Some aging patients spend nearly a month of the year in contact with the healthcare system, whether in the hospital, at a doctor’s office or at a lab visit, but still might not be receiving medical care that reflects evidence-based practices, according to a report from the Dartmouth Atlas Project.

As part of its grassroots campaign to spur discussion about patient safety identifiers, AHIMA has released a new toolkit it hopes will be used to spread the word.

Galvanize and Pfizer Consumer Healthcare (PCH) have announced a health and wellness innovation program that gives startup companies access to the Galvanize network of talent and investors. The program will seek out startups working on developing “potential solutions for improved sleep, stress management, energy, aging and nutrition.” 

An intervention for patients hospitalized for heart failure that included health coaching telephone calls and remote patient telemonitoring did not reduce 180-day readmissions for any cause or 180-day mortality, according to a prospective, multicenter, randomized trial.

The vendor-led association focused on interoperability in healthcare, the CommonWell Health Alliance, has increased its membership with seven new organizations.

Global startup accelerator Dreamit has received a $325,000 grant from Blackstone Charitable Foundation to drive innovation in the healthcare sector.

Cerner has launched the Cerner Open Developer Experience (code_) to enhance collaboration with third-party and client developers on SMART on FHIR applications.

Doctors in Massachusetts only inquire about patients’ mental and emotional health around half the time, according to a new statewide survey.