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The life science research organization will use its wearable, Study Watch, to work with UNC and Harvard on the expansive mental health study.

The University of Aberdeen has received nearly $10 million to use AI to determine the human behaviors that lead to attacks, and how to modify them.

“All of the goodwill that’s been accumulated when we have the patient in our care, that’s thrown out the window because we haven’t maintained the patient experience in the financial relationship we have with the patient.”

In the face of mosquito-borne threats like Zika, Microsoft joins other tech firms in trying to combat the flying vectors.

"Two years ago people were still saying 'well, let’s see what happens to these programs.' Now, everyone is saying that it isn’t a question of 'if', it’s 'at what pace?'"

The announcement continues a trend of technology companies, app makers, and glucose monitor makers pairing up to create integrated care systems.

"Sometimes serendipity smiles." Dr. Drouin, in the first part of our interview, spoke to the needs his company aims to fill, the pursuit of value-based care, and the process of leaving a career and getting a startup off the ground.

The company is expanding its digital health platform in partnership with IBM Watson Health.

“Big data is not just about big numbers, but also the patterns that can explain important health trends,” says the NIH's Grace Peng. A new Stanford study used some huge data to track obesity.

Value-based care is not necessarily cheap. A new MIT study finds that hospitals more reliant on outpatient nursing facilities often yield higher mortality rates.

Wearables just might not have the appeal and sustainability once thought, if the fall of one of the market’s earliest stars is any indication. Today, it was reported that Jawbone was liquidating itself.

In published documents and a detailed blog post from its Commissioner, the FDA made public its plans for using data modelling to improve regulatory trials.

Many healthcare product companies continue to downplay the potential impact that investments in data analytics could have on their business.

Electronic health records are the equivalent of “texting at the dinner table.” That opinion was common among a group of physicians studied by Brown University researchers.

Keeping young patients with long-term health concerns engaged via text, email, and phone calls might improve outcomes and reduce healthcare costs down the road. On that road, however, there are plenty of challenges to consider.

The company's DeepMind subsidiary and the UK's Royal Free health system may not have done enough to inform patients their data was in use. The two are working to develop an alert application to analyze risk of kidney disease.

The UN has released its annual report on global cybersecurity. The report aims to measure which countries are most committed to making the web more secure, scoring countries according to five pillars: technical, organizational, legal, cooperation and growth potential.

The FDA first authorized the use of Dignicap in April to thwart chemo-related hair loss in patients undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer. The agency has now expanded the cap’s use to include patients with all types of solid tumors. The device circulates cool liquid to minimize the effects of chemo drugs on hair follicles.

The acquisition positions Roche to enhance interoperability and integration with its Accu-Chek line of blood glucose monitors.

"Whether such artificial-intelligence systems are ‘smarter’ than human practitioners makes for a stimulating debate—but is largely irrelevant," they write.

The recent attack ravaged everything from Maersk to Merck. It also impacted small health systems in the US, whether it meant to or not.

Using the same exploit as WannaCry, a new attack is ravaging computer systems worldwide.

“With telemedicine, distance is no longer an impediment to receiving health care services from anywhere in Pennsylvania or across the country,” says State Senator Elder Vogel.

Experts compare existing paging methods within hospitals to "paved cowpaths."

Morris Panner spoke to HCA News about the interoperability landscape and his company's change from DICOM Grid to Ambra Health.

Morris Panner, CEO of Ambra Health, gave a detailed interview on interoperability, artificial intelligence, value-based care, and the business of running a health tech company.

Oscar Insurance, co-founded by Jared Kushner's brother, announced expansion the day before details of GOP health bill emerged.

Two years after the ResearchKit launch, studies using the platform seem to suffer from the same issues it was meant to address.

The company's name will now appear on Withings smart scales and wearables. The devices and the app combine to form an "ecosystem" that Nokia hopes will provide "a 360-degree view of their well-being."

Can drug manufacturers use colossal swaths of data to deliver new pharmaceuticals more efficiently and cost-effectively? And if so, will those savings some day make their way to the patients?