Eric Wicklund

Last week's WLSA Convergence Summit put the spotlight on the global digital health ecosystem - including Dean Kamen's efforts to "do something really big for the world."

The project, spearheaded by Open mHealth, seeks to create a platform on which mHealth projects can be launched using multiple apps.

A panel of venture capital experts at the WLSA's Convergence Summit in San Diego agrees that mHealth entrepreneurs need to look beyond the device to gain traction in the market.

The two-day conference kicked off Wednesday in San Diego with an impressive lineup of speakers and presentations, all focused on pushing the boundaries of traditional healthcare and making digital health and wellness to goal.

Unveiled at the WLSA's Convergence Summit this week in San Diego, the deal integrates the WRx Health Hub with the Vitalbeat cloud system - which, offered along with wearable sensors, enables consumers and their physicians to monitor vital signs and other biometric data on the go.

New York authorities are warning seniors of a scam that has its roots in mHealth.

The California-based advisory firm advises developers of mobile medical apps and their investors on how they fit under the FDA's still-unclear regulatory umbrella.

VMware Horizon Mobile is designed to help healthcare providers who favor BYOD policies and want to separate and protect business data on those devices.

The three-day conference, taking place May 28-30 in San Diego, aims to separate the old-style thinking of healthcare from the brash, new, disruptive world of connected health.

The San Francisco-based developer of an after-hours answering service for physicians has closed its seed round of funding, and is looking to make its mark in the mHealth landscape.