mHealth Spot

The Korean giant announced the Apple HealthKit competitor (Samsung Digital Health), Simband SDK, a new bio processor and the list of 24 partners.

The world's biggest handset maker is looking to generate almost $1 billion in revenues from healthcare businesses by 2020, according to company officials.

The new name reflects the company's new strategic vision, growth strategy and in-depth approach to characterizing patients' live and archived cancer cells.

The company is creating a data-rich mobile platform that offers users the best new health services and in time, allows them to build a "league of their own."

Leveraging smartphone's camera, the company's vHealth platform provides the method to verify and document patient compliance and increase productivity.

Using hypoallergenicdical-grade adhesives, it sticks to the user's torso to automatically and continuously track heart rate, activity, respiration and more.

CCmHI will work on developing mHealth solutions, implementing clinical evaluations, and contributing to implementation of affordable mHealth tools.

The acquisition will enable MDLIVE to better address the growing demand for online therapy and make it more efficient for payers, health systems and employers.

The Department of Veterans Affairs has been using pilots as part of its development strategy for VA mHealth apps since 2011.

The company will use the money to build out its consumer interfaces and service offerings, and expand reach in the online healthcare market.