Northwell Health Home Care Network, New York's largest healthcare provider, announced Feb. 6 it had reached an agreement with Health Recovery Solutions (HRS) to provide in-home patients with Bluetooth-enabled tablets that can transmit vital signs to clinicians and allow for videoconferencing.

A study, published in The Journal of Aging and Health, examines the impact digital health and coaching have on engagement of patients at risk of developing diabetes.

Chronic wounds cost the United States' healthcare system $20 billion a year. A team of researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine have developed a new skin-graft harvesting system to cut costs and improve patient outcomes.

Keeping people struggling with addiction on the path to treatment is difficult once they leave they a treatment center. But telemedicine is improving program adherence and sobriety rates.

According to Indiana University Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research Investigator Joy L. Lee, PhD, clinicians should be using YouTube to interact with patients, who can post vlogs—video blogs—as part of an online journaling program.

Long wait times affect care outcomes, whether they result from a full waiting room, understaffing or poor time management. A study, published in BMJ Open, examined the top three factors that impact patient wait times and how to improve clinical workflow.

Molina Healthcare and CareSpeak Communications launched a text messaging platform to remind patients to take their medication. 

Do today's hospitals need humanoid robots greeting visitors, escorting them around the hospital and sensing whether they're feeling joy, anger or fear? Should nurses try more low-tech, back-to-basics steps to reduce infusion pump errors? Do staff need better systems for deciding which cleaning solution to use on each piece of medical equipment?