Sworkit Kids app

Sworkit Kids launches to help kids stay active

Featuring exercise videos demonstrated by kids for kids, the application is also looking to teach children love exercise from an early age.
mobile messaging

Study: A majority of healthcare institutions don’t use HIPAA-compliant apps

On contrary, employees in the healthcare industry say their employers allow using consumer messaging apps for communication with colleagues.
veterans

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.
PatientsLikeMe - Diabetes Collaborative Registry

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.
HealthJibe

Mobile consumer health engagement platform HealthJibe unveiled

Designed as part of a health benefits plan, the solution brings health risk awareness, prevention and lifestyle habits into the employee's daily routine.
Ashley John Heather

Interview with Ashley John Heather, co-founder of OffTheScale

The company developed what it calls a high intensity intervention platform that is proven to slow, stop and reverse the progress of chronic diseases.
Gauss Surgical

Gauss Surgical’s receives CE mark for its surgical blood loss system

The company's flagship offering Triton scans surgical sponges and blood bearing canisters to estimate the amount of blood contained in them.
digital health

Survey: Users expect better experience from mHealth apps

More than one-third of respondents said the apps were confusing to use and 30 percent said they did not like that the apps shared their data with friends.
Validic ecosystem

Validic announces new clients, integration partners and platform capabilities

The company's network has been extended by adding 68% more integration partners over the last year, bringing the company's total supported devices to over 215.
FDA logo

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.