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By Jonah Comstock | 05:45 pm | June 20, 2018
The FDA continues to move at a fast pace to develop and, soon, implement its pre-certification program for medical software development.
By Laura Lovett | 05:30 pm | June 20, 2018
In a recent review, an independent group of panelists raised questions about UK-based AI company DeepMind’s business model, relationship with parent company Alphabet, and potential to monopolize its industry.
By HIMSS TV | 05:28 pm | June 20, 2018
Neil Patel, executive vice president for Healthbox, which recently joined HIMSS, talks about the role his consulting firm can play in working with international digital health companies.
By Dave Muoio | 05:26 pm | June 20, 2018
Digital chronic disease management company Omada Health announced today the launch of new programs designed to support individuals with Type 2 diabetes and hypertension.
By Mike Miliard | 05:02 pm | June 20, 2018
Medicalchain, a London-based startup that develops blockchain technology for storing electronic health records, announced this week that it is has signed a working agreement with the Mayo Clinic to explore different distributed ledger initiatives at the health system.
By Jonah Comstock | 03:47 pm | June 20, 2018
Calm, developer of the meditation and sleep app of the same name, has raised $27 million in a round of funding led by Insight Ventures that also includes singer Harry Styles (formerly of One Direction) and Sound Ventures, the investment vehicle of actor Ashton Kutcher.
By Dave Muoio | 12:17 pm | June 20, 2018
The US’s struggle with opioid addiction rages on, and Facebook seems to have heard critics’ warnings about social media’s role in the epidemic.
By Laura Lovett | 05:56 pm | June 19, 2018
Earlier this month Fitbit announced that Bill Zerella will be stepping down as chief financial officer.
By Dave Muoio | 05:50 pm | June 19, 2018
Walmart’s ongoing investigation of blockchain technologies seems to have intersected with its growing interest in joining the healthcare space, according to a patent application released earlier this week by the US Patent and Trademark Office.
By Jonah Comstock | 05:44 pm | June 19, 2018
Ambient Clinical Analytics, a remote patient monitoring company that spun off from Mayo Clinic in 2013, has raised $1.