Patients in Massachusetts continue to languish in hospital emergency departments for hours before receiving appropriate care, ...
There had been early clues, but it was a family game of dominoes around Christmas 2021 that convinced Susan Stewart that something was wrong with her husband. Then 75 and retired, Charlie Stewart ...
Missed appointments remain one of the most persistent (and costly) challenges in patient engagement. Even as healthcare organizations use more appointment reminders, online scheduling and other ...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Patients not complying with their dermatologic treatment is a universal problem that doctors need to address, according to Steven Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., from Wake Forest ...
In any given year, approximately 3.5 million Americans experience homelessness, 39 percent of whom are children. Why we allow so many people to live in abject poverty and desperation is an indictment ...
Ruan didn’t know it at the time, but he was about to perform a miracle of sorts. He reached inside the patient’s rectum to check for internal bleeding, but as he performed the exam, the heart ...
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, patient collections were already crucial for the financial health of hospitals and health systems due to their proportion of total collections. But volume reduction from ...