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A California appeals court has ruled that University of California Regents aren't to be held accountable for a lost hard drive containing personal health information of some 16,000 patients.court

A new grant is funding a telemedicine provider and a disease adherence management vendor to connect asthma patients at home with doctors monitoring daily inhaler use and abuse.

From FitBit to Misfit, the market for wearable sensors is increasing dramatically - and not just for personal fitness and wellness. New devices are being designed on an almost-weekly basis to help people manage chronic conditions, recover more quickly from injuries, analyze physical and environmental abnormalities that may lead to more serious health issues and detect unhealthy habits before they cause problems.

As profiled in an Aug. 7, 2012 story in mHealthNews, Frisbie Memorial Hospital in Rochester, N.H., deployed mobile communication technology from Voalte to keep staff connected at the touch of a button - in this case, the button on a specially designed iPhone. As a result, the 88-bed acute care hospital saw its Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHP) scores rise by an average of 6 percent. How important is that? Take a look at this infographic developed by Voalte.

A California company is debuting a mobile device and system that automatically sends blood glucose test results to a portal, for review by clinicians and other caregivers. In the UK, meanwhile, a study is being launched to test a new device that replaces the traditional insulin pump with a patch.