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By Jonah Comstock | 09:51 am | August 04, 2014
The Personal Medicine+ app.
By Jonah Comstock | 11:04 am | August 01, 2014
Camntech's MotionWatch In February of this year, the FDA cleared two wristworn activity trackers from British company Camntech: non-smartphone-connected, but highly accurate devices intended for use in clinical trials.
By Aditi Pai | 10:37 am | August 01, 2014
The Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services (DBHIDS), Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation, Screening for Mental Health (SMH), and Family Practice and Counseling Network (FPCN) launched a pilot to test the effectiveness of a mental health kiosk in a Philadelphia ShopRite.
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.
By Jonah Comstock | 10:15 am | July 31, 2014
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.
By Aditi Pai | 09:48 am | July 31, 2014
Stanford University Medical Center's Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery has started using Google Glass in its resident training program.
By Aditi Pai | 07:00 am | July 31, 2014
Teledermatology referrals that use a smartphone with an attached dermoscope allowed dermatologists to manage their patients faster and more efficiently than by traditional paper referrals, according to a paper published in medical journal Acta Dermato-Venereologica.
By Jonah Comstock | 05:00 am | July 31, 2014
Two years after its first foray into the hardware space, Austrian fitness company Runtastic is launching a new $119.
By Jonah Comstock | 10:42 am | July 30, 2014
Smartphone and tablet use by level of experience.