Health Care Provider
Healio Community, new engagement platform, aims to foster professional connection
Healio has launched the Healio Community platform to empower and connect professionals in health care.
VIDEO: AIMed24 fosters 'sometimes uncomfortable' conversations about AI in health care
ORLANDO — In this video from the AIMed24 Annual Meeting, Anthony Chang, MD, MBA, MPH, MS, discusses the importance of gathering members of the health care community to discuss the role of AI in health care.
Q&A: Florida OD association defeats bill that would limit health care provider designation
The Florida Optometric Association recently defeated a reintroduced state Senate bill that would have limited health care provider designations, including prohibiting optometrists from calling themselves doctors.
Use of remote patient monitoring up by more than 300% since 2021
The use of remote patient monitoring among health care providers increased from 20% in 2021 to 81% in 2023, according to survey results from Vivalink.
VIDEO: Digital therapeutics must be designed with the patient in mind
WASHINGTON — In this video from the Digital Therapeutics Alliance Summit, Amy Edgar, APRN, CRNP, FNP-C, discusses the need to design digital therapeutics with the patient and provider in mind.
Healio seeks nominees for Disruptive Innovators Awards in gastroenterology
Healio will present its sixth annual Disruptive Innovators Awards for gastroenterology and hepatology this fall.
DeSantis vetoes bill that would limit health care provider designations
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis today vetoed Senate Bill 230, which would have prohibited a doctor of optometry from using the term “optometric physician” and made it a felony to do so.
Relationships with patients, contacting families key in end-of-life care during COVID-19
Meaningful end-of-life care efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic included maintaining relationships with isolated patients, connecting patients to families and creating humanistic episodes, according to study results published in CHEST.
FDA continuing its investigation of potential toxins in blood tubing used during dialysis
The FDA is continuing to assess the potential risk of toxic compounds found in silicon tubing used during dialysis, according to a press release.
Conservative kidney management decision aid increases discussion of treatment
Offering a decision aid regarding conservative kidney management to patients with advanced kidney disease and their family led to increased discussion of the treatment option with providers, according to a study.