The study's authors emphasized the importance of careful patient selection. 

Dozens of healthcare groups have banded together to ask Congress to extend waivers for hospital care at home that were granted during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In an exclusive video, Stacey Wolfson, MD, and Beatriu Reig, MD, MPH, from the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, discuss the findings of their new analysis. 

Overall, researchers found, 30-day readmission was less common when heart failure patients used telehealth to check in with a physician after discharge. 

The ACR said a recent reimbursement rule change for low-dose computed tomography (CT) lung screen scans will help open up screening to more patients. 

“This has the potential to change the face of solid organ transplantation in the future,” one surgeon said. 

Healthcare leaders agree prior authorization burdens are increasing.

Researchers examined how sharing medical imaging with patients might encourage healthier behaviors, such as smoking cessation, following a healthy diet and increasing physical activity.