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Critics argue precision medicine is too expensive or burdensome. But it will likely improve care and everyday medical practice.

Doctor.com's lead investor called the post-merger company could offer "the first truly holistic offering in a market plagued by fragmented solutions.”

In a groundbreaking study, researchers found that high-definition brain modeling, backed by machine learning technology, can beat out traditional models in evaluating potential therapies.

State-level privacy policies have a substantial impact on incidence of genetic testing, according to a new study.

Plenty of research has explored whether social media makes people more anxious. A team from the University of Mississippi sought to find out if Facebook could do the opposite.

Affordable care organizations and the value-based care push present healthcare systems with both opportunities and tensions.

Hackensack Sleep and Pulmonary Center did not pay the ransom, and it was able to recover its health records from an offline backup.

The merger will bring care population health management of over 700,000 patients under the same roof.

Retail pharmacies are increasingly looking stay competitive by offering healthcare services like consultation via telehealth.

“Imagine the benefits of a more efficient and transparent pathway,” the FDA Commissioner wrote in a new blog post.

"Emojis are a near universal, popular form of communication, understandable by diverse populations, including those with low health literacy.”

10% of hospitals will take steps towards becoming smart hospitals by 2025.

Through her national listening tour, Seema Verma has also found that regulatory burden is impeding care.

"An EMR company could slap something together, or a group could build their own, and it was enough to get by. We got stuck with these bad solutions.”

And officials say it will spend $10 billion more moving its EHRs to Cerner.

Hospital rating nonproft calls Saint Anthony’s complaint an “eleventh-hour gambit to turn back the clock on a disappointing safety grade.”

The new clearance will allow the device to be worn for the full length of the average hospital stay.

“We need to transform our clinics into research labs. We need high-value data from every single patient visit.”

“We recognize that our regulations play a crucial role in the efficient development of such technologies,” Commissioner Gottlieb wrote in a statement.

Costco co-founder Jeffrey Brotman died in August, but friend says the new institute will be a lasting treatment to his generosity.

“The vast majority of health technology out there is not, by any measure, healthcare technology.”

"We need real-time data...and unless we are looking at that non-fatal overdose day, we won’t bring down fatalities."

An enterprise master patient index can help a health organizations better understand their populations, but they may want some help in setting one up.

The platform is burning. Those health systems that see that and create strategies to get the data and insights that they need are going to be the winners.

With lawsuits and data breaches a constant threat, providers need to comply with regulations while staying safe from liability.

And they highlighted the promise of real-world data and machine learning to answer tough clinical questions.

Taking a holistic view of a patient population can help deliver more personalized care and a preventive approach to reducing healthcare costs.

Company claims predictive algorithms can show a vaccine's efficacy in a given region in under 2 minutes.

Why wearable fitness trackers hold great potential to prompt positive behaviors.

The agency will give up to 25 small teams access to extensive federal, state, and local data. Winning teams will receive a $10,000 prize.