Workers who make $24,000 or less annually, but still have employer-sponsored health insurance, have higher hospital and emergency department admissions rates and lower utilization of preventive care compared to higher-paid coworkers.

Stepping out of the gaming world and into healthcare, virtual reality is changing the reality of healthcare with innovation, applications and technology. 

Northwell Health Home Care Network, New York's largest healthcare provider, announced Feb. 6 it had reached an agreement with Health Recovery Solutions (HRS) to provide in-home patients with Bluetooth-enabled tablets that can transmit vital signs to clinicians and allow for videoconferencing.

A federal judge in Vermont has approved a CMS plan to correct a misconception that Medicare beneficiaries are only eligible for physical and occupational therapy if their health is improving.

A study, published in The Journal of Aging and Health, examines the impact digital health and coaching have on engagement of patients at risk of developing diabetes.

Chronic wounds cost the United States' healthcare system $20 billion a year. A team of researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine have developed a new skin-graft harvesting system to cut costs and improve patient outcomes.

Keeping people struggling with addiction on the path to treatment is difficult once they leave they a treatment center. But telemedicine is improving program adherence and sobriety rates.

According to Indiana University Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research Investigator Joy L. Lee, PhD, clinicians should be using YouTube to interact with patients, who can post vlogs—video blogs—as part of an online journaling program.