Uber, which held 84 percent of the U.S. market in 2017, has plans to help patients and providers arrange rides with a March 1 announcement of a service that will allow clinic and hospital personnel to order rides for patients and clients.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is attracting plenty of interest from health IT professionals, but worries about security may slow the transition from systems simply being interested in its applications to actually implementing it, according to a survey conducted by IT services provider TEKSystems.

Researchers at Shiley Eye Institute at UC San Diego Health and University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool capable of screening patients with common but blinding retinal diseases for improved detection and treatment. Findings were published online Feb. 22 in Cell.

After switching over to a Cerner electronic health record (EHR), Western Missouri Medical Center (WMMC) alleges 99 percent of its claims were being rejected, according to a report in Daily Star Journal.

The combination of a wearable, smartphone app and wristband was able to accurately show the electrical activity in the heart and notify those with atrial fibrillation (AFib) abnormal behaviors, according to a recent study.

Verily, the healthcare unit of Google’s parent company Alphabet, is planning a move into the health insurance market by joining with existing insurers for bids on care management and population health contracts.

Samsung and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have announced a jointly developed smartphone app for research into blood pressure and stress monitoring.

International researchers have developed a computer tool capable of proving a 3D view of genes, proteins and metabolites for improved insight into drug reactions. Findings were published in Nature Biotechnology.