mHealth

A new tsunami warning service based in India has been scheduled for launch in the first quarter of 2015. The system’s developers, RegPoint are opening a new Indian office in Hyderabad to support the operation and have hired a director of operations to drive through the final stages of technical development.

Patients in the Zurich Health Network – a doctors’ network comprising 36 connected medical practices – are now able to access selected documents from their own respective medical records. This is made possible by the online health dossier from Swisscom.

Turkey’s company Turkcell and Turkey’s oldest academic institution Istanbul University has announced the initial results of a medical diabetes study carried out with mobile health solution Turkcell Healthmeter. The study is among the first known global examples of an operator-developed mobile health product that has successfully produced significant health benefits in a scientific research carried

You never now what’s coming next in this business. Jeremy Cowan’s week in the Internet of Things (IoT) and machine-to-machine (M2M) communications has included wearable tech for payments, Ralph Lauren shirts, Apple Watches, global cyberwarfare, and the size of the average Gartner’s gaff.

According to the latest device shipment estimates, the wearable band market grew 684% worldwide in the first half of 2014 compared with the first half of 2013. If true that’s impressive growth, writes Jeremy Cowan, but wearable technology could see even bigger growth if it wasn’t for key concerns around fashion and privacy.

(Blog) Minnetonka, MN, USA. August 29, 2014 — Fitbits, UP bands, connected scales — so many of us (including me, says Jeff Liebl of Digi International) use wearables and devices that collect information from our bodies. The editors of Wired Magazine coined the phrase “quantified self” back in 2007.  The ability to collect and transmit

Logic PD, a product innovation and realisation company specialising in developing connected electronic devices, has invested in and formed a strategic partnership with WellClub, a web- and mobile-based behavioural coaching company.

Numerex, announced that the HeartAssistRemote™ Monitoring System powered by Numerex recently received a 2014 M2M Telehealth Award from M2M Evolution Magazine.

TAPcheck®  specialises in the production and distribution of healthcare and wellness products. Due to the integration and hosting of its healthcare and wellness applications on the Orange Business Services Flexible Computing platform, TAPcheck® is now in a position to make its health products connected.

Portland, Oregon, July 8, 2014 – Continua has announced that it is expanding its presence in China, to enhance business development opportunities for its members and promote personal connected health devices and solutions in this important market. Continua also announced that Hector Lui, President, Medipromos, has been named Associate Director, Continua China.

June 30, 2014 – GlobalPlatform, the organisation that standardises the management of applications on secure chip technology, has published a white paper examining how GlobalPlatform Specifications can address the key privacy and security concerns for the deployment of Internet of Things (IoT) or machine-to-machine (M2M) devices.

In June 2014, M2M research firm Berg Insight will publish its latest market research report on mHealth and home monitoring, which provides a global view on the use of connected medical devices in the delivery of professional healthcare services.

Chicago, Illinois, USA. (BUSINESS WIRE) — Sprint is stepping up its presence in the growing health and fitness markets, and has announced the launch of an exclusive device from Samsung Telecommunications America and a collaboration with health and fitness companies Under Armour and MapMyFitness to offer mobile solutions.

Today, there are digital health programs delivered through mobile devices and facilities using Point of Care to Improve Healthcare Delivery, mentioned Intel Corporation in the Health IT Solution Brief.

Medical providers’ efforts to reduce costs by taking a more holistic approach to healthcare will spur a doubling in the global market for home health technologies in the coming years, according to IHS Technology (NYSE: IHS).

Washington D.C., USA, April 22, 2014 – The Personal Connected Health Alliance  has been launched to represent the consumer voice in personal connected health. It has been established as an international non-profit organisation by Continua Health Alliance, mHealth Summit and HIMSS.