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By Jonah Comstock | 08:37 am | August 03, 2015
Sixty-six percent of all pharma app downloads in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany, were downloads of the top 10 apps according to an infographic recently released by German app company SmartPatient (not to be confused with Roni Zeiger-founded online patient community SmartPatients).
By Jonah Comstock | 12:47 pm | July 31, 2015
Louisville, Kentucky-based XLerate Health has announced its latest class of seven startups.
By Jonah Comstock | 08:52 am | July 31, 2015
The US Department of Defense may soon start using smartphone-based diagnosis tools to detect traumatic brain injuries in soldiers on the battlefield.
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.