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By Aditi Pai | 09:43 am | December 10, 2014
San Mateo, California-based Gamgee raised $4 million in a mix of equity and debt for its suite of patient engagement apps, according to an SEC filing.
By Brian Dolan | 06:38 am | December 10, 2014
New York City-based Happtique, which had developed a health app certification and "prescription" platform, has been acquired by SocialWellth for an undisclosed sum.
By Grant Elliott | 05:39 pm | December 09, 2014
In this contributed commentary, Ostendio CEO Grant Elliott says providers aren't paying enough attention to the penalties surrounding a HIPAA violation, and it's going to cost them dearly in two years.
By Jonah Comstock | 07:30 am | December 09, 2014
A slide from Fred Muench's presentation shows the effect of different message styles on binge drinking.
By Jonah Comstock | 07:20 am | December 09, 2014
New York-based health insurer startup Oscar Health is teaming up with Misfit Wearables to get more of its 16,000 members moving.
By Aditi Pai | 07:12 am | December 09, 2014
Around 90 percent of young people think there should be some governmental regulation and oversight for digital health apps, according to a Children's Hospital of Philadelphia survey of 3,000 consumers.
By Aditi Pai | 07:03 am | December 09, 2014
More than two-thirds of clinicians at US hospitals use smartphones or tablet computers at their facilities, according to a small HIMSS survey of 139 clinicians.
By Jonah Comstock | 10:50 am | December 08, 2014
Samsung launched its open access development platform, which include SAMI on the software side and SimBand on the hardware side, last month.
By Aditi Pai | 10:08 am | December 08, 2014
BlackBerry announced plans to add a genome browser app, powered by NantHealth, to its Blackberry Passport smartphone next year.