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Researchers at UCLA are working on a project that utilizes mHealth tools to help gambling addicts better manage their behavior. Billed as the first ever behavioral mHealth clinical trial, officials see it as a promising digital approach to help curb various addictions.

Former National Coordinator for Health IT David Brailer, MD, argues in an opinion piece published in the Wall Street Journal that it's time for Americans to take charge of their medical records.

In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, former National Coordinator David Blumenthal, MD, conjures a vision of connected healthcare in 2030. He notes, however, that "this future won’t materialize unless some problems are solved along the way."

Attendees of the HX360 inaugural event at HIMSS15 offer perspectives on what the future of healthcare has in store. How do you see the future of healthcare evolving?

The first developer to make an electronic health record exclusively for the iPad is now aiming to be the first choice for physicians and patients looking to make the most of their new Apple Watches.

Despite the many potential rewards of networked healthcare, the risks are very real -- and potentially catastrophic -- when it comes to wearable and implantable medical devices, a new report shows.

Boston Children's and Penn Medicine faced similar choices: They could purchase existing apps on the open market, with no guarantee they would fit smoothly into their existing infrastructure and workflows; or they could write the apps internally.

Virtualization enables clinicians to see the same desktop from any device within a hospital's network and lets applications essentially follow those users around.

Software giant aims to help clinicians adjust to changing landscape with analytics, cloud and mobile software tools.

Penn Medicine's development staff is speeding up pilot programs with experiments designed to rapidly test and refine new interventions.