AI chatbots can generate quality, empathetic, readable responses
May 17, 2024
Chatbots can generate quality responses to cancer patient questions, comparable to physician responses.
High telehealth use tied to increased healthcare utilization, cost
May 14, 2024
Areas of high telehealth use also had more ambulatory care-sensitive hospitalizations.
Coworker, organizational support increase nurses’ intent to stay at job
Jun 04, 2024
Symptoms of depression increase the likelihood that nurses plan to leave their jobs.
Daily heat-related illness ED visit rates peaked in 2023 warm season
Apr 18, 2024
More males sought care in the emergency department than females, especially males aged 18 to 64 years.
Be innovative to reap rewards from HHVBP model, experts tell home care providers
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Adam Healy
Jul 25, 2024
Competition in the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing model is heating up, so providers should embrace change, new technology and innovative practices to optimize their financial rewards, home care consultants...
Nonwhite adults with cognitive impairment more likely to live in polluted areas
May 21, 2024
The authors say that clinical trials should consider environmental exposures and injustices.
Drop in ED visits, admissions seen in hospitals targeted by ransomware
May 30, 2024
A transient decrease was seen, with a return to preattack levels within eight weeks; an increase was seen in emergency department visits at nearby hospitals.
Suicidal ideation, behaviors not increased with GLP-1 RAs for seniors with T2D
Jul 16, 2024
No significant increase was seen with the use of GLP-1 RAs versus SGLT2is or DPP4is among older Medicare beneficiaries.
Statins reduce CVD risk in adults aged 75 to 85 and 85 years and older
May 28, 2024
A risk reduction was seen for overall cardiovascular disease incidence for initiating statin therapy in both intention-to-treat and per-protocol analyses.
Mortality higher for COVID-19 hospitalization than for flu in 2023/2024 season
May 22, 2024
The authors highlight that the volume of hospitalizations for COVID-19 was double that of the volume for flu.