In a recent blog post, the Department of Health and Human Services said it’s releasing materials to encourage physicians to take advantage of telemedicine tools in the ongoing effort to stop the opioid epidemic and better help patients who can’t easily access treatment.
A team at ITMO University in Saint Petersburg, Russia, has found photoplethysmography can noninvasively capture unique information on the regulation of a patient’s peripheral blood flow, according to research published in Scientific Reports.
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) has announced it will donate $10,000 to the American Red Cross Hurricane Florence Relief Fund to help ongoing relief efforts in North Carolina and South Carolina.
Women who received percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the U.S. from 2004 through 2014 were 20 percent more likely to die in the hospital and 81 percent more likely to experience major bleeding compared to men, according to an analysis published this month in PLOS One. Those differences remained after adjusting for preprocedural risk factors.
Healthcare spending has risen rapidly over the last decade, jumping 44 percent per person across all major healthcare categories, according to a new study by the Health Care Cost Institute.
The Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) commended the U.S. Senate for including a bipartisan provision in the Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 to facilitate the development of ultrasound technologies as an alternative to using opioids for pain management.
Though many studies focus on burnout in American healthcare professionals, Canadian researchers are saying the issue isn’t bound by borders. It’s an international problem.
Humana and Fitbit are expanding their partnership to allow more than 5 million of the insurer’s members to potentially have access to Fitbit wellness solutions or health coaching.
In patients with diagnosed Alzheimer’s disease (AD), [18F] flortaucipir PET imaging proved accurate in distinguishing AD from other neurodegenerative diseases, according to a multicenter study published in JAMA.
Digital wearables brand Fitbit has launched a new platform to connect healthcare providers with wearers, with healthcare services company Humana leading the charge.
