Physical exercise prescription apps research findings
Wednesday, February 28, 2024 by Richard Harris
In a context in which physical exercise is considered a key factor in healthy aging, a group of researchers led by the physiotherapist at the Parc Sanitari Pere Virgili health complex Luis Soto, working with experts in digital health at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), examined the mobile applications for exercise available in the leading app stores. Their obj...
The difference 5G will make to your apps
Friday, January 11, 2019 by Richard Harris
Since 5G will allow for higher volumes of data to be processed at much faster speeds, new technologies like public edge platforms are emerging as necessary tools to help developers reduce latency and enable their software to function as desired. With this new era of computing, the ability for developers to deploy code securely, reliably, and quickly to the edge of the n...
AI for elderly care launches at CES
Wednesday, January 9, 2019 by Richard Harris
CarePredict, a digital health company that provides preventive healthcare solution for senior adults, announced the launch of their direct-to-consumer product, CarePredict Home, at CES 2019, the world's largest consumer technology show. CarePredict was the first-to-market to use machine learning, smart wearables, and unique kinematics to quantify daily activities pe...
AI voice app study to be done on remote patient monitoring
Tuesday, June 5, 2018 by Richard Harris
Orbita, Inc. has announced a collaboration with AARP to study remote patient monitoring and reduce social isolation. As participants in the 2018 Pulse@MassChallenge accelerator, the organizations will study new digital approaches for leveraging natural language processing to new enable hands-free, digital experiences for the 50-plus population. The work will guide ongoi...
Ascensia Diabetes Challenge starts Oct 1
Friday, September 29, 2017 by Richard Harris
Ascensia Diabetes Care has announced the launch of the Ascensia Diabetes Challenge, a global innovation competition that is seeking innovative digital solutions to support diabetes management and improve the lives of those living with type 2 diabetes. The challenge aims to find new ways to help tackle the management of the global epidemic of type 2 diabetes by unearthin...
Privacy will be the name of the game in 2017
Thursday, December 22, 2016 by Richard Harris
Editors note: 2017 predictions by Alan Duric, Co-Founder and CTO at Wire
2016 has seen a huge rise in machine learning and connected devices from Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant; to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. The world has become truly connected but not without the growing pains that any emerging industry is bound to face.
In Dec...
Kinvey and Redox to Accelerate Mobile Health Innovation
Friday, August 12, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
Health care providers face more challenges than most industries when it comes to digital and mobile innovation, including HIPAA compliance and legacy systems. mBaaS provider Kinvey and electronic healthcare record (EHR) API provider Redox seek to ease those challenges with a new mobile app solution that will provide faster, easier delivery of EHR data into mobile,...
Aterica’s New Technology, Veta™, The world’s First EpiPen® Smart Case And App Holds Great Promise
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 by Richard Harris
Digital health company, Aterica’s new technology, Veta™, the world’s First EpiPen® Smart Case and app can help those who suffer with Anaphylaxis.Veta™ has a corresponding app and high-tech case for an EpiPen® which uses a cloud-based network to connect. It’s not just about Veta’s™ rapid response and notifications during an anaphylactic event; it’s also about the on...
Misfit Launches New Wearable Developer Toolkit
Monday, September 8, 2014 by Richard Harris
Misfit has announced the availability of a new Developer Toolkit which provides the ability to integrate Misfit’s activity and sleep tracking capability into product offerings. Third-party developers can now leverage the suite of tools to enhance their products with these features.Misfit is compatible with a wide range of digital health and fitness tracking apps. These ...
The Success Checklist: What mHealth Investors and Entrepreneurs Should Know
Monday, August 11, 2014 by Lisa Clark
A healthcare start-up developer has an intriguing concept for an app or a software solution. It may be an app tied to a sensor that is designed to transmit a diabetic’s blood glucose levels to her physician, or an app that has a proprietary algorithm that analyzes a heart patient’s water retention to predict congestive heart failure.The developer has partners who may ha...
What Developers Need to Know About Apple’s HealthKit and HIPAA Compliance
Wednesday, July 9, 2014 by Jason Wang
Apple gave the world a glimpse at the next wave of digital innovation at their annual WorldWide Developers conference with the launch of HealthKit and companion app Health. Both instantly turn the iPhone into arguably the largest digital health platform in the world. While wearables have captured attention and interest, from the Nike Fuelband to Google Gl...
Trillion Dollar Market wants Developers What you need to know to get into building for Health Care
Thursday, April 18, 2013 by Richard Harris
The inaugural Health:Refactored conference, a code and design focused event, is taking place May 13-14 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. Health:Refactored is bringing together an impressive (and fun) list of technologists, design experts, hacktivists, coders, and health industry luminaries. Health:Refactored will provide core tools, information a...
