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Nursing
Restoring a Sense of Belonging: The Unsung Importance of Casual Relationships for Older AdultsStudies have found that older adults with a broad array of "weak" as well as "close" ties enjoy better physical...
Clinical Care
COVID Renews Interest in Radiation, but Docs Caution Against Pilgrimages to Radon-Filled MinesTelehealth
The Pandemic Made Telemedicine an Instant Hit. Patients and Providers Feel the Growing Pains.Video services were not equally prepared for the titanic influx in users.
Payer
Hospital Prices Must Now Be Transparent. For Many Consumers, They're Still Anyone's Guess.Some hospitals bury the data deep on their websites or have not included all the categories of prices required.
Technology
New Tech at Lenox Hill Hospital Reaches Outside the EHR to Capture the Patient's StoryNurse leader rounding software on iPad Minis raises HCAHPS scores, but will need to be carefully integrated with the EHR.
Revenue Cycle
35% of Patients Would Put Off COVID-19 Treatment to Avoid Medical BillsThe new VisitPay survey also showed that more than one-third of patients said they're more worried about the financial burdens...
Technology
Technology Moves Texting to Center Stage of HealthcareAltura FQHC is among those providers where tech means abandoned phone calls are dropping.
Telehealth
Is Your Living Room the Future of Hospital Care?Hospital-level care at home ? some of it provided over the internet ? is poised to grow after more than...
Revenue Cycle
Cedar to Acquire OODA Health for $425MIt's the second blockbuster revenue cycle tech acquisition in as many weeks.
Telehealth
Sustaining the Success of TelehealthFacilitated virtual care is a method for overcoming one of the biggest barriers to telehealth: technology.
Nursing
Five Tips for Smooth Adoption of Safer Enteral ConnectorsNebraska Medicine's ENFit conversion designed to improve patient safety.
Clinical Care
OCR Settles 17th Case in HIPAA Right-of-Access InitiativeIn the most recent settlement, Arbour Hospital, a behavioral health facility in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, agreed to pay $65,000 and...