wearable remote patient monitoring

Almost 100 million wearable remote patient monitoring (RPM) devices to ship over the next...

Growing interest and awareness about the benefits of supporting healthcare away from the hospital and into patients' homes are helping drive this market.
Launchpad Digital Health

Launchpad Digital Health unveils the first five companies it has funded

Business plan applications for the next class of companies in the digital health sector will be accepted through year-end 2014.
Epson unveils GPS watches and activity trackers

Epson unveils GPS watches and activity trackers

The Runsense range consists of four smart watches - SF-310, SF-510, SF-710 and SF-810; whereas the activity tracker range has just devices, PS-100 and PS-500.
Best Doctors acquires Rise Health

Best Doctors acquires Rise Health to expand its digital health solutions

With the acquisition, Best Doctors gets data integration and advanced analytics capabilities to add to its care management platform and expand into new markets.
Wellograph smartwatch

Wellograph smart watch with sapphire crystal display now up for order

Touted as a unique piece of wellness jewelry, this smart watch brings elegance to tracking heart rate, steps, calories burned and more.
KiwiSweat iPhone app

Pop-up fitness company KiwiSweat launches an iPhone app

The app lets instructors directly connect with clients, while giving users the ability to discover, easily pay for and attend group fitness classes.
BreezoMeter

An app that measures air pollution unveiled in Israel

The BreezoMeter app relies on a number of factors, including wind direction, wind speed and weather information to calculate the air pollution in your area.
Asthma New Zealand

Mobile app helps Kiwis with asthma easily manage their condition

Asthma New Zealand has teamed up with VADR to launch the Breathe Easy asthma management app for iPhone and make it easy for patients to manage their symptoms.
doctor consultation app China

Doctor consultation app Chunyu Yisheng looking to disrupt China’s health care market

In a market expected to exceed $1 trillion by 2020, this startup helps users tackle mild ailments and provides extra income for doctors.

Interview with Doctrly’s founder Devin Goodman

Doctrly offers an Open API for Electronic Health Records (EHR) that allows hospitals and other care providers to easily and securely create custom frontends.