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By Jonah Comstock | 08:24 am | June 15, 2015
Boston Children's Hospital has tapped John Brownstein, currently the director of the hospital's computational epidemiology group, as its new Chief Innovation Officer.
By Jonah Comstock | 09:00 pm | June 14, 2015
A study last year found that many people reported adverse drug events on Twitter.
By Aditi Pai | 04:46 am | June 13, 2015
Of wearable fitness device makers, Fitbit spent the most on advertising its devices last year, investing $21.
By Eric Wicklund | 09:05 am | June 12, 2015
Noted telemedicine attorney Nadia de la Houssaye says the jungle of state telemedicine regulations might be the biggest barrier to widespread adoption across the country.
By Aditi Pai | 11:10 am | June 11, 2015
San Francisco-based Lir Scientific is developing a new wearable device, called Brightly, that tracks the user's bladder fullness to help remind people to urinate.
By Jonah Comstock | 10:43 am | June 11, 2015
Smart hand hygiene sensor-maker SwipeSense, based in Evanston, Illinois, has raised $9.
By Jonah Comstock | 09:40 am | June 11, 2015
Researchers at an Australian university have developed stretchable, wearable sensors that could detect both harmful toxic gasses and dangerous UV radiation.
By Aditi Pai | 09:36 am | June 11, 2015
McGill University Health Center in Quebec, Canada has partnered with SeamlessMD, a company that has developed an engagement tool for surgery patients, to test the efficacy of a tablet app for enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS).
By Aditi Pai | 06:53 am | June 11, 2015
More than 70 percent of Walgreens Balance Rewards members participating in the healthy choices program with a connected device were still active in the program a year later, according to Walgreens.
By Jonah Comstock | 01:51 pm | June 10, 2015
BodyMedia's patents, now owned by Jawbone, are at the heart of the new suit.