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Two recent reports from the Urban Institute examined trends in the proportion of adults with medical debt, and whether such trends related to the citizens' confidence in their own financial literacy.

IBM Health and Medtronic have teamed up to create a patient-facing mobile technology with a one-on-one coaching component, to help patients better manage their diabetes while at home.

Trivalent has released a new encryption and file shredding technology, Trivalent Protect, at the HIMSS17 meeting. The new service, which works with the Windows OS, uses AES256 bit encryption and was labeled as the "next-generation" of data protection by the company.

At HIMSS 2017, Patricia Sengstack led a conversation peppered with allusions to books and films from recent memory, bringing a certain levity to the weighty and important topic of patient safety. IT can help enormously, but also create problems of its own.

​IBM has announced the next step for Watson Health: a value-based care management solution. The new system, built on the Watson supercomputing artificial intelligence backbone, will combine, analyze, and make predictions based on data in electronic health records, hospital administrative and clinical databases, claims data, and other sources.

Social media represents a huge opportunity to improve patient communication and care but comes with a variety of added risks and compliance hurdles that must be addressed.

The University of Texas Southwestern launched a comprehensive and successful Accountable Care Organization with significant savings using the help of data analytics and a series of customized dashboards and reports to elicit physician engagement and buy-in

Ransomware, which is expanding at a rapid rate, has crippled several hospital systems and hurt patient care, warranting close attention and proper steps to address these concerns.

“I think we’re agreeing, but in a way that sounds like we disagree."

John Gallagher, Senior Innovation Consultant at Simpler Consulting, offers potential complications that could doom population health efforts: "The business of care delivery must change."

The app maker announced results from a study that reinforce the potential of telehealth as a tool to help patients manage blood sugar.

With its slice of the wearable fitness monitor market negligible, Jawbone has accused Fitbit, its former competitor in the consumer space, of stealing trade secrets. A hearing is scheduled for later today.

Costs and hospitalizations both fell, according to a University of Alabama at Birmingham Report.

“We cannot communicate with other physicians,” says Ralph Nobo, MD and president of the Florida Medical Association. “Sometimes we cannot communicate with other entities, like labs or radiology services unless we pay a large monthly fee. That presents a challenge when you’re a small practice like I am and you’re trying to survive in these difficult times.”

Obese patients are more likely to die at home, with their weight often directly impacting their access to end-of-life care. Researchers surmise that health care professionals still harbor bias against such patients.

The investigators called over treatment “pervasive” and said it “leads to potential patient harms and excessive costs in health care.”

“Good doctoring is pattern recognition,” Tracey Evans says, “so to have all this data here and not use it is ridiculous."

Mr. DiCicco of GlaxoSmithKline speaks about an iPhone-based rheumatoid arthritis study combining patient-response surveys with the device's motion sensor capabilities.

It isn't just a fashion statement: it might also be a breakthrough.

The company is confident in the system, with CEO Jim Pearson saying he believes that “it will revolutionize the intracranial neurosurgical market."

Ultra-efficient, bright, and versatile, LEDs have changed various industries. A study recently deemed the promising new device "ready for large clinical trials."

One of the most challenging aspects of treating asthma is identifying the endotypes that underlie the condition.

A large trial from Hong Kong suggests that a combination of wireless electrocardiograms and common smartphones may be an effective, economical way to screen large populations for AF.

Patents had protected Teva's monopoly on 40mg glatiramer acetate injections until a court ruling yesterday seemingly left the market open for generic competition.

More consumers seem comfortable with the idea of such services, and telehealth providers may have an advocate in the new administation.

With words like “crisis” and “epidemic” increasingly murmured after “opioid,” the maker of the famous, and perhaps notorious, opioid joins the effort to curb abuse.

Dan Konzen, campus chair for the College of Information Systems and Technology at the University of Phoenix speaks on four essential aspects of security to keep in mind.

With waning domestic sales hurting producers and analysts proposing a government takeover hypothetical, two new treatments have been approved in Europe.