While Apple has taken some steps into the healthcare space, CEO Tim Cook told investors that the company believes it can make a “significant” contribution to the industry beyond wellness apps.

Children’s National Health System has chosen Artifact Health’s mobile physician query solution to improve their quality of patient records and ensure full reimbursement.

Specialists on Call, providers of acute care telemedicine, has received reaccreditation from the Joint Commission for compliance in ambulatory healthcare standards.

An implantable continuous glucose monitor was shown to be safe and accurate in patients with type 1 and 2 diabetes, according to a study published in Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics.

Empatica Inc. has received FDA clearance for Embrace, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered smartwatch capable of detecting seizures.

Purdue Pharma, best known for making and selling OxyContin, announced Feb. 10 that it will stop marketing opioid drugs to physicians. The company also stated it will lay off half of its sales force, with the remaining staff of 200 focusing on other medications.

Medicaid patients face a host of challenges in accessing care, with reliable, timely transportation often being a major consideration. A recently published study, though, showed rates of missed primary care appointments were unaffected when Medicaid patients were offered free ridesharing services.

Athletes competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics have spent of most of their lives for that opportunity—and the physicians volunteering to treat them have had a similarly difficult path to Pyeongchang, South Korea.