mHealth Spot

Doctrly offers an Open API for Electronic Health Records (EHR) that allows hospitals and other care providers to easily and securely create custom frontends.

The device is looking to raise $40,000 at Kickstarter where a single unit starts at $25; it has been tested with many of the world's most popular smartphones.

An emergency room doctor in Toronto working on a mobile app that can detect whether a patient is faking the hand tremors to get a prescription for sedatives.

The potential is there but mHealth tools are still not ready for prime time; using SMS to inform people what to do is pretty much the only tool available now.

Dallas-based accelerator's 2014 class consists of 12 innovative startups that span from pharma and medical devices to software and mobile apps.

Five selected startups will participate in the 3.5 month long program, each receiving €50,000 as financial support, mentor support and free office space.

Former ZocDoc's Sales Manager is now Vice President of Sales at DoctorBase, marking the first time the company has created a sales management position.

"Slightly more than 6% of U.S. broadband households have a digital pedometer or fitness tracker, so this market is still in the early stages of adoption."

Developed by University of Washington engineers and physicians, BiliCam would be cheaper and more accessible option than existing reliable screening methods.

The announcement comes only days before the new iPhones are announced, and it's a huge win for consumers, according to health data privacy advocates.