Berg Insight: Number of remotely monitored patients to reach 36.1M by 2020
The two main applications are monitoring of patients with implantable cardiac rhythm management devices and monitoring of patients with sleep therapy devices.
ScottCare unveils 3-in-1 TeleSense Remote Cardiac Rhythm monitor
The device is touted ideal for cardiology practices and hospitals seeking to more effectively manage symptomatic and asymptomatic cardiac event patients.
Weight Watchers’ unveils the Beyond the Scale program with a companion app
FitBreak app provides users with more than 70 options that will inspire them to move more throughout their day, whether at work, at home or outside.
Twine Health raises $6.75M Series A for its health coaching platform
The company already demonstrated effectiveness in hypertension and diabetes care, and is expected to be equally successful in other chronic conditions.
Eaze launches a medical marijuana telehealth app
The application enables clients to connect to board-certified physicians for medical marijuana evaluations via video teleconferencing, for only $30.
University of Michigan unveils an app for breast cancer patients
Called Breast Cancer Ally, the application was developed after gathering feedback from both specialists who cared for patients and patients themselves.
Voluntis, AstraZeneca to test companion app in ovarian cancer studies
The app will help clinicians and patients manage side effects of hypertension and diarrhoea, which can be associated with therapy with cediranib and olaparib.
MedicSMS uses text messages to deliver health information in developing countries
Users simply send their symptoms to the predefined number, and the software in the background returns the best advice and what measures to take.
Interview with Scott Sundvor, CTO and co-founder of 6SensorLabs
The company is developing food transparency technology so that we can know better what is in our food and how it affects our health.
Modernizing Medicine unveils its practice management solution
Called modmed PM, the system was designed to modernize practice management in the same way EMA modernized the specialty-specific EMR market.









