Anthem has announced its exiting the Affordable Care Act exchange in all but one Ohio county, citing the uncertainty over whether the Trump administration will continue to pay cost-sharing reduction subsidies to insurers.

The combination of precision medicine and information technology (IT) has the potential to improve patient outcomes. But many healthcare organizations are slow to pursue integration. A recently released report, “2017 Precision Medicine Study," from Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) outlines how healthcare organizations view the expansion and improvement of IT with precision medicine.

In innovative technique, combining a new hydrogel material with blood vessel growth protein, could increase transplantation success rates with insulin-producing islet cells in patients with type 1 diabetes. Findings are published in the latest issue of Science Advances.

When it comes to type A aortic dissection, cardiac surgeons have increasingly opted to perform more complex operations to reduce complications and improve postoperative care. A study, published online June 6 in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, examined cardiac surgeries from 2003 to 2015 to examine the association between a procedure’s complexity and risks faced by the patient.

When a child falls ill, receiving the right emergency care at the right time is crucial for recovery. Unfortunately, specialized pediatric emergency rooms can be far away, further delaying diagnosis and treatment in a time of need. To ensure children receive the urgent care they need, regardless of location, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) now offers emergency pediatric telemedicine, connecting patients to physicians on its Somerset campus with pediatric emergency medicine at the Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital (BMSCH) at RWJUH in New Brunswick through a secure, remote network.

Researchers have developed a wearable patch to diagnose obstructive sleep apnea at all severity levels. Researchers, who published findings in Sleep, aimed to create a cost-effective, lightweight wearable to monitor patients without disrupting sleep patterns.

A memory game could be an effective treatment for patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). Developed by researchers at Mount Sinai, the Emotional Faces Memory Task (EFMT) program and mobile application was able to significantly reduce MDD symptoms.

The American Medical Association (AMA) and West Monroe Partners today announced that the AMA has received a 2017 Gold Trumpet Award in the category of Internal Communications-Employee.