Startup looking to boost blood donations in developing countries
Socialblood's service would make it easier for hospitals, blood banks and other organizations to recruit and manage donors more easily.
New bill looking to allowing telehealth across state lines for Medicare physicians
Each physician would already have to be a Medicare approved, but would be able to provide their specialty services to patients within other states.
Missouri is the first state to fund a telehealth program
Missouri Telehealth Network received $1.5M to create the Show-Me Extension for Community Health Outcomes program, offering training for specialized treatments.
Juniper: Apple sold between 2 and 2.5 million watches this quarter
Although the company's CEO Tim Cook hasn't shared any figures, the research firm looked at the iPhone maker's earnings to get to the estimate.
American Well telehealth exchanges launching within the next few weeks
The service will allow patients to search for physicians who are able to provide immediate online consultations or in-office visits on short notice.
40% of all pregnant women in the U.S. use MedHelp’s I’m Expecting app
Available for iOS and Android, the application was used as a companion during nearly 1.6 million pregnancies, out of about 4 million annual births in the U.S.
Global mHealth services market to hit $23B by 2020
The expansion benefits primarily from a combination of rising awareness about the benefits of mHealth services and the ubiquity of 3G and 4G mobile networks.
Medidata, Validic partner to include patient-generated data in clinical trials
The two parties are integrating their respective technology platforms to drive patient-centric research by including data from sensors, wearables and apps.
Fitternity raises $1M seed to expand its discovery platform for workout classes
The company's platform allows users to book free trials with exercise classes, personal trainers, and nutritionists; it has more than 50,000 active users.
ZTE Axon Watch with fitness tracking feature unveiled in China
The device boasts a sapphire-coated 1.4-inch 400x400 pixels round AMOLED touchscreen, 1.2GHz quad-core processor, 512MB of RAM, and 4GB of internal storage.