The Pip Care app, developed by a company spun out of the Pittsburgh-based health system, improves care management for patients before and after surgery. Three UPMC hospitals will be testing out a new ...

Health care apps like MyChart, mySugr, GoodRx, and Smoke Free can enhance patient care through accessibility, convenience, and engagement, but further discussion is warranted on the optimal use of ...

Digital health apps and services for health issues related to pregnancy, fertility, and conception have been available for years now. Even way back in early 2009 when we conducted our very first ...

Make way for digital health. Smart watches and health apps aren't just for fitness enthusiasts and people with access to advanced care—the World Health Organization (WHO) is looking to these and other ...

Receiving a diagnosis for a chronic illness or a life-altering, life-limiting condition can feel like having the wind knocked out of you. Unfortunately, many of us have been there. As a patient, you ...

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.

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a leading cause of emergency hospital admissions and readmissions in the U.S. Early interventions for worsening COPD symptoms help shorten their duration and ...

The number of digital health apps stands at 337,000, with disease-specific apps growing in number and their focus expanding beyond mental health and chronic diseases. This finding comes from IQVIA’s ...

More than 350,000 health or medical apps are available on the Apple Store and Google Play, according to a new report from the IQVIA Institute for Human Data Science. Below are the seven categories ...

Kaveladze is a National Institute of Mental Health postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies and the Lab for Scalable Mental Health at Northwestern University I ...

Earlier today, Apple announced plans for its next health study that aims to connect information collected by wearables with all major types of wellness markers. The idea is to build atop the massive ...

Mario Aguilar covers technology in health care, including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, wearable devices, telehealth, and digital therapeutics. His stories explore how tech is changing the ...