Apple HealthKit

Just a few days before the first units start shipping, Apple has posted some support documents that pull back the curtain on some of the technical details of its heart rate monitor, and also give some insight into steps Apple has taken to head off potential skin irritation issues.

Redwood, California-based health app maker Hello Heart has raised $1.

OptimizeMe, the Zurich, Switzerland-based life logging app that interprets wellness data users collect through apps and devices, will soon launch its second version under a new name, following an "amicable legal dispute resolution" with UnitedHealth Group.

Duke University and Ochsner Health System in Louisiana are two of the first hospitals to integrate with Apple HealthKit via Epic.

Samsung launched its open access development platform, which include SAMI on the software side and SimBand on the hardware side, last month.

Self-tracking data from wearable devices has gradually become important to your doctors, your employer, and your health insurer.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reached out to Apple to confirm that the health data collected by Apple's smartwatch, called Apple Watch, will not be sold to third parties, according to a report from Reuters.

This week MobiHealthNews once again rounded up an up-to-date list of health and wellness apps that connect to Apple's HealthKit, a health and fitness data exchange that makes it easier for iOS apps to share data with each other.

At the Samsung Developer Conference this week in San Francisco, the South Korean consumer electronics giant revealed much more about its digital health plans, including the names of 24 partners it has been working with -- a dozen commercial partners and a dozen research partners.

HealthLoop, the Mountain View, California-based doctor-patient communication startup, is looking for ways to make patient engagement pay.