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Study: Docs need to promote mHealth apps
By Eric Wicklund | 11:05 am | April 17, 2014
A new survey indicates more and more consumers are using health and wellness apps to chart activity and calories - but they aren't telling their doctors. They would, however, if their doctors told them to.
At least four startups are now focused on Google Glass apps for doctors
By Aditi Pai | 10:24 am | April 17, 2014
Pharma company Opko acquires smart inhaler startup for at least $10M
By Jonah Comstock | 10:01 am | April 17, 2014
RunKeeper launches Breeze, an all-day tracking app for iPhone 5s
By Jonah Comstock | 08:00 am | April 17, 2014
Nielsen: 46 million people used fitness apps in January
By Aditi Pai | 07:38 am | April 17, 2014
Nuance acquires mobile-focused image-sharing company Accelarad
By Jonah Comstock | 05:00 am | April 17, 2014
Popular decision support tool now available on smartphones
By Frank Irving | 03:02 am | April 17, 2014
Physicians Interactive makes its Omnio clinical reference resource, which has seen more than 100,000 iPad downloads since 2012, available on iPhones and Android devices.
A CURE for care team communications?
By Eric Wicklund | 11:51 am | April 16, 2014
HCA is testing Mobile Heartbeat's smartphone-based care team communications tool at a Nashville hospital, with the goal of keeping doctors and nurses in touch with each other no matter where they are or what smartphone they're using.
Parkinson's sensor company will use $1.5M NIH grant for consumer product
By Jonah Comstock | 10:38 am | April 16, 2014
Amerigroup, Voxiva enroll 100,000 members in Txt4health
By Aditi Pai | 10:33 am | April 16, 2014