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For the 1.6 million people in America living with type 1 diabetes, a continuous glucose monitor can be a lifesaver. Since the first CGM was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1999, the diabetes community has advocated for…

WASHINGTON — A Senate hearing Thursday provided one of the clearest roadmaps to date for how Senate Democrats plan to use their newfound majority to advance new health care policies. The hearing was scheduled to let lawmakers vet…

The EPR will make information available to clinicians across their 12 hospital sites. Source link

Trying to gauge the value of new drugs and devices is becoming increasingly important in the U.S. health care system, something that other countries have done explicitly for years. Pressure to get value assessment right is accelerating.…

Patients' likelihood of receiving comfort care, which includes hospice or palliative care, may depend on their gender, race, and region, researchers find. Medscape Medical News Source link

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With thousands of vital child care, school board and university workers still unable to obtain vaccinations to protect themselves from COVID-19, leaders from the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE), who…

Mayo Clinic is forming a pair of companies to collect and analyze data from remote monitoring devices and diagnostic tools, a move that comes as part of a broader bid to harness patient data to deliver continuous care guided by…

Automating communication for chronically ill patients not only gives them better access to care but improves the patient-provider relationship, says Twistle Medical Director Dr. John Janas. Source link

(MedPage Today) -- Some of the latest research advancements in the field of nephrology presented at the virtual National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meeting included post-marketing safety data on patiromer (Veltassa), metformin…

Health care workers said a “care bundle” they created that includes WaterWipes, Eucerin Aquaphor Soothing Skin Balm and Mepitac Tape reduced the number of facial pressure injuries caused by prolonged use of personal protective…

The study found that patients using AliveCor Kardia Mobile required fewer follow-up EGCs and cardiac monitoring than their peers in the control group. Source link

Jessica Scruton, BSN, RN, CCM, VP of Clinical Transformation for Lightbeam Health Solutions COVID-19 forced many health systems to reassess and reconfigure their care management processes and staffing models so that clinicians could…

(MedPage Today) -- New projections for cancer trends over the next 2 decades suggest that the incidence of melanoma will continue to increase, and that there will be more deaths from pancreatic and liver cancers, fewer cases of prostate…

For individuals who care for other people’s children in their home, building self-efficacy for healthy eating is an important component of health promotion and can buffer the impact of stress on diet quality, Journal of Nutrition…

WASHINGTON — Health care providers are eagerly awaiting billions of dollars from a Covid-19 relief fund. But President Biden’s health department has not yet tasked a point person with making final policy decisions on the…

BOSTON & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LumiraDx, a Next-Generation Point of Care Diagnostics Testing Company to List on Nasdaq via Merger with CA Healthcare Acquisition Corp Source link

New research by a team from the Cleveland Clinic and the London School of Economics and Political Science has determined that surgeries performed late in the workweek, and those culminating in discharge to a specialty care facility, are…

In this short video, Dr Peter Grossberg takes us through his top three tips to support patients through a surgical procedure in the primary care setting: Explain to the patient what you are going to do; Have the patient lie down; and Be…

New research from the Smidt Heart Institute shows that more patients-;specifically those with medical risk factors or from underserved communities-;opted into telehealth appointments for their cardiovascular care during the COVID-19…

BlueJeans Telehealth enables one-click-access to video visits between patients and providers and maps user experience to clinical workflows, according to Verizon Business – helping replicate in-person office consults. Source link…