Clarius Mobile Health, manufacturers of digital healthcare devices, has introduced a portable ultrasound scanner that is utilized through a smartphone.

Millions of parents post pictures and updates about their children on social media, but new research presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 2016 National Conference & Exhibition warns parents about the hidden dangers of updating your Facebook and Twitter feeds about what your child is doing.

Most homes have an iPad and computer for use by the entire family whenever they please, but pediatricians warn parents of the harm of technology and have developed a list of recommendations for parents.

Ohio Specialty Surgical Suites of North Canton has become the first ambulatory surgical center to earn the Joint Commission’s advanced certification for total hip and total knee replacement.

Boston – October 20, 2016 –  Orbita today unveiled the industry’s first HIPAA-compliant, cloud-based solution designed specifically to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of connected home healthcare. Organizations using the Orbita platform can easily create, manage and deliver practical digital home healthcare applications that improve medical outcomes and reduce health care costs for individuals with chronic and post-acute care needs.

The lives of teenagers seem to revolve around their smartphones, from catching Pokémon to tweeting the phones are seldom out of their hands. The one thing that smartphones don’t help teenagers with is maintaining weight loss, according to a new study.

Unbelievably, there was a time when hospital patients were offered cigarettes in their beds or even bummed a smoke from their similarly nicotine-addicted doctors. So a conference hosted by the National Patient Safety Foundation recently asked physicians and nurses: what current hospital practices will elicit the same kind of regret and shame in the future?

TriNetX, a health research network, has partnered with UC Health, the University of Cincinnati's health system, to expand its network to offer information on clinical trials to larger audience of patients.