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mHealth startup funding targets provider needs
By Eric Wicklund | 08:00 am | September 23, 2014
A new survey finds VC funding to digital health start-ups doubling over the next three years - and focusing on four key areas that target the doctor as well as the consumer.
How Genentech taps into online patient communities to improve clinical trials
By Jonah Comstock | 06:24 am | September 23, 2014
Janssen's Care4Today adds provider-facing dashboard, Spanish support
By Jonah Comstock | 06:19 am | September 23, 2014
Accenture: Funding for digital health startups to hit $6.5 billion in 2017
By Aditi Pai | 03:28 pm | September 22, 2014
More EHR vendors join the Apple HealthKit bandwagon
By Mike Miliard | 01:23 pm | September 22, 2014
Like Epic, Cerner and athenahealth are looking to leverage HealthKit technology to make their products mHealth-optimized.
3 integration hurdles mobile devices face (and how Apple may help)
By Eric Wicklund | 10:49 am | September 22, 2014
Apple Watch and HealthKit may finally solve that disconnect between wearable monitoring devices and the skeptical medical community.
Nurse avatar startup Sense.ly raises $1.25M for follow-up care
By Aditi Pai | 10:28 am | September 22, 2014
Virtual visit company Teladoc raises $50 million
By Aditi Pai | 09:59 am | September 22, 2014
Beyond Verbal raises $3.3M to bring emotion sensing to wearables, healthcare
By Brian Dolan | 09:37 am | September 22, 2014
Mobile app safety concerns aren't going away any time soon
By Tom Sullivan | 09:03 am | September 22, 2014
Today's testing protocols are not enough to safeguard health data in mobile apps and devices. What's more, the attack surface is expanding, and cybercrime is on the rise.