When it comes to tracking steps, most wearables are relatively accurate. But when monitoring a user's heart, wearables fall behind in precision, according to researchers at the Cleveland Clinic who conducted a study testing the top heart monitoring devices for accuracy when compared to electrocardiograms.

According to the World Health Organization, 46 percent of the working population in India experiences symptoms of depression and excessive stress. Though obstacles remain in delivering mental healthcare to the population, one person has developed an online counseling service to increase access for millions of people.

Radiologist from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) have used artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to develop an application that acts as an assistant for clinicians when answering patient questions about upcoming radiologic care.

The need for changing healthcare delivery is clear, according to David Bates, MD, MSc, chief of the general internal medicine division at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Allowing those changes to succeed in the world of value-based care, however, may require organizations to devote more of its own resources to delivery system reforms. 

Diabetes costs the United States around $300 billion a year, pushing developers to find a more cost effective means of managing the condition. A recent study published in PLOS ONE tests the effectiveness of mHealth technologies on the patient-physician relationship and self-management of diabetes.

A Florida State University researcher has used advancements in machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to predict suicide attempts up to two years before they occur. The study, titled “Predicting Risk of Suicide Attempts over Time through Machine Learning," will be published in Clinical Psychological Science.

A multi-stakeholder conversation about the burden of prior authorization requirements offered a consensus that something has to change with these policies, but the parties could not offer a silver bullet on how the process can improve.

Thomas E. Starzl, MD, PhD, widely known as the “father of transplantation," has died at the age of 90 in his Pittsburg home. Starzl is credited with advancing the science of transplantations from risky ventures into feasible surgeries for some of the most at-need patients.