mHealth Spot

The program recognizes U.S. healthcare entities that provide real-time, online consultations directly to the patient that meet specific standards.

Suicide Safe is available for iOS and Android devices, giving health care providers questions to determine if a patient is at risk.

Using secure conferencing technology, patients can now manage their health, meet with physicians, and receive advice from Mount Sinai Health System experts.

However, some researchers caution about potential flaws in the information gathered through ResearchKit, while some others love it; FDA supports the efforts.

The company offers point-of-care tests for strokes and other cardiovascular conditions, including an anticoagulation monitoring system called Hemochron.

The data, presuming the patient gives his/her consent, will be sent to their EMR, giving nurses and physicians visibility to their health on a daily basis.

The company's device Core hooks on to an analog stethoscope to record the sound and send data to the cloud service, allowing clinicians to analyze heart sounds.

The Department has tapped two accelerators, Dallas-based Tech Wildcatters and Chicago-based TechNexus, for the new incubator program called Emerge.

During the two-year-long pilot, health care providers will assess and treat patients with select health conditions using video visits.

New investors Roche Ventures and iSeed Ventures, and existing partner XLHealth provided the capital to help the company's continued international growth.