Healthcare falls behind virtually every other aspect of Americans' lives when it comes to digitization with the majority of U.S. adults unaware of and unable to access technology they could use to communicate with their doctors. 

The American Medical Association (AMA) today named 20 medical schools selected to join its Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium, which aims to enhance the innovative work underway to create the medical school of the future and quickly spread these innovations to additional medical schools throughout the country. 

A man from Ohio became the first person to undergo brain surgery on live television, National Geographic reports. Check out a clip from the procedure here.

Efforts to improve patient safety have paid off. Between 2010 and 2013, hospital-acquired conditions declined by 17 percent, according to a data synthesis from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

BOSTON—“We have to think of digital health as a public good,” said Brennan Spiegel, MD, MSc, director of health services research at Cedars-Sinai Health System, speaking at the Connected Health Symposium held by Partners HealthCare.

Baptist Health and the Arkansas Regional Innovation Hub are introducing a program to support and accelerate the development of new startup companies with innovative solutions to improve healthcare delivery in the state.  

Walgreens Boots Alliance will acquire rival drugstore chain Rite Aid for $9.4 billion, for a combined marketshare of 46.5 percent.

BOSTON—Being a cancer patient for 23 years has given Eric Dishman, an Intel Fellow and general manager of the company’s Health & Life Sciences Group, a unique perspective on care delivery.