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Engineering students at Rice University have created a new iPhone app they say could help patients with Parkinson's manage a symptom of the disease called "freezing," a temporary and involuntary inability to move when the legs are unable to follow the brain's command.

The initiative, known as the Digital Health Ecosystem Wales network, will initially run for a period of two years.

A recent survey of 300 primary care physicians who use EHRs found that half of the respondents wanted better access to patient data.

More mobile devices equal happier patients, according to a survey commissioned by Jamf, an Apple-focused mobile device management company.

With discussions on consumer data privacy again reaching a head amongst the lay press and lawmakers, it isn’t too far a stretch to wonder whether the data collected continuously through health and fitness wearables is receiving appropriate scrutiny.

Online refractive eye exam company Opternative has launched a new white-labeled service for eye care professionals (ECPs) called EZRx.

This week has spurred some major patent announcements from digital health companies Akili Interactive and Sonde Health, which are both affiliated with PureTech Health, a cross disciplinary biopharma company.

The American Medical Association and Google have launched the AMA Health Care Interoperability and Innovation Challenge, looking for new ideas about the ways wearable devices and apps can be more effectively monitored and the data shared.

Capturing a patient’s experience outside the doctor’s office has been an ongoing struggle when it comes to treating Parkinson’s disease.

In the last quarter the FDA gave the nod to 10 digital health devices.