Hospitals and Healthcare

A growing body of research literature shows that physician burnout and depression are linked to medical errors and depersonalized care.

We have lots of data about hospital safety, but it's not used to make us safer or more comfortable when we're admitted.

A new productivity report has suggested automated dispensing machines could replace pharmacists.

Many of the spaces used to treat people with mental illness are inappropriate, argues a University of Melbourne expert.

The University of Melbourne's Policy Shop considers the history of the NDIS and how the rollout is going so far, with former chair of the NDIA Bruce Bonyhady.

Apple, Google, Microsoft and other giants are accelerating their efforts to remake health care with new tracking apps, sensors and other tools.

The New York Proton Center uses an advanced treatment that requires a lot of space for its particle accelerator to do its work.

A wave of new medical accessories are connecting to the Apple Watch so that people can manage their health from their wrist. It’s a leap forward in the utility of wearable devices.

Surviving a painful, near-fatal illness should have made me intensely grateful for ordinary life. It didn’t.

You probably know you need a flu shot every flu season, but here’s why — and why it’s so important.

Overstretched paramedic educators are struggling to support front-line staff.

Since the summer of 2016, Cussen has spent 70 days in hospitals while being treated for leukemia. In November, he became the first inpatient at the newly opened Jacobs Medical Center at UC San Diego Health. Besides the floor-to-ceiling windows in all patient rooms, the new medical center allows patients to employ a combination of technologies not found at other California hospitals, moving inpatient care to a new level.

When a person has a serious illness, palliative care aims to improve that person's quality of life.

Stillbirth deeply and profoundly affects parents and families. Here are five actions in response to this hidden tragedy.

Evidence-based medical care needs evidence-based design.

In 2016, doctors’ identities were decrypted in Australian medical records. Now, a University of Melbourne team finds patients’ records can also be re-identified

People understand different things by this term, and the arguments don’t divide along predictable partisan lines, either.

Improving the quality of health care will save money. Right?

Nurses and home-care aides at Libertana Home Health Care have been experimenting by using Alexa with some elderly clients.