by Bruce Brown | April 17, 2017 | General News, Medical
Avoidable hospital readmissions threaten healthcare quality. Unlike most businesses, hospitals don’t like to see customers return for more service. Medicare fines hospitals when readmission rates exceed specified levels, to make sure that hospitals have...
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by Alfred Poor | April 17, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
It sounds tempting: a watch that can monitor and record multiple biometric and environmental measures including electrocardiogram (ECG), heart rate, skin electrical activity, and motion. It runs for up to a week on a single charge. It stores enough data for a week or...
by Alfred Poor | April 13, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
The number of deaths in the U.S. due to cancer have declined steadily since the early 1990s, while the number of cancer survivors continues to climb. Innovations in medical treatments have resulted in improved outcomes, though the process is not easy for many...
by Bruce Brown | April 11, 2017 | General News, Medical
Almost 1 in 6 people in the U.S. experience a diagnosable incident of AMI (Any Mental Illness) each year, according to the National Institute of Mental Health. The number does not include people with developmental or substance disorders. The impact of AMI can range...
by Alfred Poor | April 11, 2017 | General News, Medical
Have you been to a doctor’s office in the past 12 months? How much time did you spend waiting compared with time spent with a physician? One of the promises of telemedicine is that it can make the process more efficient for both patients and professionals,...
by Alfred Poor | April 10, 2017 | General News, Health, Medical
At 415,000 square miles, the Canadian province of Ontario is larger than any of the United States except Alaska. Yet it has a population that is only a bit larger than that of Pennsylvania (at just 46,000 square miles). These two numbers alone make it clear that...
