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A new study out of the Mayo Clinic is a case for caution against the Yelp-ifying of healthcare.

Brainomix's platform analyzes CT scans to diagnose stroke. The FDA just set a regulatory precedent for similar technology.

"We are judged on a misaligned incentive of publishing a paper, but not on ensuring that our methodology is being used," Malaz Boustani, MD, says.

"It's just coming at us fast and furious, with CVS and Aetna, Cigna and Express Scripts, and maybe this," the President of American Antitrust Institute said.

Ridesharing companies just can't resist the healthcare honeypot.

The tone of the former VA Secretary's new op-ed casts a dramatic light on a speech he gave just 10 days ago in Philadelphia.

Usability issues and variations in implementation create fears of unnecessary patient harm.

The President tweeted that he was nominating Admiral Ronny L. Jackson to head the agency without formally announcing that Shulkin had been fired.

He can’t confirm or deny whether he’s a robot, but he emphasized public health and said this was a "defining moment" for new technologies.

According to 2 clinicians, docs today face "maddening" alerts and a "Sisyphean" inbox. They offer 5 suggestions for how that can be fixed.

A new smartwatch/atrial fibrillation study showed some encouraging results, but it came with some sizable asterisks.

Jefferson College of Population Health Dean David Nash, MD, explains the facts and why they matter.

This year’s meeting focused heavily on the need for grassroots efforts to improve health in communities.

The public health community ignores 3 important questions, according to the Dean of the College of Population Health.

Average lifespan in the West Side is 69 years. “That was the lifespan in the 1950s,” according to Darlene Oliver Hightower. “That’s the lifespan in Iraq.”

"Where do you think most of the health issues are? We have to first acknowledge that it, in fact, occurred.”

It wants the communities it serves to be 20% healthier by 2020.

At the Population Health Colloquium, the Dean of Jefferson College of Population Health had 11 trends to watch...and 1 big brag.

Unintentional bias and data privacy often steer the conversation. Profiteering, intentional bias, and the possibility of machine dependence don’t.

At HIMSS 2018, we spoke with venture capitalist Anya Scheiss and healthtech startup exec David Levin, MD, whose company Scheiss helped get off the ground.

Augmented reality could become a valuable teaching tool for the next generation of surgeons.

40 people die every day as a result of overdose from prescription opioids. Here's how can the health IT community can help curb overdose and abuse.

How can healthcare leverage technologies and social networking to care for veterans in need?

Why the tech titan isn’t merely exploring a new space—it’s entering the care continuum.

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