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By Jonah Comstock | 11:42 am | July 30, 2015
The App Association Executive Director Morgan Reed Yesterday the US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee held a hearing about the Internet of Things, and though the conversation was broad and far-reaching, mobile health and healthcare connectivity did hold some floor time.
By Aditi Pai | 11:41 am | July 30, 2015
Digital health accelerator Healthbox has added ten companies to its next accelerator, which will be located in Chicago.
By Jonah Comstock | 11:20 am | July 30, 2015
Cigna Envoy, the insurance company's app for American employees living abroad, has added a mobile claims function that allows users to file a claim by taking a picture of a receipt.
By Aditi Pai | 07:00 am | July 30, 2015
San Francisco-based Glow, which has developed a suite of women's health apps, launched a new app today designed to help women manage their sex life and their menstrual cycle, called Ruby.
By Jonah Comstock | 12:45 pm | July 29, 2015
Garmin has been in the wearable business since at least 2003, but the company has only been in the highly competitive consumer fitness tracker market -- with its VivoSmart and VivoFit lines -- for a little under a year.
By Aditi Pai | 11:53 am | July 29, 2015
Phoenix, Arizona-based eVisit has raised a $1 million seed round from Alan Ram, founder of Alan Ram's Proactive Training Solutions, Chris Reap, investor at Northstar Capital, and others.
By Jonah Comstock | 11:52 am | July 29, 2015
Text message reminders that were tailored or included a reminder doubled the chance that expectant and new mothers would receive an influenza vaccine in a new randomized trial of Text4baby, a texting service for new mothers, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
By Jonah Comstock | 09:50 am | July 29, 2015
A Kaiser Permanente video visit.
By Aditi Pai | 08:46 am | July 29, 2015
Some 9 percent of respondents said they have used a telehealth service for a minor illness at least once since these tools became commercially available, according to a Healthline survey of 3,679 people who read Healthline.