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In doctor-patient communications, paper is out, and apps are in
By Eric Wicklund | 11:50 am | October 02, 2013
With an app developers challenge and 13 new partners in its healthcare vertical, California-based Box is looking to develop mHealth solutions to the provider-patient communications dilemma. And it's partnering with one of the nation's largest healthcare networks to get this job done.
10 new startups looking to solve consumer health problems
By Jonah Comstock | 08:55 am | October 02, 2013
Online patient platforms vie to one-up "Dr. Google"
By Jonah Comstock | 08:29 am | October 02, 2013
Virgin HealthMiles becomes Virgin Pulse, looks beyond health
By Jonah Comstock | 06:00 am | October 02, 2013
MapMyFitness, dog food company create new exercise program
By Aditi Pai | 12:57 pm | October 01, 2013
Wearable device revenues to grow to $6B in 2018
By Aditi Pai | 12:03 pm | October 01, 2013
QMedic wins $2.2M grant for cancer rehab pilot, recruiting designer from Cartier
By Aditi Pai | 12:01 pm | October 01, 2013
Cigna's new marketplace helps members pick the right health and wellness apps
By Eric Wicklund | 11:23 am | October 01, 2013
The Go You Cigna Marketplace, unveiled this week at the Health 2.0 conference in California, is the latest effort by an insurer to offer a platform of relevant - and certified - apps for its members.
'Contact-free' sensors may hold the key to effective patient monitoring
By Eric Wicklund | 09:41 am | October 01, 2013
Newton-Wellesley Hospital is one of the first in the nation to use the EarlySense System, which uses a sensor placed under the mattress to record heart and respiration rates and patient movement.
Cigna enters app curation, data sharing with GoYou
By Jonah Comstock | 09:35 am | October 01, 2013