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Healthcare professionals must be bold on digital health

Being tough on digital health is the passion of Mary Meeker, a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. In her recent presentation of the “Internet Trends Report,” she outlines how healthcare and technology are forming a new system of care and what solutions she poses to further advance this partnership.

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Electronic patient-reported outcomes extend lives of those with metastatic cancer

Researchers are hoping to improve engagement with electronic patient-reported outcomes (PROs) to increase survival rates in those with cancer. A study published by JAMA reported the integration of electronic PROs into routine care was able to improve outcomes in those with metastatic cancer.

Want to control in-hospital infection? Keep your hands to yourself

Patients entering the supposedly sterile environment of a hospital may not realize that at least one in 25 patients acquire an infection while in the facility. To reduce these infections, Mark Sklansky, MD, suggests everyone leave the handshakes at home.

Sleep tight? Data security keep healthcare execs up at night

Healthcare has its share of ups and downs but some factors weigh more heavily on the minds of executives than others. referralMD has compiled a list of C-suite executives on what keeps them up at night.

Virtual reality in healthcare conference debuts in DC

As virtual reality (VR) continues to infiltrate the healthcare industry, connecting with the latest professionals and equipment from around the world becomes increasingly important. Addressing those factors, VR Voice has announced the first conference focusing on VR and its place in healthcare.

Artificial intelligence could be exactly what American healthcare needs

If you believe the American healthcare system is in desperate need of a savior, researchers may have found a solution: the development of artificial intelligence. With computers, smartphones and mobile applications becoming commonplace within health organizations, artificial intelligence is poised to be next on the list of integrated healthcare technology.

Shut it! Keeping OR door closed reduces infections

Preventing surgical site infections could be as easy as shutting the door. Researchers testing air quality in operating rooms (ORs) found that repeatedly opening and closing the OR door increased particle distributions and the risk of contamination.

Paper test strip allows heart failure patients to monitor disease at home

The nearly six million people living with heart failure face a life of monitoring the disease in the event it worsens. This often involves traveling to a physician on a routine basis, but scientists have opened an avenue to in-home monitoring with a simple paper test strip.

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These health systems have the biggest digital health portfolios

U.S. health systems are increasingly leveraging digital health to conduct their operations, but how health systems are using digital health in their strategies can vary widely.

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Toylike robot pleases counseling clients where humanoid counterpart struggles to connect

When human counselors are unavailable to provide work-based wellness coaching, robots can substitute—as long as the workers are comfortable with emerging technologies and the machines aren’t overly humanlike.

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Medsender, Patagonia Health team up to aid public health efforts against COVID-19

A vendor that supplies EHR software to public health agencies is partnering with a health-tech startup in the cloud-communications space to equip state and local governments for managing their response to the COVID-19 crisis.