Virtual Care

The telehealth giant says its new acquisition will help it greatly expand offerings across the care continuum.

The cable and media giant will launch a pilot project with Independence Health to bring personalized health content and guidance to patients.

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

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.

In addition to visual acuity tests, the pharma maker's new app also asks participants to complete surveys and authorize use of their iPhone's step-counting function.

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

But a new report describes how employers can use digital health to achieve better employee health and financial outcomes.

Scientists have developed a tiny sensor that can track certain chemicals and nutrients. But the potential uses of the sensor extend beyond diet.

On this episode of Data Book: Not every doctor and health system is embracing healthcare’s tech evolution. How can medicine convince them to adapt?

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

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.

Key opinion leaders influence important decisions in healthcare, but perhaps too little attention has been given to the ethics of this situation.

Patients and physicians are excited about digital health, but an expert said both sides must trust each other.

The pharmacy chain is integrating pharmacist- and provider-facing tools to help them recommend cheaper alternatives.

A team of students at Rice University developed an app that uses visual cues to mitigate that vexing symptom.

Dr. Google runs the risk of confusing patients, but Dr. Message Board also has the potential to misinform.

Johns Hopkins University researchers developed an app that collects patient data. Better information could boost precision medicine.

“When I came home in 2005, I don’t think there were as many programs like this in existence,” Road Home Program psychologist Blake Schroedter said.

How mHealth is striving to fight surgical complications.

The first challenge of the new multi-agency MyHealthEData initiative? Getting people to a website.

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

150 million exposed accounts is far too many. It’s time for patients, tech companies, and healthcare organizations to adapt.

"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.