California lawmakers are pushing for stronger protections for detained immigrants in hospitals. Two bills in the state Senate ...

From a distance, the system seems coherent. Up close, it becomes clear that the system depends on individuals taking on more ...

In emergency medicine, decisions are made in seconds; however, the systems that support those decisions take decades to build ...

Specialized young-adult oncology programs are expanding to address life-stage vulnerabilities, including childcare, education, early-career instability, and limited financial reserves relative to ...

In this Double Take video from the New England Journal of Medicine, Drs. Pound and Ganguli discuss the importance and benefits of a comprehensive patient-centered approach to treating older patients.

Amanda Millman knows who to call when someone receives a breast cancer diagnosis and needs an appointment as soon as possible. She also knows how to cut through the long wait times to see a specialist ...

Artificial intelligence is already streamlining the paperwork side of healthcare. Now it’s seeping into patient care, too. Startup Doctronic, which has just raised $40 million in new venture capital, ...

Jefferson Health in Philadelphia launched a virtual primary care program in late 2024 to address one of healthcare’s biggest access challenges: a shortage of primary care appointments. Less than two ...

Communication gaps, preventable delays and limited support place significant responsibility on patients on the rare disease journey, a new survey finds. The survey (PDF) was conducted by PANTHERx Rare ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Care partners may experience more or different burdens near the end of a patient’s life. Clinicians can support ...

Yeseñia Sandoval is a biochemistry major with a minor in biotechnology and she is a 2024-25 health care ethics intern at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University. Views are her ...

AI nurses are no longer a futuristic concept. They’re being tested out and deployed in medical care settings around the world. “Some hospitals have already introduced AI nurse robots, companion robots ...