“It seems obvious that addressing social needs, like food and housing, in clinical settings would benefit patients,” said first study author Claire Chang, a University of Michigan Medical School student.

A whopping 58% of U.S. adults are considered lonely, a figure that reflects negative mental health impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Butler Health System and Excela Health will combine to create a health system with more than $1 billion in revenue.

The collaboration is aimed at improving patient outcomes after cardiac surgeries and other procedures. 

A new study found Americans are more likely to have surgery during a pandemic if they are vaccinated, the hospital staff are vaccinated, the surgery is urgent and the surgery is an outpatient procedure.

Simple EHR alerts helped one health system get more guideline-recommended medications to its heart failure patients.

The study's authors examined data from more than 1.4 million patients, noting that pulmonary embolism response teams appear to be playing a significant role. 

Family engagement is seen as critical for the implementation of AI-based clinical decision support tools in pediatrics, which the authors of this study say will play an increasing role in healthcare.