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When patients are treated in primary care for high blood pressure, sociodemographic factors sway the rates at which they access patient portals, investigators found. This could influence their hypertension outcomes.

Carefully checking every piece of information and proofreading for accuracy is crucial to ensure patient safety

Patients’ motivations for telehealth use require further investigation to develop appropriate policies.

The authors developed an algorithm that uses medical claims to identify patients with chronic kidney disease who are at greatest risk of being hospitalized within 90 days.

The validity of previously used register-based algorithms for capturing childhood-onset IBD has never been examined.

Background: Globally, diabetes brought an enormous burden to public health resources and the situation of disease burden caused by diabetes in China is especially severe. China is currently facing the dual threat of aging and diabetes, and wearable activity trackers could promote elderly diabetic patients’ physical activity levels and help them to manage blood glucose control. Therefore, examining the influencing factors of elderly patients’ adoption intention is critical as wearing adoption...

Department of Economics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, United States Adolescents are slowly being recognized as a generation, worldwide, that may require different policy approaches to improve staggering statistics on their failing well-being, including mental health. By providing the support to allow the next generation to achieve better mental health outcomes, they are going to be more economically successful and the future economic growth of nations can be better assured. Adopti...