One Drop diabetes app gives meaningful context to numbers
Available as a free download, the application enables users to easily log the core behavioral and biometric components of diabetes in one place.
Microsoft with partners launch telehealth pilot in Botswana
The parties are using freed up radio spectrum formerly used by analog TV broadcasts for the delivery of broadband Internet to rural communities.
E-procurement solution provider Healthlogistics acquires hTrak
The combined offering will provide NHS Trusts with an end-to-end solution for their e-procurement requirements, resulting in significant efficiency savings.
Peak secures $7M Series A for its brain-training app
The new capital will help Peak growing its team of neuroscientists and engineers, and concentrating on improving its product and user experience.
Home health tech to be used by over 78M consumers by 2020
Expanded capabilities for medical monitoring, remote consultations, eldercare, and health and wellness applications will drive this growth.
Insurance provider Oscar raises $145 million
The new capital will allow Oscar to expand its operations, develop new products and extend plans to new members across the country.
Alibaba working with partners on China’s first “cloud hospital”
The platform promises to improve the quality of medical care by making it easier to manage individual patient cases and analyze aggregated health data.
9% of U.S. adults to own a smartwatch by 2016
As smartwatch penetration grows, it will close in on activity tracker which will begin to plateau by the end of 2016, peaking at 32 million units.
Figure 1 app gets paging support
The so called Instagram for doctors now allows users to instantly receive feedback from colleagues around the world.
VR could be used to evaluate balance control in glaucoma patients
The study subjects used Oculus Rift goggles that can simulate different settings while standing on a force platform, which can measure balance and movement.