For years, doctors have been told to look at the patient — not the computer — when providing medical care. What we haven’t been told is what to do when there’s only a computer. Telemedicine is perhaps the most rapidly evolving area in health care.
Comcast is teaming up with one of the nation's largest Blue Cross health insurers, Independence Health Group, to launch a new consumer-oriented health-care technology platform.
It's not easy getting old, particularly if you're unable to drive. How do you get to medical appointments if a family member isn't available to help? Well, Ford has a solution that might help your nana when she's got to get to the doctor's office, and it's called GoRide...
Got a cold? Fever? Think you need to see a doctor but don’t want to go to emergency care or the hospital? UNC Health Care is offering a new service that will connect you virtually to a real doctor any time in North Carolina for $49 or less. Yes, the doctor is always “in...
For the first time, a treatment that boosts the immune system greatly improved survival in people newly diagnosed with the most common form of lung cancer. It's the biggest win so far for immunotherapy, which has had much of its success until now in less common cancers...
Apple recently launched an effort to simplify the complicated world of medical records, and a Lancaster County health system is among the first in the nation to participate. Patients of Lancaster General Health/Penn Medicine who have iPhones can now use Apple’s Health...
There are several established healthcare companies and startups in the Femtech space, which use disruptive technology including artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, and the Internet of Things to develop interactive digital health applications for women’s...
Shawntrel Dyess remembers the phone call that changed everything. "It was December 3rd, I will never forget that call, ever." Dyess says. "I was here in Georgia."
Henry Ford Health System said Monday it has received a “tranformational” gift of $20 million that could make Detroit an epicenter of pancreatic cancer research across the world.
The story highlights how America's drug development system can turn an old drug into a new one that treats relatively few - but often very desperate - patients.
