smartphone health apps

Survey: 69 percent of physicians think patients should use tech to assist in diagnosis
By Aditi Pai | 08:01 am | September 24, 2014
Eighty four percent of patients said they should be able to use technology to help their doctors make a diagnosis, while 69 percent of physicians said patients should use such tools to help them form a diagnosis.
FDA suggested deregulation affects smart scales, fertility thermometers, and more
By Brian Dolan | 07:54 am | August 01, 2014
Kinsa's smartphone-connected thermometer The US Food and Drug Administration has proposed to largely deregulate a sizable list of Class II and Class I medical devices and no longer require their makers to go through the 510(k) process.
Report: Health app market has a few big winners
By Jonah Comstock | 10:33 am | May 21, 2014
There are now more than 100,000 apps on the iOS and Android app stores, according to a new report by research firm Research2Guidance, double the market size of two and a half years ago.