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By Aditi Pai | 12:33 pm | October 22, 2015
iMHere system Two small studies published results recently that found health-tracking smartphone applications can improve the patient's health.
By Jonah Comstock | 12:29 pm | October 22, 2015
An American Well video visit.
By Aditi Pai | 12:23 pm | October 22, 2015
Almost two years after the FDA first told 23andMe to halt sales on its mail-order direct-to-consumer genetic testing service for disease risks, the company has relaunched a version of its new Personal Genome Service (PGS), which now meets FDA standards.
By Jonah Comstock | 11:49 am | October 22, 2015
The FDA has cleared SmartLinx Vitals Plus, a mobile-connected in-hospital patient monitoring system from Qualcomm Life subsidiary Capsule.
By Jonah Comstock | 08:00 am | October 22, 2015
Runkeeper has launched a new Apple Watch app with a functionality that the company's core users -- runners -- have been requesting for a long time: It lets them track their run while leaving their smartphone at home.
By Jonah Comstock | 06:00 am | October 22, 2015
DispatchHealth, one of the several recent "house call" startups that uses technology to send doctors or nurses to consumers' homes, has partnered with Colorado health system Centura Health to make its care available to some Centura patients in Denver, Colorado, where both companies are based.
By Aditi Pai | 11:21 am | October 21, 2015
San Francisco-based Lantern, which offers web and mobile programs based on cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety, released its second offering, a stress-focused program, this week.
By Jonah Comstock | 11:08 am | October 21, 2015
San Diego, California-based PatientSafe Solutions has acquired all the assets of Merck subsidiary Vree Health for an undisclosed amount.
By Aditi Pai | 11:04 am | October 21, 2015
Cedars-Sinai has announced that it is partnering with Techstars to launch a digital health-focused accelerator in Los Angeles.
By Jonah Comstock | 10:59 am | October 21, 2015
Los Angeles-based mobile clinical trials company Science 37 has raised $6.