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By Brian Dolan | 11:06 am | November 11, 2015
Before Apple revealed the Apple Watch, rumors circulated that because public records showed the company had met with FDA officials a few times, Apple was working on an advanced, sensor-laden wearable device with medical features that required FDA clearance.
By Aditi Pai | 08:08 am | November 11, 2015
The health app market, currently valued at $10B, will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 15 percent to reach $31 billion by 2020, according to a report from research2guidance.
By Jonah Comstock | 08:04 am | November 11, 2015
When Kenneth Stack's son was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes just before his fifth birthday, the doctor told Stack he was just a few years too early for a major medical breakthrough.
By Brian Dolan | 06:03 am | November 11, 2015
San Francisco-based AliveCor, which offers smartphone-enabled ECG devices, has announced former Google SVP Vic Gundotra as its new CEO.
By Aditi Pai | 01:08 pm | November 10, 2015
Boston Children's Hospital released data from a discharge app pilot they launched last year and announced three partnerships, with Rock Health, IBM, and Grand Rounds.
By Jonah Comstock | 11:56 am | November 10, 2015
Since IBM launched its Watson Health business unit at HIMSS last year, the group has pushed out plenty of news -- mostly partnerships, acquisitions, and the opening of Watson Health's Cambridge office.
By Aditi Pai | 11:52 am | November 10, 2015
The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employs a few key principles to engage its population with mobile health tools, according to Dr.
By Aditi Pai | 11:46 am | November 10, 2015
Walgreens announced that it expanded its telehealth offering, which the company launched in partnership with MDLive last year, to 20 more states.
By Aditi Pai | 07:31 am | November 10, 2015
Los Angeles-based Heal, which has developed an app that helps people request a doctor to visit their house, announced that it is now in-network with Anthem Blue Cross of California.