Early results from a study revealed the Dot (Dynamic Optimal Timing) mobile application is an effective tool for helping women plan or prevent pregnancies.

The Leapfrog Group, a nonprofit organization that grades nearly 2,000 U.S. hospitals, is expanding its safety and quality ratings to outpatient surgery centers. The group plans to survey 250 centers in 2019 and up to 5,600 in 2020.

Apple will donate 1,000 of its watches to help the University of North Carolina School of Medicine researchers monitor how well the device tracks eating disorders, according to a report by CNBC.

Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital are recommending 31 papers authored by a former lab director be retracted from medical journals, STAT reported this week.

Medicare Advantage plans—which cover about one-third of all Medicare beneficiaries—are improperly denying medical claims to patients and physicians, according to The New York Times.

Many Americans want a different relationship with their doctors that goes beyond treating sickness, according to a recent survey from Samueli Integrative Health Programs.

The FDA granted market clearance to Belgian company Qompium for its FibriCheck phone app, which is expected to launch in the United States market in 2019.

The Medicare beneficiaries of today don’t believe the program will be around for the beneficiaries of tomorrow.