Medicine & Technology

Researchers at Northwestern University and Shirley Ryan AbilityLab in Chicago have developed a novel wearable device and are creating a set of data algorithms specifically tailored to ...

Patients say doctors and insurers are charging them upfront for video appointments and phone calls, not just copays but sometimes the entire cost of the visit, even if it’s covered by insurance.

As hospitals are overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients and staff are stretched to their limits, electronic medical record (EMR) documentation may suffer as a result of rushed, less detailed and error-prone entries. In the current medical malpractice climate, it is very important to maintain an accurate chart.

Contact tracing starts with a call to someone who has tested positive for the coronavirus, and then follow-up with everyone that person was in close contact with — family, friends, colleagues or others they got closer than 6 feet from for more than a brief encounter.

“Amazon Echo”by adambowie is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Now that it’s upending the way you play music, cook, shop, hear the news and check ...

By Jocelyn Wiener Rachael Norman needed to submit a pile of out-of-network medical bills to her insurance company for reimbursement. Short on time, she started searching ...

By Natalie Jacewicz It was 1:30 a.m., and Anna was trying to keep her mind off her ex-boyfriend, with whom she had ended a painful ...

Chest pain patients in the emergency department whose attending emergency physicians received lab results delivered direct to their smartphones spent about 26 minutes less waiting ...

By Emily Kopp Attendees at the American Diabetes Association’s Scientific Sessions in San Diego this year — many of them young researchers who are active ...

Some parents use mobile phones and tablets to calm young children with behavioral problems, a new study finds. “We know that parents of babies and ...