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By Jonah Comstock | 08:48 am | October 28, 2014
Mountain View, California-based iHealth, a subsidiary of Chinese medical device company Andon Health, announced a new device, called iHealth Edge, its second foray into the activity tracking space.
By Aditi Pai | 07:28 am | October 28, 2014
Physician rating platform Vitals has acquired price transparency service Compass Healthcare Advisers.
By Jonah Comstock | 08:47 am | October 27, 2014
When Nike reportedly laid off most of its Fuelband engineering team in April, it seemed like the end of Nike's independent association with wearables, despite an official statement saying they would support the device "for the foreseeable future.
By Aditi Pai | 08:43 am | October 27, 2014
Incubator Harvard Launch Lab, a spinout from Harvard's student accelerator, called iLab, announced 12 inaugural companies, two of which are digital health-focused.
By Brian Dolan | 08:35 am | October 27, 2014
A state-side example of video comms with MDs: Verizon Wireless Virtual Visits Around 4.
By Jonah Comstock | 07:29 am | October 27, 2014
Pharmaceutical companies have a lot of apps in the market, and have been making apps for a long time, but their apps aren't seeing downloads and usage on par with the apps from other industries.
By Aditi Pai | 06:48 am | October 27, 2014
Just a week after news leaked about activity tracker maker Fitbit's next generation of devices, the company has announced its three new trackers -- Charge, Charge HR, and Surge.
By Jonah Comstock | 01:19 pm | October 23, 2014
Telemedicine has been around for a number of years, but it's not yet an everyday channel for patients to receive care.
By Brian Dolan | 01:10 pm | October 23, 2014
One of the largest not-for-profit healthcare systems in the US, CHE Trinity Health has chosen Sharecare, the company founded by WebMD founder Jeff Arnold and television personality Dr.
By Jonah Comstock | 11:53 am | October 23, 2014
The key to cracking patient engagement isn't better kinds of technology, it's understanding patients better.