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Survey: 9 percent of Americans use doctor ratings sites
By Aditi Pai | 11:22 am | July 22, 2014
About 9 percent of Americans received comparative information about doctors from a ratings website like HealthGrades.
Xiaomi to offer a $13 wristworn activity tracker in China
By Jonah Comstock | 11:07 am | July 22, 2014
Chinese electronics company Xiaomi has announced a new fitness band that will retail in China for just $13 (79 RMB).
Walgreens amps up health tracking rewards program with Fogg's behavior change method
By Brian Dolan | 10:58 am | July 22, 2014
Fogg speaking at SXSW last year Retail pharmacy company Walgreens is bolstering its rewards program by training some of its pharmacists and online customer reps in Stanford psychologist and mobile health expert Dr.
3 advantages of using mHealth in the OR
By Marion McCall, BBA, RN, CNOR, CPHIMS | 10:31 am | July 22, 2014
Marion McCall of Surgical Information Systems explains how mobile devices can help improve one of the most complex and chaotic departments in the hospital.
Health-sensing sock company Sensoria gets $5M, preps SDK
By Jonah Comstock | 12:02 pm | July 21, 2014
Sensoria Fitness socks, which come with a snap-on anklet.
National physician group advises docs to discuss health apps with patients
By Brian Dolan | 11:56 am | July 21, 2014
Over the weekend the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), which represents the country's more than 100,000 osteopathic physicians (D.
Seven startups that want to help employees sit less, stay active at work
By Aditi Pai | 11:04 am | July 21, 2014
Earlier this month, Chicago-based startup FitnessCubed launched a Kickstarter for its device, a portable elliptical, called Cubii that fits under a user's desk.
Report: Unregulated data sometimes just as sensitive as HIPAA-covered data
By Jonah Comstock | 10:49 am | July 21, 2014
In a new report from the California HealthCare Foundation, the report's author, health economist and consultant Jane Sarasohn-Kahn concludes that while the increasing amount of consumer wellness and fitness data collected today has a lot of value for personalized healthcare, it also presents new risks for consumer privacy.
Epion Health raises $4.5M for iPad-based patient check-in tool
By Aditi Pai | 10:33 am | July 21, 2014
Roseland, New Jersey-based Epion Health raised $4.
HelpAround raises $550K for sharing economy diabetes app
By Jonah Comstock | 11:50 am | July 18, 2014
Israel-based HelpAround, which makes an app that connects people with diabetes in the same immediate area, has raised $550,000 from Windham Venture Partners and angel investors Walter Winshall, Robert Oringer and former Harmonix COO Michael Dornbrook.