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IBM to move Watson Health to a hybrid cloud
After announcing plans to acquire open source software provider Red Hat this week, IBM now plans to move its Watson Health cognitive services to a hybrid cloud model. Watson, the IBM supercomputer that...
View ArticleColumn: Health policy isn’t a ‘partisan pleasure’
I recently read an article on Vox that made a case for a single-payer health care system. A single-payer system, as the name suggests, is a payment structure in which all people have their health care...
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How an IBM Watson Health rescue mission collapsed — and a top executive was...
The elite team of engineers and medical specialists assembled by IBM’s Watson Health division had the innocuous code name “Project Josephine,” but its mission could not have been more urgent: to fix...
View ArticleIt’s Obamacare Sign-Up Time: How to Untangle Coverage Choices
People who still qualify for subsidies but earn a bit more have other factors to consider. Some may see their subsidies shrink a bit this year — that’s because prices on silver plans, which are used to...
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Smartphones and tablets are causing mental health problems in children as...
Children as young as two are developing mental health problems because of smartphones and tablets, scientists warn. Just an hour a day staring at a screen can be enough to make children more likely to...
View ArticleSeminar on men’s health: A how to guide
Movember is a national movement to raise awareness for mens health issues specifically prostate and testicular cancer initiatives as well as mental health. Unless a man develops a chronic condition as...
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Mobile Health Village offers free flu vaccines, wellness screenings and more
Residents of all ages can enjoy a list of services and activities for free at the Mobile Health Village. The event is Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m at 2500 Frick Road. Click through to see Shepherd...
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Health Secretary Matt Hancock calls on employers to offer free fruit and...
Health Secretary Matt Hancock calls on employers to offer free fruit and bicycle loans to staff in a bid to reduce the burden on the NHS He cites Rodda’s, a Cornish dairy firm, as a good example of...
View Article‘Big-City Rapper’ vs. Weak on Health Care: Negative Ads Color a Tossup Race
Brenda Gevertz, a 69-year-old retiree in Gent, said she found the “racist” rap ads had really sunk in when she was knocking on doors for Mr. Delgado. “Maybe,” she said of some residents, “they want to...
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Health Secretary orders probe into autistic youngsters locked in NHS ‘hell...
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has ordered an urgent investigation into why youngsters are being locked up like criminals because they have autism or learning difficulties, just days after The Mail on...
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ResMed buys MatrixCare for $750 million, adds to home health care software...
ResMed, which makes medical equipment and home health management software, said it will acquire MatrixCare in a deal valued at $750 million. MatrixCare, which provides acute long-term healthcare...
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‘Prevention better than cure in healthcare’– health secretary will say
Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock announced on Monday a green paper entitled ‘Prevention is better than cure’, outlining the vision for a “new 21st century focus on prevention”. The plans...
View ArticleBehavioral health hospital could be on the way in Bern Township
Construction of Tower Health and Acadia Healthcare’s 144-bed behavioral health hospital in Bern Township could begin later this month. Officials with the two organizations are working through the...
View ArticleNew Study: Health Care Is Freelancers’ Biggest Concern
A just-released research report from Fiverr finds more than 40 percent of freelancers see health insurance as the most pressing issue they’re facing leading up to the 2018 midterm elections, while 41...
View ArticleFTC gets ‘Trumpcare’ health plan shut down
A federal judge temporarily shut down a South Florida-based operation called Simple Health Plans that allegedly collected more than $100 million from tens of thousands of consumers for plans dubbed...
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There’s more to health care access than pre-existing conditions
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) J.B. Silvers, Case Western Reserve University (THE CONVERSATION) Health care has been...
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Panthers’ hiring of a mental health clinician is a ‘game-changer’
8:13 AM ET Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In early August, Steve Smith revealed he had had bouts of depression while an active player with the Carolina...
View ArticleInvestors are Pouring Cash Into AI Startups Focused on Health Care
A recent report from CB Insights found that healthcare Artificial Intelligence startups have raised $4.3 billion across 576 funding rounds in the last five years – more than any other sector....
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Mumps Returns to Harvard Yet Again, Per Health Services Director
Paul J. Barreira, director of Harvard University Health Services, confirmed “recent cases of mumps and infectious mononucleosis” on campus this semester in an email to College students Tuesday. This...
View ArticleThe battle of the health clouds
At a recent event, I witnessed a panel discussion featuring senior executives from top tech firms discussing their plans for healthcare. They were steadfast in their belief that health care is going to...
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