Digital Health

A digitally enabled quality improvement strategy lowered LDL-C and boosted treatment intensification, though most patients still missed guideline targets.

Commercial health care costs are projected to grow 9% in 2027, driven by AI billing tools, pharmacy spend, and provider consolidation, per a PwC report.

An NCCN Policy Summit webinar on May 7 warned that cancer care is failing patients, as poor health literacy, misinformation, and digital overload widen gaps in understanding.

Factual tone, credible sources, and clinician representation increase trust and engagement, while humor may undermine vaccine messaging effectiveness.

Jody L. Green, PhD, explains how regulatory decisions shape medication safety amid uptake of OTC drugs.

Breast cancer is the most researched disease globally, yet there are still significant gaps in equity and access to care and treatments.

Guideline-directed medical therapy used with remote monitoring can potentially reduce hospitalization in patients with heart failure with ejection fraction.

Adults with diabetes were 24% less likely to visit an emergency department in 2021 than in 2019.

Laxmi Patel urges rural hospitals to align leadership early and build logic models to show how transformation funds can drive access, equity, and sustainability.

Digital health technologies enhance respiratory care through decentralized clinical trials and home monitoring, expanding access and improving patient engagement.

The program works by embedding Medbridge’s Pathways platform into Marathon’s MoveWell MSK program and advanced primary care model.

In this second half of our interview with Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Travis Osterman, DO, MS, FAMIA, FASCO, he discusses opportunities for advancing the smart use of artificial intelligence (AI) in cancer care.

Health care apps like MyChart, mySugr, GoodRx, and Smoke Free can enhance patient care through accessibility, convenience, and engagement, but further discussion is warranted on the optimal use of these apps.

A study finds that telehealth does not lead to an increase in wasteful, low-value care and may even reduce unnecessary tests and procedures.

Co-pay accumulators and maximizers are 2 programs that insurers have started implementing to help them redirect financial assistance from the patient, said Kimberly Westrich, MA, chief strategy officer, National Pharmaceutical Council.

This evaluation looks at a postdischarge digital engagement (PDDE) program using causal inference methods to examine the impact of PDDE on readmission.

The most-read articles in digital health covered improved outcomes, patient management, and reduced cost of care in telehealth and app-based care.

This year’s top 5 most-listened to podcasts included topics on digital health solutions, cardiology, value-based care initiatives, and oncology.

CDC revealed nationally representative estimates of chronic fatigue; the proposed merger between Cigna and Humana has been terminated over financial terms and shareholder skepticism; ChatGPT provides inaccurate responses to medication queries.

Given its growing significance in health care, there is an increasing need for digital research ethics and appropriate consent methods, according to one study.

At 12 weeks, significantly more patients with fibromyalgia receiving the smartphone-based intervention reported clinical improvements compared with the control group.