Kurbo Health unveils a mobile program to fight childhood obesity
Incorporating mobile apps, virtual feedback and live, personalized coaching, Kurbo teaches kids, teens and their families how to eat healthier and lose weight.
Maxwell Health unveils its “Health as a Service” platform
The mobile-enabled platform provides a central place to access benefits services, while leveraging data from those services to provide better health solutions.
Proteus Digital Health’s Series G round of funding reaches over $172 million
The new money will enable the company to advance the manufacturing and commercialization of its digital medicines.
Philips’s ultra mobile VISIQ ultrasound system receives FDA 510(k) clearance
Transducer-plus-tablet display delivers excellent image quality, making ultrasound available anytime, in a wide range of clinical environments for OB patients.
Fitbit now available for Windows Phone 8.1 smartphone
Microsoft has great deal that bundles Fitbit Flex with AT&T's or T-Mobile's Nokia Lumia 635 for $148.95 or $178.95, respectively.
EyeNetra raises $4 million for smartphone-based vision tests
Previously known as PerfectSight, EyeNetra developed a device called NetraG that works in tandem with a smartphone to create a portable vision test.
Healthfirst identifies viable way to engage Medicaid members with mobile messaging
The not-for-profit managed care organization has teamed-up with HealthCrowd to show that mobile messaging is a viable HEDIS outreach channel.
Almost half of Kaiser Permanente members use apps to book appointments, request refills and...
The mobile app has been downloaded 455,512 times in 2013, and is now running on phones of 1 million Kaiser members, which is more than one out of every ten.
A smartband made for families raising funds at Indiegogo
Aside from standard sleep and fitness tracking, ActvContent's Sync comes with few family-friendly features that provide location safety.
PLM teams-up with IBM to launch 35 medical reference guide mobile apps
Made with the help of IBM MobileFirst solution, these apps are available for treatment areas such as cardiology, dermatology, obstetrics and oncology.