Why Headspace Is Launching Direct-to-Consumer Services
Headspace is going toe-to-toe with the likes of Talkspace and BetterHelp by bringing its mental health services directly to consumers — starting with text-based mental health coaching.
Intrinsic Secures $15M for Women’s Health-focused Consumer Goods
Intrinsic acquires and sells brands that fill unmet women's health needs. Its $15 million funding round brings the company’s total funding to $128 million, with investors including FCA Venture Partners, MAP Investco, Define Ventures, Link Ventures and Redesign Health.
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
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.
J&J is latest big pharma, device company to call it splits with consumer health
Johnson & Johnson announced it plans to separate its consumer health products into a separate company, leaving the remaining business to focus on the more research-oriented pharmaceuticals and medical devices business segments. The announcement follows similar moves made by other large pharmaceutical and medical device companies.
GSK-Pfizer deal illustrates risks and rewards of moving up the biopharma value chain
The potential rewards for drugmakers' investments in pharmaceuticals and vaccines are enormous, but so are the risks, an industry consultant said.
GSK plans consumer health spinoff to strengthen focus on pharmaceuticals, vaccines
The British drugmaker plans to separate the consumer health joint venture with Pfizer announced Wednesday three years after the transaction closes.
Dr. Google goes to school for new symptom search function
The Internet giant said that it made the move after determining that fully 1 percent of all searches worldwide are symptom related. Google knew that it wasn't delivering the best results.
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A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
Startup ICmed recasts PHR as ‘family health platform’
Baltimore startup ICMed is getting ready to release the first update to its mobile app since 2011, and it's radically different from the existing version, reflecting the growth in social media and team-based care in the last four years.
Google updates health search features
This update represents the outgrowth of a Google partnership with Mayo Clinic?, announced in February, to provide more accurate health information to Internet searchers.
Orlov: ‘Privacy indifference’ hinders consumer health technology
"Sloppiness and privacy indifference will reduce the utility of the health tech market," according to eldercare industry analyst Laurie Orlov.
Harvard Medical School study finds symptom checker websites unreliable
A Harvard Medical School study reviewed 23 sites, such as WebMD, the Mayo Clinic and DocResponse. One third listed the correct diagnosis as the first option for patients.
Maximize Revenue and Patient Care with Strategic Weight Loss Management
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
CVS opens portal to HealthFinder.gov consumer site
CVS Health has become the first private company to integrate the federal government's HealthFinder.gov service into its website via a public API.
Mother’s Day is patient records access awareness day for consumer health advocates
Advocates of greater patient access to health data are using Mother’s Day as an opportunity to encourage consumer to demand copies of their own health data by launching an awareness drive and online petition. “Mom is the health CEO in many families,” explained Lygeia Ricciardi, former director of the Office of Consumer eHealth in the […]
Fitbit eyes fitness app developer FitStar for acquisition
Fitbit is sizing up FitStar for an acquisition deal, according to a report by TechCrunch. The company creates apps for fitness and yoga that use videos led by fitness instructors. It’s one of a group of app developers Fitbit has partnered with so its users can enlist a variety of apps to help aggregate data […]
Valencell president weighs in on wearables vs smartphone fitness tracking apps study
If there’s a counter argument for that University of Pennsylvania study suggesting there’s little difference between the accuracy of smartphone fitness apps and fitness wearables to track steps, Steve LeBoeuf would be the one to make it. He’s the president of Valencell, a company that develops and licenses its PerformTech technology that powers several wearable […]
Under Armour buys health apps My Fitness Pal, Endomondo. Now what will it do with them?
When Under Armour took the wraps off UA Record to aggregate data from several different fitness apps and wearables at CES last month, little did we know that it was building an ecosystem to cultivate the largest digital health community to date. Under Armour’s $475 million acquisition of weight management app My Fitness Pal and […]