The future of telehealth continues to build interest due to its convenience and cost-effectiveness. Not only does it increase access to care and reduce travel time—especially for people living in rural areas—but telehealth also decreases the number of hospital stays and can improve communication between clinicians. According to the American Hospital Association (AHA), 76 percent […]
A new season has arrived, and it brings new changes within the healthcare industry. To help keep you informed about these issues and how they may affect you, we’ve compiled the most important industry news. FDA Commissioner Resigns Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the 23rd commissioner of the United States Food and Drug Administration, recently resigned after […]
Millennials differ from previous generations in the way they consume healthcare, and they tend to be cautious based on monetary concerns. For example, half of millennials admit to avoiding a doctor visit to save on funds. And that’s just the start. Other data shows: Only 67 percent of millennials have a primary care physician. Almost […]
In recent years, animals are emerging as a tool to help people cope with health problems, both physical and mental. This newly-popular trend is called animal-assisted therapy (AAT) and is defined by Psychology Today as a therapeutic intervention that incorporates animals into the treatment plan to enhance and complement the benefits of traditional therapy. An […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes that approximately 80 percent of adults reported difficulty with work due to depression symptoms, costing the global economy an estimated $1 trillion annually in lost productivity. In addition, about 18 percent of adults in the United States have a mental illness in any given year. According […]
Even if you don’t regularly pay attention to the news, you couldn’t avoid hearing about the recent government shutdown, which lasted a record 35 days and affected approximately 800,000 federal employees, about one-third of whom were veterans. The Congressional Budget Office reports the closure resulted in $11 billion of lost growth in gross domestic product […]
Safe patient care ratios have been a widely discussed topic with current legislation to address tight budgets and a shortage of qualified medical professionals, especially in nursing. A mandated nurse-to-patient ratio to control the maximum amount of patients a nurse can care for during a shift promotes quality care for patients and benefits the nursing […]
A number that seems to be continuously growing is the amount of healthcare spending in the United States, which has reached $3.5 trillion. According to research and multiple studies, this amount is high due to unnecessary medical treatment. Also referred to as “low-value care,” unnecessary medical treatment occurs when the risk for harm outweighs the […]
Technology has played an increasingly larger role in the healthcare industry over the past couple decades and continues to offer a myriad of benefits to physicians and other healthcare professionals. It is intended to streamline workflow, reduce administrative burden and improve patient care, but when poorly designed, technology may increase stress for physicians. This stress […]
To help keep you aware of substantial updates happening in healthcare, we’ve rounded up the most recent industry updates concerning new laws, initiatives, pilot programs and more across the country. FDA Approves New Opioid to Help Manage Acute Pain With High Regulations At the end of 2018, the FDA authorized a new opioid to help […]