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Apple Watch could soon be able to detect, monitor Parkinson’s disease

(By Julie Spitzer for Becker’s Hospital Review) Apple is opening up a new “movement disorder” application programming interface to help

(By Jordan Rau for Kaiser Health News) “Oh my God, we dropped her!” Sandra Snipes said she heard the nursing

(By Ayla Ellison for Becker’s Hospital Review) Spending on employee health benefits has risen about 5 percent annually in recent

In 2016, more than 42,000 Americans died as a result of opioid use and of those, 40 percent involved a

CMS announced it is allowing Maryland to expand its All-Payer Program to outpatient services. The Maryland Total Cost of Care

(By Sharon Begley for STAT) Editing cells’ genomes with CRISPR-Cas9 might increase the risk that the altered cells, intended to treat disease,

Although a 77 percent of Medicare Advantage members are using mHealth tools to monitor chronic health conditions; however, the same

(By Kelly Gooch for Becker’s Hospital Review) As the number of air ambulance flights in the U.S. has nearly doubled

We are facing a shortage of primary care physicians (PCPs) in United States. This shortage creates a challenge for some

(By Elizabeth Cooney for STAT) A patient comes into a hospital emergency department, troubled by chest pain that comes and