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More than 80% of the 140,335 affected patients had their information exposed in unauthorized access or disclosure incidents.

Harvard University researchers said their findings could help improve wearable robotic devices.

The Boston-based startup and the pharma giant will work on clinically-validated digital interventions for MS and schizophrenia.

Healthy Ventures invested $1.8 million in a clinical trial recruitment firm founded by healthcare outsiders. One of the fund's founders told HCA News why.

But healthcare is among the hardest hit by extortion and data weaponization, according to a new report from the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike.

Researchers at UChicago liken an influenza outbreak to a wildfire, and say that social connectivity is the wind that stokes it.

The gene-editing start-up doesn’t demand licensing fees and royalties from academic and commercial researchers.

"An epidemic of this magnitude requires us to address all aspects of the problem."

A genetic variant might be associated with opioid addiction. But it can’t yet predict outcomes for individual patients.

No one knows who is behind the hacker collective, but hospitals must be prepared to fight these self-described “savage creatures.”

Spending on healthcare data and analytics is rising significantly, according to a recent survey. What factors are pushing the trend?

The company says the new system is “designed for the post-Meaningful Use era.”

Patients and physicians are more receptive to wearables than ever, but the industry's old guard have continued to see their share of the market slide.

A team of researchers from Harvard and Brigham and Women's says that their new methodology will be made freely available to other researchers.

From tech and psychedelics to virtual reality and hacks against the opioid crisis, the subjects of these sessions have drawn the interest of South by Southwest organizers.

Economic development officials believe that if Cleveland can grow its health technology sector, it will also get the opportunity to combat health disparities.

The practice seems like it’s ripe for data and analytics, and that’s true—to an extent.

EHR adoption has come a long way, but how can healthcare leverage the resultant trove of data?

The leading artificial intelligence firm will have more room to work with.

The agency continued its march towards tech-savviness by announcing a partnership with AI firm DeepMind.

In a study at Johns Hopkins, the Corrie app produced impressive results. As always, however, accessibility remains a question for digital interventions.

The NIH thinks this machine learning tool could cut the costs of caring for chronic wounds.

The second part of our exclusive study looks at why doctors recommend wearables to their patients–and why some don’t.

Highmark Inc. wants to leverage claims data to identify and intervene with patients at risk of opioid dependence.

The newly-announced Bella system uses gaze-based VR, which allows patients to ditch the controller and simply look around.

Patients, physicians, regulators, manufacturers, and professional societies must make informed decisions based on new threats.

The story broke just a day after we published a sweeping feature on Sangamo’s fledgling gene-editing empire.

The move is meant to encourage publically-traded companies—like some healthcare services companies that were recently hit—to be more transparent about breaches and vulnerabilities.