News

The findings could prompt advances in precision medicine, researchers said.

Users consider digital patient portals very useful for helping family members manage their care. A new study argues that access sharing should be encouraged.

Understanding how patients use opioids could be key to understanding the opioid crisis. Researchers have a new tool for tracking the pills.

In 323 cases, IBM's artificial intelligence identified additional treatment options that a panel of experts overlooked.

They also increase users’ motivation to eat healthy and exercise, according to 3 studies.

Nobody wants "cookbook medicine." Via Oncology CEO Kathleen Lokay explained why treatment pathways aren't that.

Why a new model designed to tabulate localized influenza outbreaks faces significant hurdles.

The program, DrugPredict, searches through hundreds of thousands of chemical combinations and pairs them with diseases they might be able to fight.

Compliance rates neared 100%, and the tests showed value, according to a pilot by Takeda and Cognition Kit.

The ambitious precision medicine initiative looks to sequence 1 million Americans to inform public health.

“It’s so frustrating when members of Congress who know nothing about medicine try to pass a law like this."

Michael Kolodziej, MD, is an oncological analytics veteran. He painted oncology’s approach to value as fundamentally broken, and offered ways to improve it.

Researchers in Russia said they’ve trained a computer program to detect the emotions behind a speaker’s words. That technology could help physicians better diagnose patients.

“We are at an inflection point when it comes to the reductionist design process."

The company is one of several tech players to win a Frost & Sullivan’s Best Practices Award.

People with cancer are consumers of healthcare. Should they not get customized treatment plans?

Innovators spotlight the deep roots of healthcare’s tech problem.

Despite a legal mandate that the Department of Defense incorporate telehealth services, usage rate still hovers around 1%.

The VA Secretary asked Congress to reappropriate the money quickly so that the agency could achieve interoperability with the DoD.

LeanTaaS banked on predictive analytics and machine learning in the financing round.

In addition to the approval, the agency announced that it is streamlining the review process for NGS tumor tests.

It may be a confusing time to buy health insurance, but the Georgia-based tech company says that it can solve that.

Four posters this week will tout its next-gen sequencing and analytical solutions.

“People could end up behaving in ways that they struggle to claim as their own.”

Meditech will now offer a simple, cloud-based service to critical access hospitals.

The answer depends on which component falls under scrutiny, experts said.

“I know of no other health system with such dedication to putting patients and their health first," the new Initiative's director said.

The company combines the freelance gig economy with the booming telehealth market.