Daily 20-minute walk in the outdoors among nature dramatically lowers stress levels and boosts wellbeing, study finds Regular walk could cut levels of stress hormone, cortisol, by about 10 per cent Research project was led by Dr MaryCarol Hunter, of the University of Michigan She said: ‘Getting out of an office block and sitting next… Read More: Daily 20-minute walk in the outdoors among nature cuts stress »
Healthgrades, an online resource for information on physicians and hospitals, debuted an enterprise-level customer data platform (CDP) built for health systems. The platform is designed to help bridge the gap between siloed data sources in healthcare, connecting internal and external data hubs surrounding hospital systems to create a more comprehensive patient profile. WHY IT MATTERS The… Read More: Healthgrades launches customer data platform for healthcare »
Dive Brief: The average healthcare cost burden for families increased from 28% to 30% of income nationally between 2010 and 2016, according to a new Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics and United States of Care report on employer-sponsored health insurance. That includes premiums of nearly $ 18,000 on average. However, the percentage varies depending on… Read More: Premium rates increasing faster than incomes for most in US »
Nurses have significantly higher satisfaction rates in working with electronic health records systems than physicians, according to a just-released research study. The report, by Orem, Utah-based KLAS Research, says that two-thirds of nurses are happy with the EHR their organization uses, 20 percent are frustrated, and about 18 percent are indifferent. The KLAS report seeks… Read More: KLAS study finds nurses more likely to be happy with… »