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."
The new Blue Cross Blue Shield Institute is analyzing data and forging partnerships to take aim at the "ZIP code effect."
The potential for patient health data to fuel innovation is the focus of several of this week’s health care innovation reads.
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.
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.
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.
Futurist Jess Kimball explains some of the ways emerging technologies may change how we deliver and pay for health care.
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.