HealthKit

Apple made its long-awaited wearable announcement today at a special event in Cupertino, as well as showing off the iPhone 6 and the new, larger iPhone 6 plus.

iHealth blood pressure cuff Over the next five years, ABI Research expects 100 million wearable remote patient monitoring devices to ship.

As Apple's official launch of iOS 8 -- and with it Apple's Health app and HealthKit developer toolkit, HealthKit is looking more and more like a broad partner play.

Apple has hired Divya Nag, founder of digital health accelerator StartX Med, who confirmed the new position on her LinkedIn page, according to a report from VentureBeat.

Google has released a preview software development kit (SDK) for Google Fit, the platform the company will launch later this year to help Android users aggregate data from fitness apps and devices.

In the latest update to the iOS 8 beta, Apple added a number of health-related features, according to various reports.

Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is gearing up to get data from patients' consumer devices like Fitbit, Jawbone UP, or Withings weight scale into their EHR, according to CIO and emergency room physician Dr.

Catalyst, an internal iPad app developed by Medtronic.

Samsung might partner with Under Armour to market Samsung's wearable health devices, according to a report from Yonhap News.

Just a month after Apple announced its health tracking platform for iOS 8, the company released a new beta version of the app with two new features: step counting and caffeine tracking, according to a report from 9to5Mac.