Canada’s largest joint replacement launches post-surgery recovery app
The Holland Orthopaedic & Arthritic Centre and SeamlessMD have teamed-up to introduce a mobile app that patients can use to self-manage their recovery at home.
PatientPop closes $10M Series A for its Practice Growth Platform
The company's platform manages everything from patient acquisition, retention, reputation, and analytics through a single interface.
Intel-GE Care Innovations, Happify working together to help family caregivers
The two parties will deliver solutions for family caregivers who serve more than 130 million people suffering from chronic conditions in the United States.
Fitbit Charge HR, Fitbit Surge get automatic exercise tracking to
The two wearable devices can now automatically detect common exercises like biking, hiking, running, as well as sports like basketball, soccer and tennis.
Tech tattoos could be the next generation of wearables
Austin-based Chaotic Moon has created circuitry system called Tech Tatts can monitor health and biometric data from the skin.
MIT researchers working on an ingestible sensor that can measure vital signs
Packaged inside an almond-sized silicone capsule, the sensor is expected to make both short and long term assessments easier on patients.
Jawbone cuts 60 jobs, closes New York office
The layoffs are global and are covering all areas of the business, not just the wearable technology division, which is best-known for UP trackers.
Circle Medical secures $2.9M for its on-demand primary care service
The company provides patients with a physician for non-urgent care, including checkups, flu shots, blood work, and general standard care.
This project is looking to create a smartphone-powered artificial pancreas
Researchers are looking to automate the monitoring of blood glucose levels and correlate the data collected with a connected insulin pump.
Quintiles to use Validic’s tech for remote monitoring of clinical trials
The contract research organization will be able to use Validic's technology to improve the frequently costly, lengthy recruitment process for clinical trials.









