Horizon BCBSNJ partners with AbilTo to offer behavioral therapy to cardiac patients
The eight-week program involves therapist and behavior coach teams which help members make sustainable lifestyle changes that improve their physical health.
Sworkit Kids launches to help kids stay active
Featuring exercise videos demonstrated by kids for kids, the application is also looking to teach children love exercise from an early age.
Study: A majority of healthcare institutions don’t use HIPAA-compliant apps
On contrary, employees in the healthcare industry say their employers allow using consumer messaging apps for communication with colleagues.
VA to test self-care text messaging app
The application called Annie will be tested at four VA sites, including Washington, D.C.; Portland, Maine; Cleveland; and Minneapolis.
The ACC, PatientsLikeMe team-up over diabetes research and care
The partnership will encourage people living with diabetes to offer perspectives to enhance and accelerate the registry's research and development agenda.
Google Life Sciences, AHA team-up to research coronary heart disease
The two parties are looking to bring new, unconventional thinking to understand, prevent, and reverse coronary heart disease and its consequences.
Mobile consumer health engagement platform HealthJibe unveiled
Designed as part of a health benefits plan, the solution brings health risk awareness, prevention and lifestyle habits into the employee's daily routine.
Xiaomi Mi Band 1S has a heart rate sensor, price tag of just $16
The new heart rate tracking adds to existing capabilities of tracking steps and sleep, with features like vibrating and LED notifications remaining in place.
Interview with Ashley John Heather, co-founder of OffTheScale
The company developed what it calls a high intensity intervention platform that is proven to slow, stop and reverse the progress of chronic diseases.
Gauss Surgical’s receives CE mark for its surgical blood loss system
The company's flagship offering Triton scans surgical sponges and blood bearing canisters to estimate the amount of blood contained in them.









