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– Parents and guardians will now have quick access to certified family care providers for their children’s health care needs though Amazon One Medical Pay-per-visit.
– The telehealth service can help treat…
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Background: Poor medication adherence is a widespread issue that causes adverse patient outcomes and is expensive to all aspects of the healthcare system. Developing cost-effective and scalable interventions to promote medication adherence is a…
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Background: Pulmonary rehabilitation improves exercise capacity, dyspnea, quality of life, and survival in patients with chronic respiratory disease. However, center-based pulmonary rehabilitation programs remain unavailable in many healthcare facilities due to several barriers. To…
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– University of Arizona (UArizona) researchers have been awarded a new $3.8M grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to investigate whether low levels of a lung protein…
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Engaging patients in the digital collection of electronic patient-reported outcome measures (ePROMs) and experience measures (ePREMs) is desirable for equitable, patient-centred chronic disease management; however, adherence remain unclear. This study examined demographic and socioeconomic…
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Algorithmic bias occurs when predictive model performance varies meaningfully across sociodemographic classes, exacerbating systemic healthcare disparities. NYC Health + Hospitals, an urban safety net system, assessed bias in two binary classification models in our…
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Background: Electronic inhaler monitoring devices (EIMDs) can enhance medication adherence in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and asthma, yet patient perceptions and experiences with these devices vary widely. A systematic qualitative synthesis…
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Smart Respiratory is working with Pearl Chemist Group to enhance asthma self-management across south-west London. The company’s Smart Inhaler Assistant, a small dongle that attaches to inhalers to measure doses, will be offered to…
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A respiratory digital therapeutics toolkit is improving outcomes and reducing health inequalities for people with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Wales.
The toolkit, which was rolled out in July 2020 and has…
Thousands of patients are benefitting from personalised clinical coaching under an NHS initiative that uses AI technology to better support those living with long-term health conditions.
NHS North East London, in collaboration with Health Navigator…
