"Here at HIMSS it's all about hospital-to-patient, doctor-to-patient, nurse-to-patient. Why is no one talking about patient-to-patient?" HelpAround Co-founder and CEO Yishai Knobel said during an interview at HIMSS 2014 in Orlando this week. "Especially when research has shown that peer support drives medical outcomes."
Knobel's startup Israel-based HelpAround is poised to be one of the first to...
Israel-based LabStyle Innovations announced CE mark certification for its smartphone-based glucose monitor Dario, according to a press release. In the coming months, the company will plan a soft launch of Dario in Europe to collect customer feedback and refine its roll-out strategy.
In May, LabStyle raised $10 million by common stock and planned to use the money to develop, market and manufacture...
Ayogo's Diabestes app for college students.
Health gaming company Ayogo's CEO Michael Fergusson hinted at this week's Games for Health event in Boston that the company is working on a new game for a major pharmaceutical company, although he wasn't able to reveal any details.
"I sure would like to show you this game but I didn't get clearance to show it. We're working with one of the five largest...
PatientsLikeMe's new CEO Martin Coulter
PatientsLikeMe, the online patient community network has quietly raised $7 million from its existing investor base. The new raise brings the company's total funding to $32 million, according to newly-hired CEO Martin Coulter. PatientsLikeMe's website lists investors CommerceNet, Omidyar Network, Collaborative Seed and Growth Partners, LLC, and Invus LP.
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After almost exactly four years, Johnson & Johnson company LifeScan has announced the launch of a Bluetooth-enabled glucose meter and companion iPhone app similar to the one the company showed off on-stage at an Apple World Wide Developer's Conference in 2009 for the launch of iPhone 3.0. As MobiHealthNews exclusively reported following the Apple presentation, the LifeScan demonstration was...
Passive behavior monitoring and analytics company Ginger.io is now soliciting participants for a diabetes pilot study, building on the work that won them the Sanofi Data Design Diabetes Innovation Challenge in 2011.
Ginger.io, which recently raised $6.5 million in a round led by Khosla Ventures, makes passive monitoring software for smartphones, with the goal of creating profiles for how...
The now-defunct Healogica app.
Clinical trials are a clear area where mobile engagement and big data have serious potential, but it's still a largely untapped use case. There have been a lot of stories recently about the opportunities in that space, but also on the challenges companies have encountered in implementing them. At least one abandoned study and one failed company can attest to those...
Fitbit Zip and Fitbit One, wearable devices already commercially available
Misfit Wearables, a startup producer of wearable sensor products for fitness and medical applications, hasn't said much about what its sensors will look like, but will start online pre-orders next month, its CEO said Friday.
Misfit likely will take preorders on the Kickstarter funding platform, CEO Sonny Vu announced at...
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