mHealth Spot

The combined company's products are used by over 13,000 providers and 50,000 medical professionals across more than 40 medical specialties.

The mHealth app, available for iOS devices, will help patients monitor and manage Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

An impressive 97% of surveyed respondents approved of the use of technology, including desktop computers and mobile devices, during a consultation.

By 2019, total shipment volumes are forecast to reach 126.1 million units, resulting in a five-year compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 45.1%.

After that super-affordable fitness band and wireless blood pressure monitor, Xiaomi is out with another mHealth product - a smart scale.

Called Baby Gigl, the device collects and analyzes data on food intake, feeding speed, lumps and bottle angle; this information is then sent to a smartphone.

The device, currently raising funds at Indiegogo, has a handle made of pacifier material the child uses to activate 125 child-psychologist-chosen songs.

The collaboration hopes to develop new technologies that offer surgeons and health care systems greater accuracy, cost efficiency and better patient outcomes.

Data from these devices will integrate into a consumer's personal health record via healow.com and healow mobile app, and be available to a care provider.

MyHealthPal has secured an initial seed funding of £500,000 from private and institutional investors, and launched a trial with NY's Mount Sinai Hospital.