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A letter from two Congressmen to HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell follows a request from mHealth app developers to update privacy and security regulations that haven't been changed since before the iPhone was introduced.

The man who helps guide the PCHA and Continua says smartwatches are here to stay -- but that probably won't be the case for sensors in clothing or stand-alone activity trackers.

Hospital CIOs crafting guidelines for mobile devices must consider that social mobile, and analytics all intersect in the cloud, and safeguard accordingly. "People will obey good rules," one expert says.

As rumored, the hotly anticipated HealthKit technology wasn't part of Apple's release this week of its newest operating system. Nonetheless, Epic has begun to offer details about what the platform will look like when the kinks are finally ironed out.

The companies align with Centerstone to create a new platform that aims to give "superutilizers" a means of staying in touch with their caregivers and building self-confidence.