Kaiser Permanente researchers have good news for patients, surgeons, anesthesiologists, and hospital administrators who have had to put off elective surgery because of a positive COVID-19 test. Among fully vaccinated patients, ...
Jul 19, 2022
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UCLA researchers found that eliminating routine but unnecessary procedures before people undergo cataract surgery has the potential to save costs and resources for hospitals serving lower-income patients.
Apr 16, 2019
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(HealthDay)—All 26,000 Houston Methodist workers must get a COVID-19 shot by June 7 or risk losing their jobs, making it the first U.S. hospital system to make vaccination mandatory.
Apr 27, 2021
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(HealthDay)—People with asthma and other lung diseases are at increased risk for serious complications from COVID-19, caution experts from the American Lung Association.
Apr 3, 2020
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Biases embedded in artificial intelligence (AI) systems increasingly used in health care risk deepening discrimination against older people, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Wednesday.
Feb 9, 2022
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Hospitals and health systems across the United States are seeking ways to better engage patients with a variety of handheld and home-based technologies to improve patient experience and health outcomes. How do you use technology ...
Mar 4, 2019
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Individuals from sexual minority populations, including members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and queer communities, are more likely than heterosexual individuals to engage in behaviors to reduce medication costs such as ...
Jan 3, 2022
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U.S. health officials plan to offer COVID-19 booster shots to vaccinated Americans to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and evidence that the vaccines' effectiveness is declining. A look at what we ...
Aug 17, 2021
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As social distancing measures to restrain coronavirus become increasingly aggressive, one of the big points of contention is whether (and for how long) schools and childcare centers should be closed.
Mar 18, 2020
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Digital systems for patients to monitor and report symptoms remotely may offer a solution to reduce outpatient waiting lists, according to a new review published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Feb 9, 2023
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