This study explored differences in COVID-19 infections and symptoms between Android and iOS users using data from the CoronaCheck app. This cross-sectional analysis included 23,063 global users (20,753 Android and 2310 iOS) from April…
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Physician Burnout Rates Moderate But Remain High, AMA Calls for Continued Action
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What You Should Know:
– A recent study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings indicates that occupational burnout rates among physicians in the United States are decreasing after reaching a peak in…
Continue ReadingTelehealth Waivers Extended: Future Planning Challenges
Covid-19 Waivers Extended Again
On March 15, President Trump signed a continuing resolution passed by Congress extending COVID-19-era Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regulations for telehealth and hospital-at-home through September 30, 2025. This recent…
In search of a long-term approach to telehealth and hospital-at-home
On March 15, President Trump signed the continuing resolution passed by Congress, which extended COVID-19-era Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regulations applicable to telehealth and hospital-at-home through September 30, 2025. It’s only the most…
Continue ReadingHow MultiCare Health System saved $10M with clinical decision support
In medicine, the greatest challenges often emerge not from what healthcare organizations fail to do, but from the variations in how they do it. At MultiCare Health System, a 13-hospital network spanning the Pacific…
Continue ReadingCall for national guidance to equip mental health nurses for digital
Speakers at the session on ‘How digital can support mental health nursing’ at Rewired 2025 (Credit: Thelma Agnew)
Mental health nursing students are coming out of universities lacking even basic digital skills, said speakers…
Continue ReadingWearable data reveals distinct characteristics of individuals with persistent symptoms after a SARS-CoV-2 infection
Understanding the factors associated with persistent symptoms after SARS-CoV-2 infection is critical to improving long-term health outcomes. Using a wearable-derived behavioral and physiological dataset (n = 20,815), we identified individuals characterized by self-reported persistent fatigue and…
Continue Reading5 Years After The Chaos of COVID-19 Comes A New Era of AI Innovation
Steve Miff, PhD, President & CEO of PCCI
Five years ago this week, the COVID-19 pandemic threw our world into chaos. But that chaos also sparked an opportunity and a drive to accelerate innovation, through…
Continue ReadingNZ Health’s poor data back-end safeguards flagged
New Zealand’s Ministry of Health and Te Whatu Ora were found to have insufficient back-end protection of sensitive information shared with third-party service providers. The agencies were recently probed for alleged misuse of personal health information…
Continue ReadingImpact of a Mobile Money–Based Conditional Cash Transfer Intervention on Health Care Utilization in Southern Madagascar: Mixed-Methods Study
Background: Mobile money-based cash transfer interventions are becoming increasingly utilised, especially in humanitarian settings. The South of Madagascar constituted a humanitarian emergency in 2021/2022 when the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and a…
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