SmartTouch inhaler monitoring device

Nexus6’s Smartinhaler clears the FDA hurdle

Smartinhaler installs on to a patient's inhaler to record the date and time the inhaler is used, and can then send that information to other devices.
Measure Up/Pressure Down

Withings joins AMGA’s Measure Up/Pressure Down national campaign to fight high blood pressure

Over the course of 18 months, 150 patients at four AMGA medical groups will work with the Withings Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor.
VitalConnect Platform, HealthPatch MD receive FDA clearance

VitalConnect Platform, HealthPatch MD receive FDA clearance

The VitalConnect Platform and HealthPatch MD have also received regulatory approval for distribution in EU and Canada.
UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Pennsylvania launches Txt4health and Text4kids services to deliver personalized health SMS for mobile users

UnitedHealthcare Community Plan of Pennsylvania launches Txt4health and Text4kids services to deliver personalized health...

The two SMS-based services are available for free to people enrolled in UnitedHealthcare Medicaid plans in York, Allegheny and Philadelphia Counties.
Mobile phone data helps combat malaria in Namibia

Mobile phone data helps combat malaria in Namibia

Twelve months of anonymized Call Data Records (were provided by service provider MTC to the researchers, representing 52% of the population of Namibia.
UC Irvine School of Medicine adding Google Glass to its curriculum

UC Irvine School of Medicine adding Google Glass to its curriculum

According to the school's officials, Google's wearable can seamlessly deliver information through voice commands and other means while remaining hands-free.
SAMi Smart Activity Monitor

Epilepsy Foundation launches Indiegogo campaign for iPhone-connected SAMi Smart Activity Monitor

The campaign, looking to raise $90,000, will run through June 13, 2014 with a goal to develop a next generation of the SAMi system.
My Health Care Wishes

American Bar Association launches My Health Care Wishes, an advanced care directives app

Available in free and paid versions, the application provides confidentiality of information, while relying on contact information from your contacts list.
National Institutes of Health looking to fund mHealth tools

National Institutes of Health looking to fund mHealth tools

The number of awards is contingent on NIH appropriations and the number of "meritorious" applications; the maximum project period is five years.
UK's Newcastle University uses Google Glass to help Parkinson's disease sufferers

UK’s Newcastle University uses Google Glass to help Parkinson’s disease sufferers

The program was designed to allow Parkinson's sufferers to retain more independence for longer relying on Glass's sensors and technology.