A U.S. Senator has called for the Drug Enforcement Administration to stop delaying providers from being able to treat patients using telehealth.
Machine learning tool uses social determinants data to predict utilization
A machine learning algorithm has accurately predicted inpatient and emergency department (ED) utilization by using publicly available social determinants of health (SDOH) data. Now it is possible to determine patients’ risk of utilization without interacting with the patient or collecting information beyond age, gender, race and address.
VA incorporates innovative methods to reduce diabetic limb loss
VA is making broader efforts to confront diabetes. It will begin regional implementation of the Podimetrics Mat, a new medical device that has the potential to prevent limb loss in veterans with diabetes.
Only 1 in 4 Medicare patients opt for cardiac rehabilitation
The new findings in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes reveals that too few people covered by Medicare participated in outpatient cardiac rehabilitation after a heart attack or acute heart event or surgery, particularly women, the elderly and non-white patients.
Industry voices - 2020 should be about investing in mental health as health
As we look at the progress we have made in health care we also need to advance parity in mental health.
David Wennberg, M.D., CEO of Quartet Health shares what we can expect to see in 2020: