stroke sleeve

This wireless sleeve could help people recover arm use after stroke

The sleeve will provide automatic, intelligent information about muscle movement and strength while patients practice every-day tasks at home.
ACT.md Care Coordination Record

New digital health program launches to build patient resiliency

ACT.md, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, and Brigham and Women's Hospital partner to improve coping for people with serious medical conditions.
LifeWatch

FDA clears LifeWatch’s continuous Vital Signs Monitoring Service

The company's wireless, patch-based system makes vital signs monitoring faster, easier and more convenient for both patients and medical staff.
suicide prevention app

UK mental health provider and Stanford working on a suicide prevention app

The application is designed to work in the background to monitor user's communications to help track those that are at risk of committing suicide.
University City Science Center

UCSC’s Digital Health Accelerator unveils its second class with 6 startups

Startups selected for the program received up to $50,000, professional mentorship, along with networking opportunities with key local stakeholders.
Intelligent Socks

These smart socks can reduce foot ulcers

Hebrew University students aim to reduce foot ulcers by linking pressure-sensing socks to a smartphone application that warns patients of developing wounds.
national survey - using devices

Survey: 71% of Americans would use a personal monitoring device if it was clinically...

The survey with 1,000 respondents was commissioned by The Society for Participatory Medicine and healthcare technology company Biotricity.
Welltok CafeWell platform

AHA, IBM Watson Health and Welltok to bring heart health management to the new...

Partners will develop the solution that combines AHA's science-based metrics with cognitive analytics, delivered on Welltok's health optimization platform.
heart failure app

An app launches to support people living with heart failure

The app makes it easy for patients to track their symptoms, sodium intake, vital sign, moods, and sync with other apps and devices like Fitbit and Jawbone.
app store health

European Commission to create guidelines for health app data quality

The working group will develop guidelines, expected to be published at the end this year, to help different stakeholders assess the quality of data.