A large trial from Hong Kong suggests that a combination of wireless electrocardiograms and common smartphones may be an effective, economical way to screen large populations for AF.
Can pharma leverage data and analytics to transform healthcare?
Invitae just published a study that it says shows the necessity of looking for dupications and deletions when testing.
Learning to handle issues around an aging populace and a reduced health care workforce.
While value-based care is appealing, a lackluster support system can cause hesitance. Castell hopes to assuage concerns.
Healthcare providers can pick up save money and time in this unexpected place.
We examined the early days of health data company Carium for insights on how hospitals can choose young vendors.
Health systems must improve their financial performance and patient care.
It’s time to invest in the push toward interoperability.
“Good doctoring is pattern recognition,” Tracey Evans says, “so to have all this data here and not use it is ridiculous."
Fax machines might not be long for the world, but healthcare can still use them.
“Sometimes we realize, 'Watson got that one right and we got it wrong," one of its trainers at MSKCC said. Still, it has work to do.
3 tips to improve patient interactions in the digital age.
How 5G can improve access to care and patient outcomes.
Clinical stakeholders don’t talk to each other enough. By opening the lines of communication, healthcare can fight substance abuse.
Ultra-efficient, bright, and versatile, LEDs have changed various industries. A study recently deemed the promising new device "ready for large clinical trials."
Health systems can use these 3 tools to increase patient engagement.
EHR adoption has come a long way, but how can healthcare leverage the resultant trove of data?
A doctor and CEO explains how telemedicine can improve hospital care as the number of non-physician clinicians rises.
Digital solutions can’t solve this problem without some help from humanity.
Physicians changed their treatment decisions in 13.6% of cases thanks to Watson for Oncology.
Neighborhoods nationwide are facing new shocks ranging from spiking suicide rates to surging populations. Health systems can manage these swings with high-tech tools.
People with cancer are consumers of healthcare. Should they not get customized treatment plans?
Key opinion leaders influence important decisions in healthcare, but perhaps too little attention has been given to the ethics of this situation.
10 realities that healthcare organizations must understand about the data that fuel their technologies.
Detecting an infectious disease is almost, by definition, an after-the-fact-activity, but halting its spread is more possible than ever.
An entrepreneur explains why 2019 might be the year of telehealth.
What a patient-driven, spherical view of data means for the future of healthcare, and how to make it a reality.
There’s no time like now for rural healthcare providers to consider ways to strengthen their practices.