Long wait times affect care outcomes, whether they result from a full waiting room, understaffing or poor time management. A study, published in BMJ Open, examined the top three factors that impact patient wait times and how to improve clinical workflow.

Two University of Pennsylvania Medical Center physicians said suspending immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries will have a negative impact on graduate medical education (GME) and the U.S. healthcare system as a whole.

Molina Healthcare and CareSpeak Communications launched a text messaging platform to remind patients to take their medication. 

Telemedicine programs at public schools can give new options to pediatric patients when their parents aren’t available. The Washington Post reports on one such example at Ducketts Lane Elementary School in Elkridge, Maryland. 

Do today's hospitals need humanoid robots greeting visitors, escorting them around the hospital and sensing whether they're feeling joy, anger or fear? Should nurses try more low-tech, back-to-basics steps to reduce infusion pump errors? Do staff need better systems for deciding which cleaning solution to use on each piece of medical equipment?

Cancer researchers have collected vast amounts of new data, but this information is dispersed in many different places. A team from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has developed an online encyclopedia to store the data on cancer genomics and make it readily available to clinicians. 

Researchers from North Carolina State University in Raleigh have developed a wireless wearable sensor capable of tracking skin hydration in real-time and sends wearer information to a mobile platform.

HIMSS has once again put together a great selection of keynote speakers, educational sessions and exhibitors for HIMSS17 in Orlando, Fla. As I looked over the full schedule, which is available right here, I noticed that the conference will rightly be focusing on one of the biggest topics in healthcare: enterprise imaging.