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By Jonah Comstock | 09:52 am | September 17, 2014
Chief executive officers from nine large American companies, healthcare and otherwise, released a 130-page report detailing a number of ways the private sector can help reduce the country's rising healthcare costs, including explaining a lot of the work their own companies are already doing.
By Aditi Pai | 09:43 am | September 17, 2014
Digital health accelerator Healthbox has added eight companies to its next accelerator, which will be located in Chicago.
By Aditi Pai | 09:19 am | September 16, 2014
Insurance company Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC), which offers insurance plans to residents of Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas, has made available its first wellness app for its members, called Centered.
By Brian Dolan | 09:09 am | September 16, 2014
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based MC10 announced former Broadcom executive, Scott Pomerantz has joined it as its new CEO and president, replacing David Icke, who is leaving the company.
By Aditi Pai | 08:46 am | September 16, 2014
Around 30 percent of patients have been offered access to their online medical records by their healthcare provider or insurer, according to a survey of more than 2,100 people conducted by the ONC last year.
By Jonah Comstock | 08:14 am | September 16, 2014
Time Magazine's post-Apple Watch cover story suggests that Apple might finally bring wearables into the mainstream in a way they've never been before -- and that this might not be a good thing.
By Brian Dolan | 08:00 am | September 16, 2014
Burlingame, California-based Misfit, formerly Misft Wearables, today launched Misfit Flash, its second wearable device that tracks various activities and sleep.
By Brian Dolan | 10:48 am | September 15, 2014
This morning ACT -- The App Association and a number of its mobile health company members sent a letter to Rep.
By Jonah Comstock | 08:33 am | September 15, 2014
According to a report from Reuters, two more large hospitals are embarking on pilots with Apple's HealthKit: Stanford University Medical Center and Duke University Hospital.
By Aditi Pai | 11:58 am | September 12, 2014
Forty eight percent of employers will make telehealth services available to employees, in states where it's legal, in 2015, according to a National Business Group on Health survey of 136 employers representing approximately 7.