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The device, called the SynchroMed II myPTM, provides a substitute to oral opioids for patients with chronic pain, according to Medtronic.

New tech can improve the patient experience and outcomes only if healthcare mitigates cybersecurity risks.

The only tech additions that medicine needs right now are ones that cut out stopping points between physicians and patients.

The genomic engineering company is advancing precision medicine with support from Silicon Valley heavyweights.

Why digital therapeutics could become more significant to patients and healthcare providers.

Bose’s medical device allows users to self-adjust the levels using a smartphone, highlighting how the digital transformation is touching hearing aids.

The nation’s largest insurer has launched an investigation after staff “detected anomalous activity.”

3 stages of preparation that can help healthcare orgs prepare for the worst.

Physicians say existing EHR products are insufficient, a new survey finds.

Tech companies have a crucial supporting role in America’s healthcare system, but we face grave dangers if they take control.

The regulator issued new guidance and unveiled plans to team up with homeland security.

But the cloud could help healthcare organizations.

Health-tech KOL Janae Sharp discusses how wearables and digital health apps could be improved with the inventor of affective computing.

The boon comes at a time when regulators and established companies are placing confidence in health tech.

Cyberattacks compromised the protected health information of 79 million people.

Amazon’s purchase of PillPack made insiders wonder whether traditional pharmacies were at risk. But pharmacists are used to disruption.

Alexa for doctors, medical devices and mergers gave healthcare stakeholders plenty to discuss.

But the state Department of Human Services claims there’s no evidence that the information has been viewed or misused.

How researchers used a Fitbit to influence behavior change.

Health-tech KOL Janae Sharp talks the brain, wearables and autism and the inventor of affective computing.

The medical device manufacturer has updated the software as part of a voluntary recall to address safety risk.

Data Book tells the story of artificial heart innovator Robert Jarvik and brings on five health-tech KOLs to discuss who is responsible for advancing medicine.

The U.S. Department of Justice approved the merger between CVS Health and Aetna this week.

Natural Cycles unveiled the results of a study of 54,000 women. Here’s what it found.

The finding underscores a problem facing cancer care — and the power of a strong database.

10 realities that healthcare organizations must understand about the data that fuel their technologies.

Healthcare leaders say their strategies could place patients at risk, a new survey found.

It’s time for health systems to build on their tech foundation and strive for interoperability, analytics and engagement.