At a launch event today, Apple unveiled CareKit™, a new open source platform designed to help health app developers enable people to actively manage their own medical conditions. iPhone® apps using CareKit make it easier for individuals to keep track of care plans and monitor symptoms and medication; providing insights that help people better understand their own health.
With the ability to share information with doctors, nurses or family members, CareKit apps help people take
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Medical Device Interoperability: Is the FDA’s Move for Draft Guide the Right One?
Now is not time to put the demands of medical device interoperability on developers. AirStrip’s Dr. Matthew Patterson explains.
Interoperability has become a hot-button issue in U.S healthcare. So much so, the FDA has recently unveiled draft guidance in the hopes of indoctrinating the medical device industry with the task of tackling it head on. But will applying pressure to the shoulders of the innovators be the answer to hurdling interoperability in healthcare?
The guidance calls on
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Ingestible Sensor Market to Reach $678M by 2022
The ingestible sensor market is expected to grow from $198 million in 2015 to $678 million by 2022, at a CAGR of 20.2% between 2016 and 2022, according to a new report from MarketsandMarkets. The medical vertical is expected to dominate this segment as ingestible sensors represent the next phase in the evolution of digital health. Ingestible sensors are used in capsule endoscopy, patient monitoring and controlled drug delivery applications. This report aims at estimating the current
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Senate Health Committee Introduce Bill to Help FDA, NIH Attract Top Talent
The Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate health committee today introduced legislation to help the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) “attract top talent during this exciting time in science.”
The FDA and NIH Workforce Authorities Modernization Act, introduced today by Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-Wash.) will also authorize the agencies to streamline coordination and cut red tape.
“There has
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AliveCor Unveils Medical-Grade EKG Band for Apple Watch
AliveCor, Inc., a provider of FDA-cleared electrocardiogram (EKG) technology for mobile devices has unveiled the first medical-grade EKG band for the Apple Watch, Kardia™ Band. Pending 510k clearance, the Kardia™ Band allows people to discretely capture their EKG anytime, anywhere. The band is expected to ship late spring with a new app now available for smartphones.
How It Works
Users can record a single-lead EKG by simply touching Kardia Band's integrated sensor that communicates with
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Mercer, Kurbo Health Partner to Provide Mobile Health Coaching for Kids, Families
Mercer Health and Benefits LLC and Kurbo Health have formed an alliance provide employers with a proven mobile health coaching and weight loss program created specifically for kids, teens and families. The alliance will combine Mercer's health benefits consulting capabilities and market reach with Kurbo Health’s platform, which combines ease of a mobile app with the proven science of the Stanford’s Pediatric Weight Control Program to help shape healthy eating and physical activity among children
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J&J Launches New Incubation Model Focused on Human Health in Europe
Johnson & Johnson is launching a new incubation model in Europe designed to identify and nurture early-stage companies actively pursuing research with the potential to transform human health. The initiative, a collaboration with Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, Inc. (Janssen), will be called Johnson & Johnson Innovation, JLINX (JLINX) will offer scientists and entrepreneurs access to venture funding, R&D expertise and state-of-the-art facilities. JLINX will have a particular focus on
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Boston Scientific, Mayo Clinic Partner to Accelerate Medical Devices
Boston Scientific Corporation and Mayo Clinic are teaming up to share intellectual property to stimulate the rapid development of medical devices that addresses unmet clinical needs. The collaboration enables both parties to contribute ideas and intellectual property to solve pressing medical problems and builds upon the strengths of both parties.
As part of the collaboration, small and nimble teams of Boston Scientific engineers and Mayo Clinic physicians will work together to develop new
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5 Benefits of Using Mobile Devices in Home Healthcare
Editor’s Note: This post is sponsored by Samsung. According to a report done by Frost & Sullivan, smartphones will continue to penetrate the home healthcare sector up to 95% by 2020. The consumer tablet market has been booming and with it being one of the fastest growing sectors in mobile computing (estimated to have 430 million in use by 2018), these devices have quickly found their way into the home healthcare industry. Why purchase multiple devices to do one task, when a smartphone or
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NY Entrepreneur Launches Educational Hub to Humanize OCD
Today an NY entrepreneur is breaking the silence on his 20 year battle with mental illness to launch IntrusiveThoughts.org, a resource that humanizes the experience of OCD and empower sufferers to live a healthier, happier life. Undiagnosed with Pure Obsessional OCD until his mid-30s, he struggled with violent thoughts until resorting to Google, only to find a grave lack of user-friendly and relatable public mental health resources.
Recognizing the need to change the digital resources
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