Xbox Fitness adds syncing to Microsoft Health
The idea is to make every step count, whether we're talking about exercising in a gym or in the park, or working out at home with Xbox Fitness.
Global revenues from fitness trackers to exceed $5 bln by 2019
Adoption of connected health devices increased from 24% of U.S. broadband households at the beginning of 2013 to nearly 30% by the end of 2014.
Samsung, TeleHealth Services launch SmarTigr patient engagement solution
The TV-based solution provides healthcare facilities with cost-effective technology to enhance patient satisfaction, operational efficiencies and care management.
Healthspek adds insurance finder service
The feature pinpoints a user's location and pulls up the profiles and contact information of recommended health and life insurance agents in that area.
STEMP Smart Temperature Patch raising funds at Indiegogo
The STEMP sensor, medical-grade adhesives, and a mobile app work together seamlessly to provide immediate, continuous, accurate body temperature measurement.
Smart Rope killing it at Kickstarter
The device features 23 high quality embedded LED lights that display fitness data in mid-air as you jump; this information is also synced with a mobile app.
Rice engineers develop mobile system to capture images inside the eye
The patient-operated, portable device called mobileVision can be paired with a smartphone to give clinicians finely detailed images of the macula.
Phoenix Children’s Hospital gets $200K to put tablets in patient rooms
The James M. Cox Foundation provided the money for digitizing the hospital's Journey Boards and delivering them through 200 tablets installed in patient rooms.
UK’s NHS launches library of government-approved mHealth apps
Right now, the library counts just five apps dealing with mental health but chances are the number (and scope) will grow in the months to come.
Partners Healthcare receives $468K grant to boost use of personal health trackers
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation provided the money for the development of a novel Engagement Engine to support the sustained use of health and activity trackers.