Amazon has launched a medical transcription service for clinical documentation, allowing doctors to transcribe conversations with patients into electronic health records.

The new machine learning…

Time named 100 of the best inventions in 2019, with several healthcare innovations making the list.

Here are the healthcare companies and their inventions that made the 2019 cut:

Google and Ascension are offering more information about their ongoing patient data project in light of significant interest and privacy concerns.

The recent revelation of the partnership, called…

The United States is expected to experience a massive shortage of psychiatrists within the next five years. According to some researchers, however, AI technology could ease some of that burden.

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An overwhelming 89% of the healthcare industry is still reliant on using fax machines as part of its communication, according to a survey from TigerConnect, a healthcare communication platform.

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Electronic health records received an 'F' rating from Yale researchers who analyzed and rated the technologies on quality and efficiency. In addition, EHRs could have a hand in causing high rates of burnout among healthcare…

Sheba Medical Center (SMC) in Israel has announced that it is working with XRHealth, a healthcare technology company specializing in virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality, to become the first fully VR-based hospital in the…

Google and Ascension, the nation’s second-largest health system, are insisting their newly revealed partnership is not secret, despite having the code name Project Nightingale.

The Wall Street…

The Health Care Cost Institute, which holds one of the largest databases about the commercially insured population and publishes data reports, has partnered with Blue Health Intelligence to bolster data and research insights.…

Google is collecting one of the biggest troves of personal data in its healthcare initiative, known as “Project Nightingale,” with detailed information of millions of Americans, according to The Wall Street Journal.…

While more policies are pushing toward increasing patient access to electronic medical records, few patients are actually using the opportunity to check out their own information, according to a study…

CMS has chosen 25 participants to advance to Stage 1 of its AI Health Outcomes Challenge, an initiative aimed at developing AI-driven healthcare predictions for providers and clinicians.

The…

Google is taking over wearables company Fitbit for an acquisition price of $2.1 billion, the companies confirmed Nov. 1.

The acquisition was explained in a…

Social media giant Facebook has announced its new Preventive Health Tool aimed at prompting users of its site to connect with healthcare services and organizations.

Facebook is partnering with U.S.…

Alphabet, parent company of Google, is reportedly in talks to acquire wearables company Fitbit and has already made an offer, Reuters reported Monday.

No acquisition price was disclosed and it is…

Mastercard, a financial services company known for its credit card offerings, is dipping a toe into the healthcare space with a product suite designed for healthcare partners.

The company is “moving…

Amazon has purchased Health Navigator, a firm that describes itself as a clinical content partner and provides technology and services to digital health companies.

The news was…

CVS Health is experimenting with drone delivery to its pharmacy customers through a new partnership with UPS subsidiary UPS Flight Forward.

The companies announced the new program, which includes…

Health services company Humana is teaming up with Microsoft in a seven-year deal to develop predictive solutions and intelligent automation through the cloud.

Specifically, Humana will leverage…

UnitedHealthcare, the nation’s largest health insurance provider, has added a telemedicine app to its offerings, giving its millions of member access to on-demand services anytime.

The…

Healthcare organizations are seeing a higher rate of cyberattacks, with more targeted email campaigns and more staff members being attacked, according to a report from Proofpoint that outlined emerging trends in cyberattacks.…