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The president, along with researchers and scientists, explored the ways technology will improve healthcare and other industries at the day-long conference on Thursday.

PCORI awarded UCLA and four other sites the money to kick off the Late-life Depression, Stress and Wellness Program to conduct stress, mood, cognitive, genetic, brain scanning assessments and clinical studies.

Executives said the center will house several institutes dedicated to improving healthcare across the country and around the world as well as research and leadership initiatives.

The system helps provide nurses with a comprehensive, single-source view of the factors most associated with driving nursing excellence – quality, patient experience and nursing engagement, the vendor said.

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"The voices of regulation, defensive medicine, billing and quality measure reporting have been so loud that the primary reason for documentation has been ignored," said Peter Basch, MD, of MedStar Health in Washington.

Startup has developed imaging platform for gaining insight into cancer, infectious diseases, cognitive disorders and more.

A prominent MIT healthcare economist explains how Big Data can be misleading and discusses methods for properly studying such information.

Whereas the quantified-self movement attracted significant capital in fitness and wellness, the authors spotted a gradual shift toward increased investment activity in clinically focused categories, notably disease management, remote monitoring and communications.

Wearable devices, often associated with health and fitness, may not be useful tools for weight loss, according to a new study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association.