A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine discovered that the cost of providing evidence-based solutions for food, housing, transportation and care coordination is $60 per member per month on average. Existing federal funding covers $27 per member per month, less than half of the total cost.
Bots may have played a significant role in circulating misinformation during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. The study found that Facebook posts in groups most affected by bots were more than twice as likely to misstate the results of a study about masks or share conspiracies.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
A JAMA Internal Medicine study found hypertension patients who used the Medisafe app showed a slight improvement in self-reported medication adherence but didn't show much improvement in blood pressure control.
Telemedicine is on the rise. Despite its convenience, there's a difference between communicating with a patient in person and communicating via webcam. Thus, physicians have to find ways to have the best "webside" manner possible.
Can using wireless technology, financial incentives and social support improve medication adherence in heart attack survivors? A recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine dives in.
A new study from researchers at UCSF analyzes whether the majority of text in an EHR progress note is manually entered, copied or imported by clinicians.
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
As Protenus found the number of breached records is on the rise, a JAMA Internal Medicine study claimed the risk of breaches is higher at large facilities and teaching hospitals.
A new study from JAMA Internal Medicine found hospitals participating in one or more value-based programs have lower readmission rates.
A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine analyzed the impact of a teleretinal diabetic retinopathy screening program in the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services.
Patients who saw a female doctor were less likely to die within 30 days of leaving the hospital. They were also less likely to get readmitted within a one-month span of their initial discharge, according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine.
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
Brigham and Women's Hospital researchers analyzed the effect of a web-based tool that uses patient medical records to enhance communication during the patient handoff.
Telemedicine proponents have argued for years that virtual care is at least as effective as in-person care delivered in a traditional clinical setting. Based on new research, they may be more right than they had thought.
Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine and the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston reported their findings in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Across the various studies, patients went from having a 50 percent rate of following through on medication to a nearly 68 percent rate.
Doctors that are afraid of legal backlash are much more likely to order unnecessary tests and hospitalization, according to a new study published this week in JAMA Internal Medicine. Defensive medicine – a euphemistic term for this practice – is estimated to cost the U.S. more than $46 billion each year. Almost a third of the orders were […]