Boston Children’s Hospital, Rock Health team-up to advance pediatric digital health technology
Under the deal, Rock Health will fund and support digital startups, while Boston Children's will act as clinical advisor to the promising companies.
VA to test self-care text messaging app
The application called Annie will be tested at four VA sites, including Washington, D.C.; Portland, Maine; Cleveland; and Minneapolis.
The ACC, PatientsLikeMe team-up over diabetes research and care
The partnership will encourage people living with diabetes to offer perspectives to enhance and accelerate the registry's research and development agenda.
Google Life Sciences, AHA team-up to research coronary heart disease
The two parties are looking to bring new, unconventional thinking to understand, prevent, and reverse coronary heart disease and its consequences.
FDA looking for comments on mHealth in clinical trials
The agency wants to know how healthcare providers and other parties are using consumer-generated data, and whether the data being collected is reliable.
Yale’s new ResearchKit app aims to prevent pregnancy loss
The ResearchKit-based study seeks to determine whether estimated placental volume (EPV) measurements can be used to predict pregnancy outcome.
SMU, U-Maryland score an NIH grant for pediatric asthma monitor
The device will monitor air quality, CO2 levels in the blood, physical activity, breathing, emotional states and other stimuli to identify asthma triggers.
Reflexion Health’s remote monitoring tool for physical therapy clears the FDA
Called Vera, it is designed to help people recovering from injuries do their physical therapy from home, while allowing therapists to collect patients' data.
New digital health accelerator announced in Arkansas
Set to run from April 4 to June 30, 2016, the accelerator will help startups in three areas: digital health platforms, healthcare services, and medical devices.
Masimo’s MightySat Rx Fingertip Pulse Oximeter clears the FDA
The device noninvasively measures arterial oxygen saturation and pulse rate, in addition to perfusion index and optional pleth variability index.









