Care transitions can negatively impact the patient’s experience, as well as healthcare costs. When emergency medicine and hospital medicine clinicians fail to communicate, for example, patients may ...

Health care solution developers design products that make health care organizations efficient and improve patient outcomes – after all, their goal is to make the road to relief as short and easy as ...

Christopher Shaffrey, MD, has seen spine care evolve through rapid innovation.  But as outcomes and complication rates face greater scrutiny, the chief of the spine division at Durham, N.C.-based Duke ...

Patient–physician collaboration ensures trials reflect outcomes that matter to patients, according to Debra Patt, MD, PhD, MBA, MPH.

A better consumer experience has implications for clinical improvements, according to a new report from CVS Health. The healthcare giant is putting a focus on innovation in this area, and to identify ...

Measuring treatment success in Sjögren's disease requires more than tracking systemic disease activity alone. Fatigue, pain, dryness, and daily function often drive patients' quality of life and may ...

In our increasingly complex healthcare system, ethical efficiency stands as a critical pillar to ensure patients receive quality care without unnecessary waste or unintended outcomes. Hospital systems ...

Perioperative optimization of nutrition leads to lower risks, better outcomes, and improved quality of life for adult patients undergoing metabolic and bariatric surgery, according to an updated ...

In a capitalist society where fee-for-service models prevail and hospital margins are tightening, leveraging AI in healthcare demands a strategic focus. Instead of merely enhancing efficiency, AI that ...

The ability to deliver high-quality patient care hinges on more than just skilled medical professionals and advanced treatment protocols. Equally important is the efficient management of healthcare ...