With healthcare costs expected to increase 5 percent in the next year, providers are looking for more effective ways to deliver care, including telehealth. According to the Large Employers’ 2018 Health Care Strategy and Plan Design Survey by the National Business Group on Health, 96 percent of employers are set to offer telehealth services.

The number of patients on transplant lists far outweighs the number of available organs, but a new development in gene editing could change things. Researchers have created gene-edited piglets without viruses that can cause diseases in humans.

Detecting Zika currently requires blood samples to be refrigerated and shipped to a laboratory for tests, delaying treatment and care to those in rural areas. Researchers from Washington University published a study in Advanced Biosystems that details a new technology capable of delivering Zika test results in minutes.

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have utilized smartphone technology to develop a spectral transmission-reflectance-intensity (TRI) analyzer. The technology attaches to a smartphone and can analyze samples of blood, urine and saliva just as well as clinical instruments.

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital will move ahead with a $650 million expansion plan, including an eight-story patient tower, after receiving approval from the Cincinnati City Council.

New technologies are giving patients the ability to improve their own care while in the comfort of their own home. In an article by MIMS, three new technologies are showcased for their potential to one day be prescribed by physicians.

The idea of a national, single-payer healthcare system is as divisive as ever to people within the industry, according to a new survey from cloud-based researcher company Reaction Data.

Wearable fitness devices cling to wrists of many people who hope to improve health and fitness. Emory University in Atlanta utilized this readily available technology to see if these devices could get people moving.