Medisana, a German firm out of Düsseldorf, released a new heat sensing dock for iPhones and iPads that can measure body temperature by pointing the infrared sensor to a given body part. The device is similar to […]

Jeff Margolis has joined WellTok, developer of the social health hub network, CafeWell as Executive Chairman. Margolis was previously founder of healthcare payer software firm The TriZetto Group, which he led to […]

Fidelity Investments launched a new Health & Insurance mobile application. The company’s 1.2 million health and welfare clients can now navigate health benefits on the go. The company recently debuted its […]

iSonea will design and market a home and mobile asthma monitoring platform in partnership with Qualcomm. The new technology will combine iSonea’s Acoustic Respiratory Monitoring technology and wireless asthma […]

The Cellnovo wireless diabetes management system launched this week in the United Kingdom in tandem with a usability trial in 100 patients who have type 1 diabetes. The Cellnovo system includes an insulin pump […]

The PositiveID Corporation announced that its FDA-cleared iglucose system has been certified by AT&T as being reliable across its nationwide wireless network. The iglucose system connects to glucometers, […]

GE announced that it intends to discontinue its SaaS-based Centricity Advanced EHR system. The company will instead offer existing users the opportunity to transition to GE’s Centricity Practice Solution, a […]

Despite spending $150B a year on cancer diagnosis and treatment in the United States, the statistics are bleak: 85% of lung cancer patients die within a year and 15% of new cancer diagnoses are incorrect.

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Rick Gilfillan Director of CMS Innovation Center opened his speech with the declaration, “its a wonderful time to be in health care and to be a health care innovator.” He defined innovators broadly, calling on all […]

Dr. Lonny Reisman, Chief Medical Officer, for Aetna described how Aetna is leveraging HIT solutions to facilitate improved care delivery. Their acquisition of Medicity has allowed them to create an health […]

Don Casey, Chief Executive Officer of West Wireless Health Institute, Susan Dentzer, Editor-in-Chief of Health Affairs and Marilyn Tavenner, Acting Administrator and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services […]

Kaiser Permanente has released a new mobile app for Android devices with an iOS version to be released in coming months. 9 million Kaiser patients will have 24/7 access to lab results, diagnostic information, […]

With more and more time each day spent in one’s car, Ford is collaborating with Microsoft and Healthrageous to study how connected health devices can be embedded within vehicles. At CES last week, Ford debuted a […]

With CES underway, new consumer health care devices are center stage this week.
Withings debuted a new WiFi and Bluetooth-enabled baby and toddler scale. They also unveiled a new health and wellness cloud […]

Farzad Mostashari, the National Coordinator for HIT, just named Health 2.0′s Investing in Innovations (i2) Program among the year’s top five most notable developments in the world of health information technology. […]

Keas, a social game for the workplace that promotes wellness and healthy living, announced that it had raised an additional $6.5 million in Series B financing led by Atlas Venture and Ignition Partners. KEAS […]

Surgeon General Regina Benjamin announced a new Healthy Apps challenge at the mHealth summit to facilitate the development of fitness, nutrition and integrative health apps to help people stay healthy and […]

MeYou Health won best app in the Healthcare and Wellness category in the 16th annual Massachusetts Innovation and Technology Exchange awards. MeYou’s Daily Challenge app moves users toward healthy behavior by […]

Its a big week in mobile health as the mHealth summit gets underway in Washington, DC.

Interactive health network HealthTap announces $11.5M in Series A funding led by Mayfield Fund, Mohr Davidow Ventures, and […]

The Health 2.0 New York City chapter will hold its holiday party Wednesday Dec. 7. The occasion: to celebrate the successes of Health 2.0 companies in the past year — and mostly just to meet up, relax and have a […]