Wearable health care devices—such as glucose monitors, ultrasound patches and blood-pressure monitors—can be invaluable for keeping patients safe. A new study from the University of Chicago and ...

Using electronic reminder systems may help reduce cancellation rates and cut patient wait times by almost a week, according to a Feb. 15 study on Department of Veterans Affairs clinics. The study, ...

Consumer electronics giant Samsung Electronics announced that it has concluded its acquisition of Xealth, a digital health prescription platform that helps doctors prescribe digital health apps.

With the passage of the HITECH Act in 2009, the Department of Health and Human Services successfully pushed the medical community to adopt electronic health records. Leading that effort was the Office ...

Engaging Patients, Oncologists, and Primary Care Clinicians in the Care of Cancer Survivors: A Coordinated Care Model With System-Level Technology to Move the Outcomes Needle Electronic health records ...

Apple's health data-sharing feature is now live in the latest version of iOS, allowing some users to give their clinicians information from their phone's Health app via their electronic health records ...

Maintaining a patient's medical history on paper can be tedious and labor intensive for healthcare professionals, and with today's consumers wanting quick access to their health data and information ...

In the last decade, the dark side of electronic health records (EHR) systems has received the most attention: how their complexity and time-consuming demands have added to physicians’ and nurses’ ...

Verana Health, a company focused on collecting and organizing troves of medical data, announced a $150 million Series E funding round on Friday. This round comes as the company sets its sights on new ...

Best Buy in the past year has made $1 billion in health care related acquisitions targeting seniors. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Best Buy is known as the largest U.S. specialty electronics ...