A new study published in the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology is calling into question the high US maternal mortality rate, stating that many of the maternal deaths documented in the...
Using too much medical jargon in discharge notes may not be conducive to patient engagement, but researchers from NYU Langone are exploring how generative AI can fix that problem.
In a new study...
Hospitals and health systems working to build a better reputation should focus on patient-provider communication, according to Healthgrades, which extrapolated insights about the overall patient...
Healthcare’s biggest patient safety threats for this year run the gamut of workforce concerns to patient access to maternal and perinatal care and all the way down to new health IT use, according...
The number of behavioral health visits to community health centers soared by nearly 40 percent between 2018 and 2022, but if these care sites are to continue to meet patient demand, they’ll need...
It’s getting increasingly common for healthcare providers to bill for patient portal messages, and it’s leaving some patients on the hook for an out-of-pocket bill, albeit the bill is...
The COVID-19 pandemic may have increased patient portal use and reduced age- and sex-based utilization disparities, but there are still differences in how often people of certain races and health...
OpenNotes, the patient advocacy group that’s historically led the charge for better patient data access, is dipping its toes in the AI waters with OpenNotes Labs, an initiative to understand how...
Although nearly a third of the American public thinks racism in medicine is a major problem, that proportion is actually much lower than the public perception of other sectors, potentially signaling a...
The White House kicked off the White House Challenge to End Hunger and Build Healthy Communities yesterday, leading industry standouts like Missouri-based health system Ascension and health IT vendor...
Connecting patients experiencing food insecurity with SNAP benefits could improve medication adherence by as much as nearly 14 percent, according to new data from The Ohio State University.
The study,...
Does patient portal access make a difference in referral access after a primary care appointment? According to one new study in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA), it...
ZIP codes with more racial and ethnic diversity have markedly fewer buprenorphine prescribers and far lower rates of dispensed buprenorphine prescriptions, according to researchers from the University...
Do patients trust AI in healthcare? It depends on what it’s being used for, 44 percent of patients said in a recent athenahealth/Dynata poll that was emailed to PatientEngagementHIT.
But even as...
A new study led by researchers affiliated with the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) showed that expanding physician assistant/associate (PA) scope of practice does not negatively impact...
Nearly half of healthcare providers have borne witness to healthcare discrimination, doubling down on a patient experience and health equity problem that’s shown to impact patients of color and...
The quality of care you get when you call 911 might depend on where you live, with a new analysis of emergency medical service (EMS) systems showing geographic health disparities in clinical...
HHS has unveiled the 2023 update to its Health Equity Action Plan, hitting key points like childhood health and well-being, equitable access to care, and maternal and infant health equity, among other...
“It’s not you, it’s me.” For nearly three in five patients, the clinician they meet with is a bad fit for their current medical needs, according to new Zocdoc data, presenting a...
A sample of three studies presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) is casting doubt on AI chatbots’ and large language models’ abilities...