5 Things to Read on Health Care Innovation

See how hospitals are using webcams to keep dangerous germs out of NICUs and get a peek inside Amazon’s health care lab in our roundup of innovation stories.

A New Approach to Solving Health Disparities

The new Blue Cross Blue Shield Institute is analyzing data and forging partnerships to take aim at the "ZIP code effect."

5 Things to Read on Health Care Innovation

The potential for patient health data to fuel innovation is the focus of several of this week’s health care innovation reads.

Use Wearables for Motivation, Not Medicine (Yet)

Doctors and other health care professionals are trying to solve the conundrum of what to do with all the health data from millions of consumer wearables.

5 Things We’re Reading on Health Care Innovation

This week’s innovation stories include new uses for video games, text messages and smartwatches. Plus, how walking in someone else’s shoes fuels innovation.  

How Smartphones May Help Slow the Tide of Diabetes

Apps devoted to helping people prevent or manage diabetes are cropping up as people become increasingly comfortable turning to smartphones for nearly every facet of life.

Q&A: How Tech Will Drive Transformation In Health Care

Futurist Jess Kimball explains some of the ways emerging technologies may change how we deliver and pay for health care.

5 Things We’re Reading On Health Care Innovation

Find out how Apple and Fitbit are stepping further into health care, how data may be an important tool in the fight against opioid deaths, and more.