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.

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.

Epic won the top software suite ranking for the seventh year in a row in the 2017 Best of KLAS: Software & Services Report, along with winning Best in KLAS awards and being named top physician practice vendor.

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.