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FitAd aims to be mobile health app, wearables-focused ad network
By Brian Dolan | 10:35 am | December 22, 2014
Apple made headlines earlier this year when it announced that health app developers that pulled shared data from other apps via Apple's HealthKit could not give that data to third parties, including advertising networks.
Apple to add glucose tracking back into Health
By Aditi Pai | 07:32 am | December 19, 2014
Apple's newest software update, iOS 8.
AliveCor's third generation is thinner, lighter, and less than half the price
By Jonah Comstock | 01:56 pm | December 18, 2014
AliveCor launched its new third generation smartphone-connected EKG device, a model that is both slimmed down and considerably cheaper than its predecessors.
Parks: 41 percent of caregivers use a digital health device
By Jonah Comstock | 08:12 am | December 18, 2014
A wearable device with an emergency button, from Lifecomm.
University of Kansas Medical Center partners with Sprint, Techstars for accelerator
By Aditi Pai | 07:50 am | December 18, 2014
Sprint Mobile Health Accelerator alum Yosko Sprint has partnered with the University of Kansas Medical Center for the company's second Mobile Health Accelerator, a three-month program in Kansas City powered by TechStars.
SoloHealth raises $4.3M for biometric screening health kiosks
By Aditi Pai | 07:43 am | December 18, 2014
Atlanta, Georgia-based health kiosk company SoloHealth raised $4.
First Opinion gets $6 million from Polaris Ventures to let consumers text a doctor first
By Jonah Comstock | 04:00 am | December 18, 2014
First Opinion, a San Francisco-based telemedicine app maker, has raised $6 million from Polaris Ventures.
Study finds most patients want the option to withhold data from their doctors
By Jonah Comstock | 10:39 am | December 17, 2014
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13 health and fitness crowdfunding projects looking for backers
By Jonah Comstock | 10:27 am | December 17, 2014
Over the last two months, crowdfunding campaigns have launched for numerous smartwatches and fitness wearables, as well as a number of more health-specific devices.
Survey: 43 percent of millennials want access to patient portals on their smartphones
By Aditi Pai | 09:32 am | December 17, 2014
Forty three percent of millennials prefer to access patient portals on their smartphones, according to a Harris Poll survey conducted online for Xerox in September.