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There's more patient data out there than ever, but big data can create big problems.

From big data’s role in solving coming healthcare problems to Comcast’s new partnership, these stories resonated with our readers.

Why data could make the difference in providing effective, value-driven care in sub-Saharan Africa.

Some healthcare organizations leverage data to combat addiction, but the practice must expand, argues Surescripts.

Researchers found that the data they generate correlated closely with cancer-related quality of life scores.

Learning to handle issues around an aging populace and a reduced health care workforce.

How the device, created with a “hacker mentality,” analyzes resistance to vaccine-preventable conditions like measles.

On a number of patient safety and quality metrics, the agency's health centers outperformed commercial, Medicare, and Medicaid HMOs.

The apps have a greater effect when paired with clinician intervention, but the authors of a new study say that kind of defeats the purpose.

You'll never guess which Rochester, Minnesota-based network made the list.

It isn't enough to just garner hundreds of value-based recommendations: They need to be credibly disseminated and implemented.

A new study suggests the technology can lead to dramatically better clinical outcomes.

With its EHR modernization efforts in limbo, the agency's top IT boss has stepped aside.

New research showed that interruptions drastically increase a nurse's mental workload during EMR documentation.

The healthcare industry’s consolidation drag race will have a referee after all.

Original research suggests that clinicians want their organizations to better embrace tech surrounding the therapy.

Researchers analyzed language used in the subreddit r/depression to gauge the community’s long-term effects and the readability of user posts.

The vast majority of incidents involved the program being billed for a telehealth encounter that did not originate in a rural location.

Nearly everyone extols the need to bust data silos. Meet the man who’s doing it.

ODH will provide the healthcare expertise. Princeton will supply the “math power.” Those are Adam Johnson’s words, not ours.

Neighborhoods nationwide are facing new shocks ranging from spiking suicide rates to surging populations. Health systems can manage these swings with high-tech tools.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Johnstown, Pennsylvania, have unique and complex demographic situations that can complicate healthcare.

"Promoting and protecting public health requires FDA to adopt policies to ensure regulation serves as bridge to innovation, not a barrier to it," he tweeted.

The system, granted expedited review by the agency in February, can now be used by primary care doctors.

Insurers participating in the federal exchanges grumbled to the Government Accountability Office about the problem.