A Computer App for Heart Patients

Researchers have developed an app that helps improve heart failure patients’ quality of life and longevity, according to a clinical study. The new app, which monitors heart failure patients’ medical tests and health status and promptly notifies clinicians, was developed by a multidisciplinary team of Intermountain Healthcare medical informatics specialists, home health experts, and clinicians… Continue reading A Computer App for Heart Patients

Better Medical Communication Needed in Hospitals

Structured means of communication can help doctors, nurses and clinicians better understand each other during routines designed to evaluate patients, according to a new study. Previous studies on these routines – multidisciplinary rounds, or MDRs – have demonstrated that the daily meetings have positive effects on patient care and outcomes. MDRs involve health care personnel… Continue reading Better Medical Communication Needed in Hospitals