Growing income inequities in the utilization of healthcare resources, Swedish study finds
Swedish people with the lowest incomes utilize primary and outpatient care on par with those with the highest incomes despite ...
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34,000 healthcare professionals surveyed indicate they have higher bias against transgender people
By analyzing data from the Harvard Implicit Association Test—a widely accepted measure of a person’s attitudes toward people based on ...
Leicester starts initiative with Apollo to transform global healthcare
The University of Leicester has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with one the world’s largest integrated healthcare service providers, The ...
New tool may flag signs of pandemic-related anxiety and depression in healthcare workers
An artificial intelligence tool effectively detected distress in hospital workers’ conversations with their therapists early in the pandemic, a new ...
Clinical Quality Registries revolutionize clinical research and healthcare in Intensive Care Units
Recently published in the scientific journal Critical Care Medicine, a review led by the D’Or Institute for Research and Education ...
Medicine without Meds: Revolutionizing healthcare with digital solutions
Some patients with sleep disorders, back pain, diabetes, cancer, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder are benefitting from digital health interventions that use ...
UMSOM researchers provide first statewide prevalence data on two new emerging pathogens in healthcare settings
University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers conducted a statewide survey of all patients on breathing machines in hospitals ...
Large clinical trial by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, HCA Healthcare, and UCI Health identifies best strategy to prevent life-threatening health care-associated ICU infections
NASHVILLE, Tenn. & ORANGE, Calif. & ATLANTA & BOSTON, Oct. 10, 2023 – A large multi-state study by the Centers ...
Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric, policies contributed to decline in preventive healthcare visits among children of immigrants
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, September 18, 2023 Contact: Jillian McKoy, jpmckoy@bu.edu Michael Saunders, msaunder@bu.edu ## Trump's Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric, Policies Contributed to Decline in ...
Study explores how healthcare workers share appreciation, promote positive workplace culture
Healthcare organizations, in reviewing care delivery opportunities and providing feedback to staff, often focus on what went wrong, but a ...
Peer-led patient navigation helps minoritized patients engage in their own mental healthcare
INDIANAPOLIS – Research scientists led by Johanne Eliacin, PhD, of the U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) and Regenstrief Institute, ...
York U program helps fund 16 Global South health-care hubs to combat infectious diseases
TORONTO, Sept. 12, 2023 – A York University-led program is helping bolster health care in the Global South by providing ...
Global Entanglement: Insilico Medicine presents at Morgan Stanley Global Healthcare Conferences in the U.S. and Asia
Leading executives from Insilico Medicine (“Insilico”), a generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven, clinical stage drug discovery company, are presenting at two ...
For children with fever, the proportion taken for treatment across Africa, Asia and Latin America has increased significantly in the last 30 years from 61% to 71%, but “significant gaps” in access to healthcare remain
For children with fever, the proportion taken for treatment across Africa, Asia and Latin America has increased significantly in the ...
Nature-inspired pressure sensing technology that aims to transform healthcare and surgical robots
Researchers at the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a novel aero-elastic pressure sensor, called ‘eAir’. This technology can ...
PolyU project offers an integrated health technology solution to address societal needs in mental healthcare
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has received funding support from the Strategic Topics Grant (STG) 2023/24 of the Research ...
Nose-picking healthcare workers were more likely to catch COVID-19 during the pandemic than their colleagues who refrained, per Netherlands cohort study
Nose-picking healthcare workers were more likely to catch COVID-19 during the pandemic than their colleagues who refrained, per Netherlands cohort ...
Chinese Medicine and Culture article blends medicine practices for holistic healthcare
The practice of medicine goes beyond diagnosing and treating illnesses. It involves understanding patients' stories and experiences to provide holistic ...
New findings show private equity investments in healthcare may not lower costs or improve quality of care
A research team supervised by a health policy researcher at the University of Chicago has found that increasingly common private ...
Private equity takeovers of healthcare services linked to patient harm
Private equity ownership of healthcare services such as nursing homes and hospitals is associated with harmful impacts on costs and ...