A healthy patient might spend as little as 15 to 30 minutes with his or her primary care doctor during the course of a year. Add chronic health conditions to the mix, and that same patient will spend ...

Mobile and wireless technologies are helping give rise to a new form of clinical decision support that's being called "patient activation." "We're making a category that really hasn't existed," ...

Patients are increasingly using mobile and online services to monitor their health — half use smartphones for a health function. A study from Manhattan Research found that mobile is the ...

Wearable Wireless System Allows Physicians to Proactively Evaluate the Health Status of Patients Anywhere across the Globe SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Corventis, Inc., a developer of wireless cardiovascular ...

Despite some perceptions, patient care and the medical devices within the field are not anchored strictly to a doctor’s office or medical facility. Image Credit: Amphenol Sensors Although a patient ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . From the start of rehabilitation, it took a median of 1 day for patients given a mobile patient lift to stand vs ...

For years, the Joint Commission emphasized the need for improving communication and information sharing effectiveness among medical teams to enhance patient care. Hospitals and surgical suites are ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Better health status for younger patients using mobile integrated health vs. transitional care coordinator ...

Digital health is revolutionising healthcare care, driven largely by the trends of remote patient monitoring and mobile health, according to a new report. The 2024 edition of GlobalData’s Digital ...

Comparing patients’ experiences with in-home urgent care from community paramedics vs urgent care provided in emergency departments, we found higher satisfaction among patients receiving in-home ...

In an era where Disney and Netflix can create digital apps that meet the very specific individual expectations of a user, healthcare consumers naturally expect a similar seamless and high-quality ...

Use of mobile patient lifts for ICU patients on mechanical ventilation improve their physical function during ICU admission by accelerating the standing process. The intervention group predominantly ...