12 companies shaping the future of digital health

12 companies shaping the future of digital health

Areas investigated by this infographic include patient data management, 3D prosthetics, diagnostic mobile apps, personalized cancer treatment and more.
Apple

14 hospitals rolling out pilot programs with Apple’s HealthKit

The pilots aim to help physicians monitor patients with chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension, to help hospitals avoid repeat admissions.
FDA

FDA issues final guidance on mHealth app regulation

The Agency opted for a hands-off approach to most medical device data systems (MDDS), or software that conveys data to and from a medical device.
stress eating

UMass Medical School, WPI score $2M to develop stress eating app

The grant will be used for the RELAX app development and two phases of clinical trials, with a goal of making users more aware of when and why they stress eat.
Vocera Secure Texting

Vocera to provide secure messaging solution to all of its U.S. healthcare customers

The HIPAA-compliant solution will be offered at no cost to the company's 800+ U.S. hospital customers to seamlessly connect affiliated healthcare providers.
Kura MD

Kura MD secures $1.5M Series A for its telehealth solution

The company provides individual physicians, physician groups, urgent care providers and other practitioners with an integrated telehealth solution.
VitalMedicals

VitalMedicals scores $925K in seed funding

The San Francisco-based company will use the fresh funds to grow its technical team and continue building its smart glasses technologies for the hospital.
Sense4Baby

AirStrip, Telenatal team-up over Sense4Baby distribution

The duo will bring the remote maternal and fetal monitoring system to 13 countries, including Netherlands, France, Germany, Italy and Turkey.
Valencell

Valencell scores 8 new patents from USPTO

The new patents cover monitoring and tracking of biometrics across a variety of form-factors, such as earbuds, wristbands, armbands and jewelry.
SNIFFPHONE

A phone that sniffs out disease in works

Funded by a grant from the European Commission, the SNIFFPHONE project's breathalyzer screening technology to provide fast and cheap disease detection.
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