Apple ResearchKit Daily Prompt Engagement

ResearchKit users are engaged, willing to give consent for the study

LifeMap Solutions claims that Asthma Health app users as engaged (or more) with Asthma Health as they are with games and social networks.
RunRite

RunRite System is made for serious runners

The setup consists of two sensors attached to each runner's legs, a third sensor hooked onto the pelvis of the runner, and a mobile app that provides coaching.
SmartPlate

SmartPlate uses sensors to identify nutritional content of a meal

The device relies on cameras and sensors to identify, weigh and record everything on the plate, and transmit that information to a companion app.
CafeWell Concierge app

Centura Health launching Welltok’s CafeWell Concierge app powered by IBM Watson

Centura is the first organization to embrace the app and roll it out to consumers transitioning back to everyday life after experiencing a heart condition.
Games in Motion

Google looking to add gamification to Google Fit, Android Wear apps

The search giant released an open source sample called Games in Motion to demonstrate how developers can make fun games using Google Fit and Android Wear.
Social emotional health

AT&T, Momentous Institute release 3 apps for children’s social and emotional health

The three apps use the social emotional health practices developed by Momentous Institute, which serves Dallas students from age three to 5th grade.
Fitbit

Fitbit files for an IPO to raise $100 million

Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank Securities, and BofA Merrill Lynch will act as active joint book-running managers for the proposed offering.
Apple ResearchKit

Apple, partners working on ResearchKit apps that would include personal DNA data

The apps, based on Apple's ResearchKit platform, will offer some iPhone owners the chance to get their DNA tested, many of them for the first time.
Healthbox

Healthbox unveils its new class for the Miami Studio

The digital health accelerator selected ten companies based upon potential impact on care delivery and further advancement of Florida's innovation ecosystems.
Accenture chart - insurance and wearables

Insurers looking to embrace wearable technologies

63% of survey respondents believe that wearable technologies will be adopted broadly by the insurance industry within the next two years.