Through automation, Ardent Health has increased inpatient vital sign collection from four times per day to 1,440 times per day. Automating the collection of inpatient vital signs has improved the ...

Chris Fernandez is the co-founder and CEO of EnsoData, a company using AI to more accurately diagnose health conditions. If we take the three-legged stool model, popular with financial planners to ...

When we consider physical health, metrics that come to mind include blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature, among others. These metrics are considered “vital signs” because they offer clear ...

It may be time to add a fifth “vital sign” when physicians and other clinicians evaluate patients: their travel history. Asking about travel history when evaluating patients could help to prevent the ...

Non-contact vital sign monitoring using radar technology has emerged as a promising approach to overcome the limitations of conventional, wearable sensors. By utilising electromagnetic waves to ...

For almost 20 years, Kristi Artz, MD, witnessed the staggering toll of diet-related disease on the patients in her emergency room (ER). Every day, Artz's ER became ground zero for patients with the ...

To submit a legal/professional nursing question for future consideration, write to the editor at [email protected] (Include "Ask the Expert" in subject line.) One evening, my 92-year-old patient was ...