A new study published in JAMA Oncology shows that artificial intelligence systems crowdsourced from data scientists can segment lung tumors as accurately as human experts can, and at much higher speeds.

Scam artists are targeting senior-living communities and low-income neighborhoods in what appears to be an elaborate ruse to commit identity theft and defraud Medicare, according to Bloomberg.

A small clinical trial using gene therapy to improve immune system function in infants diagnosed with a rare and life-threatening immunodeficiency disease saw effective and promising results, according to the National Institutes of Health.

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Venrock released its 2019 Healthcare Prognosis report, which included insights on the progress of artificial intelligence and blockchain within the industry.

IBM has discontinued the development and sales of its Watson for Drug Discovery product due to poor financial performance, according to STAT.

Although the company has faced backlash over the past six months for its popularity among young people, e-cigarette maker Juul is considering tapping into digital health, according to Business Insider.

Ro, a direct-to-consumer telehealth app for pharmacy services, is valued at $500 million, TechCrunch reports.

Patients suffer treatment delays and are sometimes forced to undergo medical tests they have already completed when they switch providers, infectious diseases specialist Pranay Sinha, MD, wrote in WBUR.

Most hospitals, 95 percent, have adopted an EHR, but system data is used differently by hospitals depending on their chosen vendor, according to an ONC analysis.