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Some 80 percent of people were more motivated to manage their health after using an activity tracker, according to a randomized control trial from March 2014 of 600 patients who are pre-diabetic and morbidly obese.

The HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) recently released a whitepaper, based on a workshop held last April, on designing telehealth and remote visits for consumers.

Lumity, a data-driven benefits management company, has raised $14 million.

An Oscar-branded Misfit Flash device.

Global human resources company Mercer has launched an employee wellness platform, called Health Pathfinder by Mercer, which is powered by Jiff.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota has brought on San Francisco-based Doctor on Demand as the health insurer's new preferred telehealth provider.

According to non-profit association National Business Group on Health, next year significantly more large employers will offer telehealth services to their employees than this year.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania-based health insurance company Capital BlueCross has announced that starting in 2016, the company will offer telehealth services through American Well to members enrolled in most Capital BlueCross health plans, though the payer didn't specify which health plans were not included.

This afternoon -- in less than two hours -- MobiHealthNews will be hosting its next webinar: Digital Health Strategies for Patient Acquisition and Member Enrollment.

In Teladoc's first earnings call as a publicly traded company, CEO Jason Gorevic and CFO Mark Hirschhorn reported positive earnings figures, were upfront about the costs of ongoing lawsuits, and even talked a little about future plans.