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A key step on the road to health equity: improving patient flow
Earlier this year, the National Academies reported that more than 20 percent of all donated organs are wasted, despite the fact that “on average, 17 people die every day from the lack of available organs for transplant.” The major cause of this waste was a lack of available surgeons to perform surgery at the time needed to …
Research is elusive on patient engagement with mental health apps
As companies selling health care apps struggle to prove to a skeptical system that they really deliver results, we’re about to start hearing a lot more about “engagement.” A new paper scrutinizing six clinical trials supporting four mental health apps cleared by the Food and Drug Administration argues there’s an urgent need to close the …
Patient Care Estimates – Orlando Health
Orlando Health is committed to helping patients make informed decisions about their care. Our online cost estimate tool helps you estimate your out-of-pocket costs for care. While this tool can help you estimate some health care costs, it’s important to know that it only provides a partial estimate. The estimate includes the hospital’s charges and …
Luma Health Launches LumaFinancial™ Product within Patient Success Platform
LumaFinancial expands Luma’s comprehensive Patient Success Platform, providing healthcare providers with a fully integrated portal that unifies the clinical, operational, access, and financial parts of a patient’s journey—up to and after care. “We believe that the relentless pursuit of patient engagement can detract from the ultimate goal: patient success. And patients’ healthcare journeys are most …
Ohio doctor William Husel found not guilty of murder after patient deaths
Ohio doctor found not guilty in 14 patient deaths A jury on Wednesday acquitted an Ohio doctor in the deaths of multiple hospital patients. Dr. William Husel was accused of ordering excessive painkillers for 14 patients. (April 20) AP An Ohio doctor accused by prosecutors of hastening the deaths of numerous intensive care patients by prescribing excessive …
ETSU behavioral health program looks to set model for providing care |
Johnson City Press JOHNSON CITY — When East Tennessee State University recruited Dr. Jodi Polaha to Johnson City in 2006, her work in Nebraska integrating behavioral health services into primary care was a big reason why. It wasn’t until recently, however, that Polaha and her colleague Dr. Matthew Tolliver began working with an eye toward …
Community Health Clinic celebrates two decades | Local News
As the community grows, the need for health care increases, local health officials say. The Community Health Clinic in Elizabethtown attempts to fill the gap for people struggling financially and has been doing so to the best of its ability for the past two decades, Executive Director Venus Cornette said. From the beginning, the clinic’s …
Cheyenne Regional Medical Center first in state to use new technology | News
Cheyenne Regional Medical Center became the first hospital in the state last week to use new Shockwave technology to open a patient’s blocked coronary artery, according to a statement from the center. The patient’s artery was blocked with calcified plaque. The new technology fractured the calcium with sonic pressure waves, according to Dr. Abdur Khan, …
Patient commits estate gift to advance women’s heart health, skin cancer research and Alzheimer’s caregiver education at USF
The University of South Florida Foundation today announced a $1.8 million estate gift to USF Health that will fund a women’s heart health professorship, dermatology research endowment and caregiver education programs at the Byrd Alzheimer’s Center. Community volunteer and USF Health patient Bruce Mackey made the gift in honor of his doctors Guilherme Oliveira and …