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.
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.
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.
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.
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’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.
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 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 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.









