Mercom research

mHealth apps were the most funded health IT tech since 2010

The entire sector received $18.5B in VC funding and almost $7.5B in debt and public market financing, bringing the total funding for the sector to $26B.
TruClinic acquires Overl.ai

TruClinic acquires Overl.ai to improve patient experience

The combined product offering also strengthens EHR integration capabilities of the TruClinic telehealth platform.
Femisphere app

Philips, Onelife Health to develop digital health services around mother and child care

The partnership will initially focus on developing Onelife's Femisphere pregnancy and first-year-of-life guidance app.
Nokia health devices

Nokia-branded mHealth devices launching this summer

The Finland-based company will rebrand the existing Withings portfolio and launch a HIPAA-compliant Patient Care Platform.
Force Therapeutics platform

Northwell Health taps Force Therapeutics to improve orthopedic surgery outcomes

After certain orthopedic surgeries, patients will be able to connect to physicians and care teams via computer, smartphone or tablet.
Fitbit homepage

Fitbit paid $23M for Pebble, $15M for Vector Watch

This year, Fitbit expects revenues ranging from $1.5 to $1.7 billion with non-GAAP gross margins in the range of 42.5% to 44.0%.
Kinsa Smart Thermometer

Teladoc and Kinsa expand their partnership

The Teladoc app can detect the Kinsa app on a user's phone, and offer the option to import up to 10 days of temperature readings into the Teladoc platform.
MDLIVE

MDLIVE’s virtual psychiatric service now available in all 50 States

The company's behavioral health network now has more than 1,300 mental health professionals with contracted psychiatrists in each state.
Siemens Healthineers

Siemens Healthineers launches global Digital Ecosystem for healthcare providers

The platform aims to link healthcare providers and solution providers with one another as well as bring together their data, applications and services.
Amazon Echo

HealthTap brings Doctor A.I. to Amazon Alexa

Users will get a feel of a sympathetic physician who will ask intelligible, dynamically generated questions in natural language.