Walgreens Boots Alliance will acquire rival drugstore chain Rite Aid for $9.4 billion, for a combined marketshare of 46.5 percent.

BOSTON—Being a cancer patient for 23 years has given Eric Dishman, an Intel Fellow and general manager of the company’s Health & Life Sciences Group, a unique perspective on care delivery.

BOSTON—“Wearables are irrelevant for what we need to do,” said Ezekiel J. Emanuel, MD, PhD, vice provost for global initiatives and chair of the department of medical ethics and health policy at the University of Pennsylvania. Emanuel spoke during the 2015 Connected Health Symposium held by Partners HealthCare.

BOSTON—Predicting the future is becoming more and more futile, said Joichi Ito, director of the MIT Media Lab, speaking at the Connected Health Symposium, held by Partners HealthCare.

Cleveland Clinic has unveiled its 10th annual listing of the 10 most powerful medical innovations for 2016. 

A prehospital communication system for incoming ambulances is the winner of the third annual New Ventures Healthcare Challenge hosted by Cleveland Clinic Innovations.

The Leapfrog Group's annual Hospital Safety Scores indicate that improvements in patient safety remain elusive. 

The more digital health tools are adopted, the greater the disparities among at-risk populations, according to a study published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.