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In the quest to consumerize healthcare, online physician reviews are a popular attempt to return some agency and control to the healthcare consumer.

The Department of Health and Human Services’ position of Chief Technology Officer is a relatively new one.

The typical manner in which hospital leaders construct their budgets is by clinical and ancillary departments, which can hinder innovation.

Samsung is developing the long-awaited successor to its Gear S3 smartwatch and could launch it sometime this year, according to a report from SamMobile, a blog focused on all things Samsung.

DrChrono, developer of electronic health records, practice management, revenue cycle and other ambulatory software for Apple devices, is introducing leasing bundle plans to help medical practices replace their outdated computer hardware with new Apple machines.

A study recently published in the BMJ’s Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry found that a digital interactive therapy tool designed for multiple sclerosis patients, Gaia’s Elevida, was effective in reducing MS-related fatigue.

Folks in need of physical therapy services may not have to leave the house for treatment.

Smart inhaler company Adherium announced last week that it has received 510(k) clearance for over-the-counter sales of its inhaler monitoring device for AstraZeneca’s Symbicort aerosol inhaler, called the SmartTouch for Symbicort.

Aneesh Chopra said that the healthcare industry needs to start looking at privacy and ethics, especially in the midst of recent Cambridge Analytics and Facebook problems.

(This story has been updated to include some acquisitions we missed.