Latest California Healthline Stories
R2D2’s Next Assignment: Hospital Orderly
A gleaming new hospital in San Francisco has a fleet of robots dropping off meals, picking up trash and saving some money in a very 21st century way.
Cutting Edge DNA Technology Could Boost Cystic Fibrosis Screening For Newborns
Researchers say tests could be faster, cheaper, more accurate.
Hospitals Employ Email ‘Empathy’ To Help Doctors And Patients Keep In Touch
A better way to communicate with patients and track their progress?
Computerized Behavioral Therapy Could Boost Access to Care, but Barriers Remain
Computerized cognitive behavioral therapy is being explored as a cost-effective way to boost access to mental health services. However, two pilot studies at safety-net clinics in California highlight the various challenges to realizing the technology’s promise.
According to a new report from the California Telehealth Network, the past year has seen a wave of accomplishments and progress for telehealth technoloogy.
UC-San Diego’s New Robotics Institute Aims To Help People Age at Home
UC-San Diego’s new Contextual Robotics Institute plans to develop robotics systems with the ability to sense and interpret human movement and emotion. It’s part of a growing trend to leverage technology to help the increasing number of older adults remain at home.
Mendocino Broadband Problems Persist Amid National Push for Better Access
While the health care industry’s increasing use of health information technology tools and Wi-Fi-enabled medical devices has renewed the conversation around broadband access in the U.S., a rural corner of California offers a cautionary tale of the hazards of unreliable, inconsistent service.
Health 2.0 Confronts Entrenched Health Challenges
At the 9th annual Health 2.0 conference last week in Santa Clara, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy talked about how “technology can actually help us tackle so many problems in health that we see as insurmountable.”
UC-Merced Leverages Technology To Improve Access to Mental Health Care
UC-Merced is the first campus in the University of California system to use telemedicine for mental health services, a natural for millennials who grew up with technology, according to school officials.
IBM Hopes CVS-Watson Partnership Leads to More Connections in Cloud
IBM officials hope a new partnership with CVS pharmacies will create a platform in the Watson Health Cloud to allow many organizations and agencies to collaborate with the goal of eventually improving the country’s health care delivery system.