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And the winner is .... mHealth gets its own awards category
By Eric Wicklund | 03:42 am | April 25, 2014
The Webby Awards give health and fitness apps their own category this year, with five finalists and another 11 honored nominees.
Hearst Health acquires care transition software maker CareInSync
By Jonah Comstock | 12:45 pm | April 24, 2014
Handheld lab could diagnose malaria in 15 minutes
By Eric Wicklund | 10:05 am | April 24, 2014
If a trial slated to happen in Africa is successful, the product could be used to scan for a number of infectious diseases, like TB and HIV, and target drug-resistant strains before they spread.
Facebook acquires ProtoGeo, maker of activity tracking app Moves
By Aditi Pai | 09:25 am | April 24, 2014
Vitality Group: Fitness tracking reduced health risk factors 22 percent
By Jonah Comstock | 09:19 am | April 24, 2014
Webinar today: Why the humble text message is healthcare's secret weapon
By Brian Dolan | 09:16 am | April 24, 2014
Starkey launches iPhone-connected hearing aid
By Jonah Comstock | 08:55 am | April 24, 2014
Survey: 40 percent would share personal health data if it remained anonymous
By Aditi Pai | 08:50 am | April 24, 2014
Feds get serious over stolen laptops
By Mike Miliard | 03:15 pm | April 23, 2014
Saying mobile device security needs to be taken more seriously, the OCR has levied fines amounting to almost $2 million over two instances where laptops containing personal health information were stolen.
UCLA pilots mobile vision testing app for patients with diabetes
By Jonah Comstock | 09:31 am | April 23, 2014