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By Leontina Postelnicu | 03:11 pm | April 26, 2018
Scotland's new digital health and care strategy, published 25 April, sets out a series of commitments to drive the development of the infrastructure needed to empower citizens to take control of their health and wellbeing and improve service delivery.
By Dave Muoio | 02:53 pm | April 26, 2018
Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison have detailed a wearable device that can better measure muscle-tendon tension during certain activities, such as walking or running.
By Jonah Comstock | 12:34 pm | April 26, 2018
This Saturday, the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) will host its third National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.
By Laura Lovett | 12:10 pm | April 26, 2018
This morning healthcare AI company Qure.
By Dave Muoio | 05:07 pm | April 25, 2018
A study published yesterday in JAMA found that, compared to normal care, a home-based exercise program employing wearables and telephone coaching did not help patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) improve their walking performance over a nine-month period.
By Laura Lovett | 04:56 pm | April 25, 2018
The name Nvidia usually creates a synapse to the video game industry — or more recently the self-driving car business.
By Jonah Comstock | 04:39 pm | April 25, 2018
Telemedicine company American Well and health technology company Royal Philips anounced back in January that they would partner to integrate American Well's virtual care capabilites into Philips' consumer and professional digital health products.
By Jonah Comstock | 03:38 pm | April 25, 2018
Researchers at Washington State University have invented a new smartphone-based portable hardware and software platform for detecting 12 common viral and bacterial infections.
By Dave Muoio | 02:52 pm | April 25, 2018
An analysis of Doctor On Demand administrative data conducted by the RAND Corporation suggests that patients turning to direct-to-consumer telemedicine services in the days following natural disasters such as hurricanes are most often seeking routine care and guidance, as opposed to treatment for new issues prompted by the storms.
By Laura Lovett | 02:13 pm | April 25, 2018
Like almost any field in the healthcare industry pharma wants to get in on the latest technology trends.