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Can an app help patients recover from surgery?
By Eric Wicklund | 01:08 pm | June 15, 2015
A Canadian hospital will be giving patients a pre-loaded tablet that allows them to take part in their post-surgical care.
To be, or not to be, regulated by the FDA
By Eric Wicklund | 11:54 am | June 15, 2015
Is it a medical device or a health and wellness product? Developers and providers alike face this question every day. This infographic helps distinguish between the two.
Johnson and Johnson subsidiary launches realtime health map app powered by Sickweather
By Jonah Comstock | 10:39 am | June 15, 2015
Testing the chronic care reimbursement strategy
By Eric Wicklund | 10:18 am | June 15, 2015
A Florida health system is launching a remote care management platform that aims to connect doctors with their patients and tap into CMS reimbursements for telehealth care.
Mostashari's Aledade raises $30M to help small practices launch ACOs
By Brian Dolan | 09:51 am | June 15, 2015
Boston Children's taps John Brownstein as Chief Innovation Officer
By Jonah Comstock | 08:24 am | June 15, 2015
FDA taps PatientsLikeMe to test the waters of social media adverse event reporting
By Jonah Comstock | 09:00 pm | June 14, 2015
Fitbit spent $21.6M, Garmin $18.8M, Samsung $11.6M on ads for their fitness wearables in 2014
By Aditi Pai | 04:46 am | June 13, 2015
mHealth masters: 50 states, 50 telemedicine laws
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.
Walgreens joins the ranks of telemedicine providers
By Eric Wicklund | 01:18 pm | June 11, 2015
The nation's largest drugstore chain will partner with MDLive to offer virtual visits in as many as 25 states by the end of the year.