Digital health company Propeller Health is teaming up with Aptar Pharma (Aptar) to develop the world's first integrated connected metered dose inhaler (cMDI), with an integrated sensor and a novel electronic dose counter. The device is currently available for licensing and is expected to enter clinical studies later this year.
Connected Metered Dose Inhaler Development Details
Pressurized MDIs are the most common type of inhaler device on the market today, with over 600 million units
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Connected Health Business Models for Smart Home Platform Players
Editor's Note: Harry Wang is the Director of Health & Mobile Product Research at Parks Associates. He is also the founder and lead analyst of Parks Associates’ digital health research program since its inception in 2006.
The smart home industry focuses on consumer use cases that charge a recurring monthly fee as the default revenue model for service providers. Equipment manufacturers usually earn revenues from product sales. Smart home platform providers can offer a
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Validic Unveils VitalSnap to Enable Real-Time Health Data Transfer from Non-Connected Devices
Digital health platform Validic today unveiled VitalSnap™, a new mobile technology that enables users to easily record health data from their in-home device via their smartphone's camera at CES 2016. The goal is to take vital information from non-connecting devices that may never be sent to or viewed by a provider and deliver this data seamlessly to healthcare organizations, helping overcome connectivity barriers that limit the overall care experience.
How It Works
A majority of medical
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Report: 40M Smartphone Owners Use at Least 1 Fitness, Wellness App
More than 40 million smartphone owners are active users of at least one wellness or fitness app, according to recent Parks Associates research. The report, Mobile Carriers and Wireless Healthcare Opportunities examines market opportunities and challenges in the wireless healthcare market from the mobile operator’s perspective.
Findings
The report finds about one in four heads of household in broadband households use a mobile app to track their fitness progress or calorie intake, and the
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Top 10 Most Popular Articles in July 2013
Each month we compile a list of the 10 most popular articles we published that month, based on the number of page views.
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Is Google Glass the Future of Connected Health?
7 possibilities that Google Glass could unlock for connected health to enhance the transformation of health care.
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Interview: Rob McCray, CEO of Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance Talks Connected Health
Robert B. McCray is the President & CEO of the Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance. Rob recently spoke with HIT Consultant to discuss some of the key takeaways from this year's Wireless-Life Sciences Alliance Convergence Summit that was held in May and his thoughts on the growing connected health space.
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Infographic:Connected Health: The Drive to Integrated Healthcare Delivery
The following infographic created by Accenture highlights the journey of connected health and how it aims to connect all key areas of healthcare delivery through the interoperability of information and technology.
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HIT Innovation Founder Stories:Jakob Jønck, Co-Founder, Endomondo Pt.2
First edition of HIT Innovation Founder Stories, we speak with Jakob Nordenhof Jønck, Co-Founder of Endomondo, where Jakob shares his story of how three former McKinsey & Co. management consultants (all former semi or professional athletes) took their passion for active, healthy lifestyles and created Endomondo, a social fitness application that turns mobile phones into full-fledged personal trainers. Endomondo is a great example of how technology can be utilized as a tool to provide
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HIT Innovation Founder Stories:Jakob Jønck, Co-Founder, Endomondo
There is an emerging community of digital health entrepreneurs utilizing technology innovation to help transform healthcare. In an effort to provide coverage of this growing community and inspire future digital health entrepreneurs, HIT Consultant has launched “HIT Innovation Founder Stories” where we will speak with a digital health founder to share their journey from inception to launch, obstacles/challenges, and lessons learned.
In our first HIT Innovation Founder Stories, we speak with
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