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The U.S. government and health care industry are engaged in a complex set of conversations, proposals and negotiations about the regulation of connected health tools, […]

Healthcare “systems” are broken in the developing world and non-existent for billions of the planet’s residents.  The United States spends far more on health care […]

Mobile healthcare technology has become a staple in many hospitals and care facilities as devices, technologies, and applications help clinicians and patients improve care, engagement, […]

The 9th Annual WLSA Convergence Summit By Nicholas T. Vu University of California – San Diego Pharm.D. Candidate 2015 Twitter: @nicholasvu nvu@ucsd.edu CSummit14 Write Up by […]

View the entire 2014 Convergence Summit Summary here. The WLSA’s 9th Annual WLSA Convergence Summit took place May 14-16, 2014, at the Omni Hotel in downtown San Diego.  The conference opened […]

Since before the WLSA was officially formed, we have suggested to major company leadership that being on the socially correct side of health issues would enhance their […]

Health care has become slightly more connected, less regulated and open to innovation.  The FDA announced on Friday that it intends to reduce the regulatory […]

“In the next 10 years, data science and software will do more for medicine than all of the biological sciences together,” said venture capitalist Vinod […]

Electronic Health Record (EHR) usage has more than doubled since 2007, according to a recent survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). […]

Accenture’s recent survey of 2,000 Americans taking one or more medications found that 76 percent of patients believe pharmaceutical companies have a responsibility to provide […]