A decade-long grassroots movement aims to deinstitutionalize nursing home (NH) environments
and individualize care. Coined “NH Culture Change” the movement is often described …

Long-term care resources would be allocated more cost-effectively if care planning and
medical/functional eligibility decisions were grounded more firmly in extant evidence regarding …

The literature about the effect of telemedicine on doctor-patient communication was reviewed.
A total of 38 studies were identified: six were surveys of provider and community attitudes; …

The influence of telemedicine on the nature and content of doctor–patient communication
stems from both its technical and its interpersonal aspects. While the technical aspects are …

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the lives of people throughout the world, either
directly, due to exposure to the virus, or indirectly, due to measures taken to mitigate the virus’ …

Objectives. We analyzed the content and characteristics of influential health blogs and
bloggers to provide a more thorough understanding of the health blogosphere than was …

BACKGROUND: Second-generation antipsychotics have largely replaced first-generation
antipsychotics for the treatment of schizophrenia, but a large-scale cost/effectiveness analysis …

Despite the great promise that telehealth holds for improving cost, quality and access, there
is currently a disjunction between what we know about telehealth and system growth and …

Purpose of the Study: Approximately 20% of older adults are diagnosed with depression in
the United States. Extant research suggests that engagement in religious activity, or religiosity…

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants can alleviate some of the primary care shortage
facing the United States, but their scope-of-practice is limited by state regulation. This study …