The winner of the Health 2.0 Developer Challenge with Walgreens may soon hit shelves! CEO of m-Healthcoach, Aamer Ghaffar, created an iPad app for Walgreens that might be implemented in 16 Chicago-based location. […]

The University of North Carolina Hospitals are tagging all surgical supplies with radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. Instead of manually counting surgical supplies, the surgeon can quickly scan the surgical cavity with a RFID-detector to confirm that all surgical tools have been removed. Mercy Hospital in Missouri announces plans for the…[Read more]

A new partnership between Sharecare and Healthline Networks will enable the expansion of Sharecare.com’s content and navigation services. Through this partnership, Healthline BodyMaps will also be integrated into the ShareCare site for users to visualize their search using a 3D image of the human body. The McKesson Foundation awarded $1.4M to…[Read more]

There’s been some buzz (as usual) about the impact that social media has had on users of health-related tools and cyber communication. Here’s what the EVP for Global Innovation and Integration from Edelman Digital has to say about it. Followed by a recent investment from DST Global, ZocDoc has now secured an additional $25M of series C funding from [...]

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is honing in on misleading medical apps. Apparently there were thousands of people who purchased apps that made false claims of acne-curing capabilities; these companies were forced out of business by the FTC. Joseph Cafazzo is a biomedical engineer at the University Health Network who has played a major role in…[Read more]

Social media is proving to play a valuable role in recruiting patients as participants in rare disease studies. Mayo Clinic conducted a study of the poorly understood, fatal, and rare disease called Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD). It was thanks to the online social group of survivors of SCAD that the Clinic was able to quickly enlist [...]

Just in time for last weeks earthquake and hurricane on the East Coast, the American Red Cross distributed a survey that revealed the increasing use of social media, online news, and mobile technology when in a state of disaster or emergency. Last Tuesday Health 2.0 helped launch the ASPR Lifeline Facebook  Challenge, and minutes later there was a [...]

The UK no longer plans to create a centralized database of electronic health records; it is anticipated that they will announce termination of plans next month. Doctor’s will receive $44K in incentives for adopting Dr.Chrono’s EHR iPad app-the first to be officially certified under Meaningful Use. SpeedTrack, Inc., a Guided Information Access…[Read more]

The Departments of Defense and Veteran Affairs have developed several mobile apps for treatment and management of post-traumatic stress among veterans. Northeastern University has developed a new smartphone add on device that may eliminate the need for finger pricking among diabetics; nanosensors are injected beneath the skins’ surface that…[Read more]

The FDA has issued an extensive pamphlet covering guidelines for medical guidance apps. We recently mentioned that Microsoft was planning to absorb help Google Health users move their data to Healthvault prior to its’ closure. Microsoft’s tool that allows users to transfer PHRs has now been launched. We caught a demo of Explorys out of the…[Read more]

Telehealth solutions provider, Independa has launched “Angela”, a tool for older adults and seniors seeking independence. The interactive telecare platform provides various sorts of entertainment as well as communication facilitation with caregivers and family. It’s in an increasingly crowded market, with the GE/Intel JV Care Innovations as a…[Read more]

Last Friday we posted about Google pulling the plug on Google Health. Since then, there has been some interesting debate on what this means for other technologies in the PHR field and whether or not Google Health should be made open source. Check out Fred Trotter’s blog for some interesting detail on HealthVault, Indivo and the Direct [...]

RunKeeper, a company that started with a GPS enabled tracking service has introduced HealthGraph , which allows users to aggregate data and social interactions from other devices and services including ZEO, Withings, Polar, Foursquare and more. Runkeeper is making a play to become a data utility layer for multiple devices. Eastern Michigan…[Read more]

Consumer & Population HP has teamed with Singapore’s Telecom carrier, SingTel, to conduct a clinical trial of a wristwatch-like vital sign tracker made by Singapore company HealthSTATS, that transmits aggregate data to an online portal for physician and patient interaction. Similar to a more detailed (and probably less stylish) Basis watch. The…[Read more]