Care Coordination

Arizona Care Network, an ACO based in Phoenix, is piloting Solve.Care's blockchain technology, cloud computing and cognitive learning capabilities to improve healthcare delivery and reduce administrative burdens, the organization announced March 1.

Sharp Chula Vista (Calif.) Medical Center, part of San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare, is tracking patients' movements using wristwatches — an effort that decreased the time it takes for patients to get from place to place throughout the hospital, according to…

The Massachusetts College of Emergency Physicians launched a pilot program with the Massachusetts Hospital Association to alert state hospitals of patients who are frequently in and out of different emergency room, which could better coordinate care for high-risk patients, according…

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, issued a statement March 14 about the agency's issuance of a notice aimed at lowering the amount of nicotine in cigarettes to minimally or nonaddictive levels.

Healthcare officials at Ann Arbor-based Michigan Medicine's specialty clinic in Livonia, Mich., expect to complete 50 to 60 vasectomies during the month of March, up from an average of 27 per month during the rest of the year, according to…

A study conducted by researchers in the United Kingdom showed the likelihood of urological cancer patients committing suicide is higher than for people without cancer.

African Americans face higher levels of air pollution as compared to the white population, and this may be the reason they are more susceptible to heart disease and death, according to a study published in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology.

The statistics on the sheer size of the Baby Boomer cohort and the stresses that it will generationally place on numerous disparate eco-systems are easy to find.

According to the 2018 County Health Rankings report from the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, health gaps exist not only by geographical location, but among racial and ethnic groups.

A study published in Nicotine & Tobacco Research investigated the link between smoking and hearing loss.