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With sweeping health reform came a laundry list of technology promising to save time, better the environment, and improve patient care. And as more of it is implemented, we learn what works best and what ... doesn't.

Telehealth programs are typically targeted at a specific segment of the population - those with chronic conditions, or located in a remote area of the country. Numera wants to expand that presence.The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based health and wellness technology company, fresh off new contracts to provide services in the UK and through American Well's Online Care platform, is now introducing a social platform designed to reach anyone who uses a smartphone or Facebook.

A well-known developer of mobile applications for nurses and clinicians in the hospital setting has launched a platform designed to help administrators manage mobile devices throughout the building or campus.Voalté, based in Sarasota, Fla., is teaming up with AirWatch, an Atlanta-based developer of smartphone security and mobile device management solutions, to launch Voalté Connect, giving administrators a platform to deploy, use and scale MDM solutions for enterprise-wide deployments.

University of Utah engineers, who have built wireless networks that "see" through walls, now are aiming the technology at a new goal: noninvasively measuring the breathing of surgery patients, adults with sleep apnea and babies at risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).