Patient Participation

WASHINGTON — In this video, Micaela F. Bayard, MD, discusses the shift at major conferences to include patients voices and perspectives.

SAN DIEGO — The stigma that accompanies migraine is universal and often affects more than one personal or professional relationship, according to a speaker at the American Headache Society Annual Scientific Meeting.

WASHINGTON — In this video, Tatyana Kushner, MD, associate professor in the division of liver diseases at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, discusses the benefits of patient inclusion and participation at The Liver Meeting.

Women are underrepresented in stroke clinical trials due to factors influenced by both investigators and patients.

Only one-fourth of Medicare beneficiaries eligible for cardiac rehabilitation after a qualifying CV event underwent it, according to research published in Circulation.

CHICAGO — New health technologies that focus on self-management of patients may be a unique way for cardiologists to engage with their patients, according to a presentation at the Cardiometabolic Health Congress.

The social media landscape is changing constantly and influencing all realms of society — and health care is no exception.

The government took a bold step in payment reform in July with the announcement of five new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation-designed payment models for physicians and dialysis providers. Ultimately, this movement away from fee-for-service payment toward value-based reimbursement is a fundamental step in the process of aligning health care providers around the holistic care for patients, especially upstream in chronic kidney disease.

Beyond Celiac, a patient advocacy group, has launched a mobile app to complement its online research database to offer users a more convenient experience and drive patient engagement.

The American Academy of Dermatology supports the collaborative development of augmented intelligence that is designed and evaluated in a manner that enables the delivery of high-quality patient care, the AAD wrote in its augmented intelligence position statement.