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New York City-based wellness app maker Noom and CityMD, a network of urgent care medical centers in and around New York City, are launching a pilot for people who are at risk for Type 2 diabetes using Samsung's S Health app, integrated with Noom's health program.

The non-connected Moore Balance Brace.

Health Catalyst CEO Dan Burton Utah-based data warehouse company Health Catalyst is frequently mentioned as a candidate for the next digital health IPO, and CEO Dan Burton coyly addressed that chatter from the stage at Health 2.

Chicago-based PinpointCare has raised $11 million from private and existing investors for its web-based program, hosted in Microsoft’s Azure cloud, that helps doctors create, customize, and track care plans for patients.

UCSF's PRIDE Study The National Institutes of Health has awarded UCSF $9.

Tactio Health Group, a Montreal-based company that builds smartphone-connected remote patient monitoring devices, will run a 25-person pilot study with the University of Michigan Health System, studying the effects of pharmacist-led home blood pressure monitoring and medication reminders on people with hypertension.

Dallas, Texas-based hospital Children's Health has launched a new app, called My Asthma Pal, to help children track and manage their asthma, according to the Dallas Business Journal.

Yale has launched a study for people who have or may develop cardiomyopathy, a disease of the heart muscle, on ResearchKit, Apple's open source platform that helps researchers build medical apps and recruit patients for clinical trials.

Palo Alto-based consumer health startup Better, which counts the Mayo Clinic's venture arm and the Social+Capital Partnership as investors, is closing up shop at the end of the month, according to statements made by the company on its website and on Twitter.

WebMD's Medscape team is working on a new clinical reference app called Medscape Consult that will include an option for doctors to "crowdsource" clinical advice from their colleagues.