Current Health, an AI-powered wearable device for patient monitoring, has received class II clearance from the FDA for hospital care.

Nearly a quarter of physicians who develop, draft and author clinical guidelines could have potentially relevant undisclosed ties to pharmaceutical companies, a team of Australian researchers reported Feb. 5 in BMJ Open.

Slack, a messaging app for business, could be on the brink of venturing into the healthcare space. The company recently filed confidential IPO papers with the SEC earlier this month and updated its security page to note HIPAA compliance, according to CNBC.

The use of electronic health records (EHRs) does not guarantee a higher quality of care, just a higher quality of reporting, according to a meta-analysis of articles published in the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology.

A National Health Service (NHS) hospital trust in the United Kingdom reduced home visits by using an AI-enabled wearable platform to remotely monitor patients recently released from the hospital, according to a case study.

AI for image analysis is predicted to be the top digital health technology for 2019 based on a survey of healthcare professionals, according to Forbes.

Emergency authorities found a bloody and unconscious 67-year-old Norwegian man on his bathroom floor in the nick of time. His savior was Apple Watch’s fall detection feature, which is available for users who are 65 and older.

A patent application filed by Google indicates that the company is looking to develop an electronic health records (EHR) system that uses AI to predict a patient’s future medical events.