More than 40 million additional patients could be treated in Brazil and Mexico in 2017 through the adoption of mobile health services, according to a new report from the GSMA. The report, which was developed in collaboration with PwC, said …
Qualcomm Life, the chip vendor’s mobile health subsidiary, has announced the first customers in Scandinavia for its 2net Platform and Hub, which enable health providers to connect medical devices wirelessly with a cloud platform so that patient data can be …
The mhealth market in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region was worth $7.9 billion during 2012, spurred on by government investment, according to new analysis from Frost & Sullivan. And of the $44.6 million generated by real-time telemedicine in APAC during 2012, …
Twitter’s chief executive Dick Costolo (pictured) sees a growing trend of tweets made from wearable fitness devices, according to a Bloomberg report. “People are readily tweeting things out from wearable devices,” said Costolo at the National Venture Capital Association’s annual …
Healthtap has received $24 million in series B funding from a number of high-profile venture firms, as well as gaining some heavyweight advisers. Khosla Ventures led the round, in which previous investors Mayfield Fund and Mohr Davidow Ventures joined in. …
Japanese firm SoftBank is lining up a summer launch of a smartphone-based healthcare package, which includes daily monitoring of health indicators and a round-the-clock counselling facility. Chief executive Masayoshi Son unveiled ‘SoftBank Healthcare’ at a press event held on 7 …
A new study, based on access to call data of millions of mobile users, has come up with some original conclusions about how disease spreads. The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Birmingham who used an anonymised …
Qualcomm Life, the company’s health unit, has acquired HealthyCircles, a start-up founded by Dr James Mault (pictured), a former executive with Microsoft’s Healthvault business. The price was not disclosed. HealthyCircles is a software-as-a-service provider that enables patient, caregivers, doctors and other …
Women are often the beneficiaries of mobile health projects in low-income countries but they are not usually equal participants in how such services are developed, said the mHealth Alliance (mHA), a non-profit organisation promoting health using mobile technology. In response, …
High-profile mobile health firm Airstrip Technologies and rival MVisum have settled a patent dispute, according to a court filing. Airstrip filed a suit in October 2012 that accused MVisum of infringing a patent for real-time viewing of patient data on …
