St. Luke’s experiment with a program called the Deterioration Index, created by healthcare software giant Epic, is among the latest ways hospitals are bringing artificial intelligence into their ...

Downgrades of short inpatient stays to observation status by recovery audit contractors can lead to big losses in reimbursement. This is forcing hospitals to look more closely at their patient-status ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People on Medicare who spend one or two nights in the hospital are finding out, and often too late, that they weren’t really “admitted” to the hospital. This can be a ...

In Canada, low-income hospital patients under palliative care are less likely to receive medical assistance in dying compared to those who are high income, according to a study published in British ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Carol Leaman had every reason to believe she had been admitted to a local hospital while having difficulty breathing. But when the 78-year-old Lakewood resident got her hospital bill ...

Using Music as a Tool for Distress Reduction During Cancer Chemotherapy Treatment Future work should aim to improve patient adherence to remote patient-reported outcome and activity data collection ...

When pharmaceutical companies first introduced patient support services two decades ago, they were a rational response to an irrational system. Patients needed help navigating rebate-driven ...

Researchers evaluated the association between penicillin allergy de-labeling prevalence and race/ethnicity among 2 primary care cohorts from the greater Boston area.

Performance status (PS) is assessed during cancer treatment to determine clinical trial eligibility, appropriateness for treatment, and need for supportive care. There is rising interest for patients ...

Psoriasis status from time of diagnosis to initiation of current treatment was less favorable for patients with mild psoriasis compared with moderate psoriasis, according to one study. A recent poster ...