A Philadelphia-based research team has developed a screening tool that can quantify an individual's digital health readiness, that is, their ability to use digital health tools and comfort level.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The screening tool is brief, taking only 3 to 4 minutes to complete. An expert said the tool allows clinicians ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Three screening tools had area under the curve values indicating high agreement for nicotine, alcohol and ...

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has unveiled a new scientifically validated online screening tool that can help providers uncover patients' problem substance use. The Tobacco, Alcohol, ...

A new study by researchers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and University College London (UCL) found that commonly used tuberculosis (TB) screening methods may miss a substantial proportion of ...

In order to address the social factors impacting patient well-being, healthcare organizations foremost need validated social determinants of health screening tools to uncover those social needs. SDOH ...

A new smartphone face-screening tool could help paramedics to identify stroke in seconds -- much sooner and more accurately than is possible with current technologies. Strokes, which affect millions ...

Two out of the four internationally-recommended screening tools used by emergency medical services are inadequate for recognizing sepsis, according to new research presented at the European Emergency ...

Suicide is the second leading cause of death among children aged 10 to 14 in the U.S. That’s evidence of a systemic failure in identifying and addressing mental health concerns in young people.

Covenant House New Jersey (CHNJ) is an organization that provides sanctuary and support to homeless youth—more than 1,000 a year. Six years ago, Julia Einbond and colleagues at CHNJ realized they had ...