Jonah Comstock

A new California Court of Appeals ruling has dealt a major blow to bring your own device (BYOD) policies.

While Novartis' recent partnership with Google and its longtime relationship with Proteus have indicated that the pharma company has an interest in digital health, a page on the company's website, added this summer, lays out its broad vision and explicit interest in mobile health specifically.

Remote monitoring of patients with implantable cardiac devices reduced the mortality rate for cardiac patients by 50 percent and improved their clinical status by nearly 10 percent in a randomized control trial recently published in The Lancet.

The transaction for Practice Fusion's acquisition of Ringadoc included a transfer of $2 million in Practice Fusion equity, according to an SEC document.

Welkin Health's iOS app.

A Stayhealthy HealthCenter kiosk.

Forty-six percent of healthcare providers answering a HIMSS survey used multiple telemedicine technologies in their practice, with the most popular technology by far being two-way video messaging.

Global professional services firm Towers Watson says telemedicine could potentially save US employers $6 billion a year.

Durham, North Carolina-based health data platform company Validic has raised $5 million in first round funding, co-led by Greycroft Partners and SJF Ventures.

According to a new report from Reuters, Apple's announced partnership with EHR provider Epic Systems may not be an exclusive one.