Adding relevant healthcare content offers a useful way for mobile health companies to add value to their apps. Medication adherence app developer MediSafe offered a good example of that in the form of FEED. The customized content channel developed in-house is designed to provide video, articles and information aimed specifically at user’s condition and preferences. […]
A mobile healthcare app called PulsePoint is making headlines this week for being credited with saving the life of a one month-old baby in Spokane, Washington. The app empowers CPR-certified citizens to come to the rescue of their neighbors in need who are awaiting the arrival of emergency responders. Local public safety agencies purchase the […]
It’s well known that scores of military veterans face a difficult transition upon returning from battle zones, often manifested through mental health conditions that can lead to isolation and desperation. In an attempt to reach those veterans that are struggling to cope, a group of developers in Los Angeles is launching a free mobile app […]
App developer Humetrix said its iBlueButton will be used by California Direct and its physicians hoping to create better lines of communication with patients. It’s the first mobile foray for California Direct, a health information exchange run by Santa Cruz-based Axesson that works with hospitals, ACOs and other providers throughout the West Coast on issues […]
Minnesota-based UnitedHealthcare has expanded its free mobile app, Health4Me, to all healthcare consumers, not just UnitedHealth customers. The tool includes a doctor search and the ability to review market average prices for more than 500 medical services. Any consumer can use myHealthcare Cost Estimator, which could allow for a “comprehensive view” of pricing through treatment […]
Mayo Clinic has put its money and its brains behind a new mobile health startup that wants to give everyday consumers access to a personal health assistant to help them navigate the complex new world of healthcare. The goal of the Better app, launching today in the App Store, is to expand consumers’ access to […]
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
When I was in grade school, kids got in trouble for playing with their Giga Pets and Tamagotchis in class. While a smartphone is more likely to be the culprit these days, the idea hasn’t changed: Kids love games. Mobile health gaming startup LifeGuard Games wanted to combine the stickiness of mobile devices with that […]
Two and a half years ago, Cleveland Clinic researchers began a pilot study of an iPad app they’d developed as a tool for evaluating athletes after potential concussion-causing injuries. Now it’s getting star treatment from Apple, which featured the app, called C3 Logix, as part of its “Your Verse” campaign. The page devoted to the […]
As part of the FDA’s push to strengthen surveillance of medical devices after they’re cleared for use, the agency worked with a data analytics startup to develop an app that consumers can use to report adverse events to FDA. MedWatcher is a free app that medical device users or caregivers can use to report their […]
Six months post-launch, medical photo sharing app Figure 1 has attracted tens of thousands of users and now $2 million in venture and angel funds to expand to new platforms. Though it’s often referred to in the media as “Instagram for doctors,” the crowdsourced, searchable repository of medical images is more than another photo-sharing app, […]
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
