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Patients with glaucoma can use this drug-dispensing contact lens, which was even found to be more effective than the current treatment method of eye drops, to deliver medication gradually to the eye.

The study authors aim to support a potential strategy to improve patient flow through nurse-initiated protocols, diagnostics, or treatments implemented by nurses before patients are treated by a physician or nurse practitioner.

"What this company is about is much more than a single product or even a series of products that could provide a little bit of an impact, but really to generate a movement," said company founder. 

The digitized pill looks just like a regular pill, but it carries a tiny sensor about the size of a grain of sand.

At the end of the search, the goal is for patients to feel confident enough in the financial and quality aspects of the provider to book an online appointment through the portal.

Humber River Hospital, located in Toronto, has become North America's first all-digital hospital.

Of 4,400 hospitals surveyed nationwide, UCLA Medical Center, UCSF Health and Stanford Health Care came in 4th, 7th and 14th place.

The hospital’s garden initiative started 5 years ago and has since expanded to 2,200 square feet, producing 1,300 pounds of organic produce per year.

Their volunteer efforts and interactions benefit not only the hospital patients and staff, but the DPR employees themselves, by providing a personal insight into the impact the end results their construction work will have on the hospital.

The company’s 13,000 employees deliver care such as, home-based recovery and rehabilitation after an injury or surgery, care for patients help manage a chronic disease, palliative care for patients with a terminal illness, or hospice care at the end of life.