A recent survey shows an increasing number of adults were enrolled in health plans with deductibles above $1,300 for individual plans and $2,600 for family coverage in 2016 as more employers turn to plans with higher out-of-pocket costs.

Smartphone applications are good for counting steps—but not treating back pain. In a study, published in Best Practice & Research: Clinical Rheumatology, researchers from the University of Sydney evaluated apps in reducing back pain.

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kenzen, an innovator of wearables for precision health, today announced it has raised $5 million from multiple investors to further development, support and market positioning of its ECHO Smart Patch wearable technology. Kenzen’s smart wearable patch continuously uses non-invasive sweat analysis to measure vital signs and motion sensors to predict and prevent avoidable injuries and illness.

Detroit’s Henry Ford Health System has broken ground on a $155 million expansion of its cancer institute, to be named the Brigette Harris Cancer Pavilion.

LexisNexis® Risk Solutions and the American Medical Association (AMA) have launched the Verify Health Care Portal, the clinician attestation component of VerifyHCP, a robust solution for monitoring physician information that simplifies a successful data strategy for managing a health plan network.

Salus Telehealth, Inc., a market leader and trusted advisor within the telehealth industry, is partnering with Dreamcatcher Artist Management to provide touring recording artists, including rising country star Mo Pitney, with access to their personal physicians via Salus’ VideoMedicine platform while on the road.

Anthem has announced its exiting the Affordable Care Act exchange in all but one Ohio county, citing the uncertainty over whether the Trump administration will continue to pay cost-sharing reduction subsidies to insurers.

The combination of precision medicine and information technology (IT) has the potential to improve patient outcomes. But many healthcare organizations are slow to pursue integration. A recently released report, “2017 Precision Medicine Study," from Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) outlines how healthcare organizations view the expansion and improvement of IT with precision medicine.