BioTelemetry, Inc. (NASDAQ:BEAT), the world’s leading wireless medical technology company focused on the delivery of health information for healthcare providers to monitor and diagnose patients accurately and cost-effectively, announces it has completed its acquisition of LifeWatch AG (SIX:LIFE). 

NYC Health + Hospitals this week launched an upgraded software system to better manage business functions and support the digital transformation of the largest municipal health care system in the country. The fully integrated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system replaces paper and manual processes, eliminates reliance on obsolete technology, and will drive improvements in operational performance.

Summer is the season to be spending time in the sun, but too many rays can lead to skin cancer. A new wearable patch aims to help wearers beat the heat by notifying them in cases of over exposure.

States would be able to waive requirements for insurers to cover the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s “essential health benefits” (EHBs) under Republican plans to replace the law. The benefits most likely to be waived, however, make up small shares of premiums compared to other costs, according to an analysis from Urban Institute fellows Linda Blumberg, PhD, and John Holahan, PhD.

Researchers from Stanford University have utilized smartphones to track activity levels in 700,000 people from 111 countries to possibly identify a correlation between number of steps, environment and obesity rates.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) aimed to limit the growth of physician-owned hospitals by barring existing facilities from expanding and forcing any new ones to survive without Medicare or Medicaid reimbursement. With the law’s fate now in the hands of a Republican-controlled Congress and White House, advocates for these hospitals hope those restrictions will disappear.

Fitness trackers, smartphone applications and electronic health records (EHRs) are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to healthcare technology. With a vast array of technologies being offered, many may have overlooked the importance of an everyday tool: Facebook.

MobileHelp has conducted a survey of healthcare professionals regarding telehealth, in hopes of shedding light on current rates of implementation, benefits of services and barriers in the utilization.