notes may not be conducive to patient engagement, but researchers from NYU Langone are exploring how generative AI can fix that problem.
In…
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By Sara Heath
March 12, 2024 – Hospitals and health systems working to build a better reputation should focus on patient-provider communication, according to Healthgrades, which extrapolated insights about the overall patient experience by looking at…
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March 11, 2024 – The number of behavioral health visits to community health centers soared by nearly 40 percent between 2018 and 2022, but if these care sites are to continue to meet…
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By Sara Heath
February 28, 2024 – Although nearly a third of the American public thinks racism in medicine is a major problem, that proportion is actually much lower than the public perception of other sectors,…
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By Sara Heath
February 27, 2024 – Connecting patients experiencing food insecurity with SNAP benefits could improve medication adherence by as much as nearly 14 percent, according to new data from The Ohio State University.
The study,…
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February 22, 2024 – ZIP codes with more racial and ethnic diversity have markedly fewer buprenorphine prescribers and far lower rates of dispensed buprenorphine prescriptions, according to researchers from the University of Pittsburgh…
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February 20, 2024 – A new study led by researchers affiliated with the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) showed that expanding physician assistant/associate (PA) scope of practice does not negatively impact patient…
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By Sara Heath
February 15, 2024 – The quality of care you get when you call 911 might depend on where you live, with a new analysis of emergency medical service (EMS) systems showing geographic health…
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By Sara Heath
February 13, 2024 – A sample of three studies presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) is casting doubt on AI chatbots’ and large language models’…
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February 09, 2024 – The patient experience for those who are transgender is still being marred by poor treatment from clinicians and coverage denials from their healthcare payers, according to the US Transgender…
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