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By Jonah Comstock | 09:40 am | June 11, 2015
Researchers at an Australian university have developed stretchable, wearable sensors that could detect both harmful toxic gasses and dangerous UV radiation.
By Aditi Pai | 09:36 am | June 11, 2015
McGill University Health Center in Quebec, Canada has partnered with SeamlessMD, a company that has developed an engagement tool for surgery patients, to test the efficacy of a tablet app for enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS).
By Aditi Pai | 06:53 am | June 11, 2015
More than 70 percent of Walgreens Balance Rewards members participating in the healthy choices program with a connected device were still active in the program a year later, according to Walgreens.
By Jonah Comstock | 01:51 pm | June 10, 2015
BodyMedia's patents, now owned by Jawbone, are at the heart of the new suit.
By Brian Dolan | 11:59 am | June 10, 2015
This week the American Medical Association’s ethics council attempted to come to an agreement over a set of guidelines focused on ethical considerations related to the use of online or mobile visits between patients and physicians, but a physician from Texas helped convince the committee to rethink its plans.
By Aditi Pai | 11:57 am | June 10, 2015
Some 58 percent of people with diabetes want to use technology to track their diets, according to an online survey of 2,535 American adults, conducted by Telcare through SurveyMonkey.
By Aditi Pai | 09:32 am | June 10, 2015
Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) has allocated $1 million for Minnesota-based Canvas Health's suicide prevention texting program, called Txt4Life.
By Jonah Comstock | 08:53 am | June 10, 2015
Walgreens, which partnered with MDLive to offer telemedicine services in two states last December, has added three more states to its rollout and announced that MDLive video visits will now be available on desktop computers and tablets, in addition to smartphones.
By Aditi Pai | 11:49 am | June 09, 2015
The global mobile health market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 33.