Apple Watch to serve as a health companion for the elderly?
A patent application suggests Apple wants to turn its smartwatch into a full-fledged medical device, which could automatically send out an alert when needed.
Blooming aims to bring mindfulness meditation to a company near you
The hi-tech service includes stress monitoring and tracking, personal coaching, peer pressure and meditation advice to help users cope with everyday's stress.
Research: Adoption of health monitoring devices to hit 70M by 2020
The greater consumer affinity with connected devices will be accompanied by an upsurge in the adoption of platforms such as Apple Health and Google Fit.
HealthTap acquires physician service Docphin
Docphin enables physicians to follow various journals, set up alerts, search PubMed, and access more than 1,000 articles by specialty, topic or drug class.
Palo Alto Health Sciences gets $1.9M for its app-enabled system for panic disorder
Called the Freespira Breathing System, the FDA-cleared solution is based on research from Stanford University and Boston University in the mid 2000s.
New app launches to learn how people’s minds wander
Called Where's My Mind?, the app is currently only available for Android users, prompting them at random intervals with questions about their thoughts.
2016 State of App Security: mHealth apps
84% of FDA-approved apps and 80% of apps formerly approved by the NHS were vulnerable to at least 2 OWSP mobile top 10 risks.
Medelinked launches new program to help developers make better mHealth apps
Using the new offering, vendors can more easily deliver new connected solutions, and increase the efficiency and effectiveness of healthcare delivery.
Face It TOGETHER taps Welkin Health to transform addiction care
National nonprofit aimed at ending addiction will collaborate with digital health company to serve larger populations with more cost-effective solutions.
Health First, HealthLoop partner to improve patient experience
HealthLoop will help the health system establish automated communications with patients, starting with surgeons in the Orthopedic Surgery Department.









