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.

The prevalence of malnutrition in hospitals is high. No nutritional screening tool is considered the gold standard for identifying nutritional risk. The aims of this study were to evaluate nutritional ...

Current cardiac screening tools used to prevent heart attacks fail to identify nearly half of the people who are actually at risk of having one, according to a new study led by Mount Sinai researchers ...

Northwell Health has introduced a firearm safety screening tool that was integrated into Epic’s electronic health record ...

Frailty and vulnerability screening tools used in emergency departments (EDs) had high sensitivity but low specificity for predicting adverse outcomes among older adults, limiting their standalone ...

The aim of the study was to compare the Glasgow Nutritional Screening Tool with the Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool (MUST) recently recommended for use by the British Association for Parenteral ...

Despite major advances in neonatal care, the United States still has no universal screening protocol for cerebral palsy, delaying diagnosis for many infants. Cerebral Palsy Guide examines the ...

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 ...

The issue of cognitive testing of older adults has received considerable attention since President Trump disclosed his own results ("Person, man, woman, camera, TV"). The test he was given, the ...