Risk Assessment News and Resources for Healthcare

Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation Cuts Death Risk Among Veterans

March 3, 2023 - Published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, a new study found that among US military veterans hospitalized for cardiac issues, those who took part in home-based cardiac rehabilitation experienced a significantly lower chance of death within four years. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), veterans...

New mHealth Intervention Aims to Curb Smoking Among Black HIV Patients

January 09, 2023 by Mark Melchionna

Following a $1.3 million grant from the National Institute of Drug Abuse, Lorra Garey, a researcher from the University of Houston RESTORE Lab, plans to lead a research project to assess the impact of...

Smartphone Intervention Did Not Lower Relapse Risk for Bipolar Disorder

December 23, 2022 by Mark Melchionna

Published in JAMA Psychiatry, a recent study found that a smartphone-based self-management intervention for bipolar disorder patients did not significantly improve the time to relapse but did decrease...

Telehealth Strategy Tracks Health Risk Behaviors Among Cancer Patients

August 22, 2022 by Mark Melchionna

Following funding from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), a telehealth strategy known as Northwestern’s Program for Scalable Telehealth Cancer Care (STELLAR) aims to track three health risk...

Accelerated Telehealth Use During COVID-19 Raises Security Risk

September 16, 2020 by Samantha McGrail

SecurityScorecard and DarkOwl LLC recently released a report, which found that the rapid increase in telehealth use during the COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increased data footprint, leaving both...

Remote Patient Monitoring May Predict 30-Day Readmission Risk

March 17, 2020 by Sara Heath

A remote patient monitoring tool that assesses patient ambulation and mobility could be useful for predicting risk for 30-day hospital readmissions, according to new data published in JAMA Network...

AI-Powered Smartphone App Offers Coronavirus Risk Assessment

March 13, 2020 by Samantha McGrail

A smartphone app coupled with artificial intelligence and machine intelligence will increase access to at-home COVID-19 risk assessments, which will help provide health officials with real-time...