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A new overview of systematic reviews of published randomized control trials of mobile health apps found just 23 RCTs of currently-available apps have been conducted, and less than half of those showed a positive health effect from the app in question.

Patients often have a long and difficult  road to recovery following a stroke, but now developers are turning to virtual reality to assist in their therapy.

Aneesh Chopra urges developers at the Dev4Health conference to leverage the open API ecosystem.

This morning Ascensia Diabetes Care launched the latest version of its Contour Diabetes app in the United States.

US News & World Report has teamed up with Doximity, a social network for doctors, to develop a new tool that lets patients book appointments while they are looking at doctors’ profiles on USNews.

The Consumer Technology Association and Xcertia, a mobile health app collaborative, are working together to develop guidelines for the market.

Buoy Health, which offers an AI-powered tool that serves to help people understand potential health problems, announced a partnership with CVS MinuteClinic.

Sleep management company Itamar Medical has just launched SleePath, a digital sleep apnea management tool that helps cardiologists monitor patients with atrial fibrillation.

Wearables aren’t just for tracking steps anymore, as a new tool is helping doctors transcribe right from their smartwatch.

Through SMART, FHIR, and the Argonaut Project, standardized APIs for EHR data interoperability are finally starting to show serious signs of traction.