Long-time patient safety advocate Tejal Gandhi, MD, has seen the U.S. health system improve when it comes to patient safety over the past 15 to 20 years. But it's harder to nail down just how fast, ...

Just three weeks after its iPad-native EHR made news for gaining ONC-ATCB-certification, drchrono has launched an iOS app to replace paper-based patient check-in. Company execs say the OnPatient app ...

Orthopedic surgeons have the fifth-highest wait times of any specialty physician group, with an average wait time of 21 minutes—and the longer the wait time, the greater the decrease in patient ...

Like many hospitals and health systems, patient engagement and experience was a key focus area for San Diego-based Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, a division of Sharp Healthcare, especially in the ...

Announced at HIMSS25, the partnership between the New York health system and Amazon enables patients to confirm their identity in seconds. NYU Langone Health is launching a new biometric technology ...

Not only were long wait times a sign of front-desk inefficiencies at Montgomery Cardiovascular Associates (MCA) in Montgomery, Alabama, but in 2012, they were also a symptom of a revenue cycle illness ...

SEMBACH, Germany - Regional Health Command Europe is standardizing the check-in process in Military Treatment Facilities throughout Europe to enhance communication with patients and improve ...

A cancer patient who was denied dental coverage has received a $1,900 check just weeks after the I-Team first reported in October about their battle for insurance coverage. The check was recently ...

A paralysed man who could only communicate by clicking his tongue died when a nurse failed to notice that his ventilation machine had become unplugged - and then altered his records to cover her ...

Filling out paperwork is par for the course when visiting the doctor. But there may be some forms patients aren’t expected to read too closely. Chet Waldman, a partner at the law firm Wolf Popper, ...