Digital Health: Transformative Tech or Unfulfilled Potential?
Can digital health really make people healthier? We asked Linda Park, PhD ’13, NP, who studies how providers can best use digital health tools to boost patient outcomes.
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For Type 1 Diabetes Distress, Focus First on Managing Emotions
Diabetes distress, the fears, worries and burdens associated with living with and managing diabetes, affects up to 75% of adults with Type 1 diabetes. The most effective way to reduce diabetes and improve glucose control is to focus on managing the emotional strain of living with the condition.
How – and Why – to Reset Your Kids’ Screen Use for Summer
Recent research on screen use in children and teenagers examined the effects of screen time on sleep, nutrition, body mass index (BMI) and step count.
Great News, Parents: You Do Have Power Over Your Tweens’ Screen Use
For tweens, restricting screens in bedrooms and at mealtimes and modeling healthy practices at home are parenting practices that work best to curb screen time and addictive screen behavior:
Emergency Department Packed to the Gills? Someday, AI May Help
With further validation and clinical trials, the use of artificial intelligence in emergency departments could one day help prioritize patients based on the urgency of their treatment, and help with triage in emergency care.
App May Pave Way to Treatments for No. 1 Dementia in Under-60s
A smartphone app could enable greater participation in clinical trials for people with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a devastating neurological disorder that often manifests in mid-life.
Telehealth is as Safe as a Visit to the Clinic for Abortion Pills
Medication abortion can be delivered safely and effectively through telemedicine, according to new research that comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is about to hear a case that could severely restrict access to one of the two pills that are used to induce abortions.
Artificial Intelligence: A Revolution for Health Care?
Could AI make nurses’ jobs – and our health care – better? Kay Burke, MBA, RN, who helps UCSF Health improve its digital tools, weighs in.
How Artificial Intelligence Could Transform Health Care
Bob Wachter comments on the potential of new generative artificial intelligence tools to transform the health care environment in a way previous technologies could not.
Poor Night’s Sleep Can Trigger Atrial Fibrillation the Next Day
A bad night of sleep was associated with a 15% greater risk of having an atrial fibrillation (A-Fib) episode the following day, along with conditions like blood clots, heart failure, stroke and other heart-related problems.
UCSF Health Earns 9th Consecutive ‘Most Wired’ Hospital Award
UCSF Health was named among the nation’s “Most Wired” hospitals, an award that recognizes UCSF Health’s commitment to being on the cutting edge of digital health and health information technology.
An AirPod-Sized Wearable That Can Relieve Kids’ Gut Pain
A small device placed behind the ear targets the nervous system to help reduce pain and provide relief for kids with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Telecare Cuts Costs, Boosts Quality of Life for Dementia Patients
A UCSF telecare program improves outcomes for patients with dementia and lightens the load for unpaid caregivers while cutting Medicare costs.
New Concussion Headset Shows When it’s Safe to Return to Play
A new digital headset designed to measure alterations in brain function could change decisions about how quickly an athlete is ready to return to play after a concussion.
