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Penn researchers found that patients are often willing to share their Google search histories with medical researchers and allow them to be analyzed alongside their medical records.

After the first year of an innovative, five-year contract between the University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) and Independence Blue Cross (Independence), the health system is reporting a more than 25 percent cut in hospital readmissions – the largest readmission reduction in both organizations’ history.

It is becoming abundantly clear that disease symptoms and efficacy of medications vary by time of day. Often, studies on the 24-hour rhythms of human physiology focus on many patients, but few parameters. A study reported in Scientific Reports set this approach on its head.