The old model of patient entertainment at Phoenix Children’s Hospital was a TV in every room, and the old method of patient education was a DVD cart wheeled from room to room. But for the last two ...

A loose network of parents are teaching each other how to get their kids off of school-issued Chromebooks and iPads.

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital has implemented a program that uses games and apps on iPads to distract patients during scanning procedures. The iPad program was started to reduce the need for sedation ...

Children hospitalized for cancer and other serious illnesses have to put up with poking, prodding and tests. Days can be long and lonely. Patients received iPads that will help them stay connected to ...

Last year, 40 tablet computers were delivered to the children of two remote Ethiopian villages. The villagers were 100-percent illiterate—the kids had never seen road signs, product labels, or printed ...

LOS ANGELES — Lila Byock’s son had always been good at math. But when he started sixth grade last year, he began to bring home D’s and F’s. It crushed his self-esteem. His teachers told Byock that he ...

As smartphones and tablets become increasingly embedded in daily life, a growing body of research is raising alarms about their subtle yet significant effects on young children. A new study published ...