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Novartis launches ViaOpta Apple Watch app

July 1, 2015
Medical Communications Novartis, apple watch, apps, visual impairment, wearables

Novartis has launched new features of its ViaOpta app for use with the Apple Watch and other wearable devices. The …

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Health wearable Fitbit leads the market

June 19, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, brett wells, digital, fitbit, health, watch, wearables

Health and fitness wearable device Fitbit has beaten expectations as the company’s shares soar following its first day of trading …

NHS England unveils digital roadmap

June 17, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing GP, HSCIC, NHS, NIB, brett wells, choices, digital, wearables

NHS England has laid out digital technology plans that it says will completely transform services and improve health outcomes using …

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London hospital pilots Apple watch app in chemotherapy

May 15, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, King’s College Hospital, brett wells, chemo, medopad, watch, wearables

King’s College Hospital in London is piloting a scheme whereby cancer patients moving through chemotherapy treatments are given an Apple …

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Most anticipated health wearable lands shortly

April 13, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, digital, research kit, smartwatch, watch, wearable, wearables

Consumers can order Apple’s eagerly anticipated watch now as the industry waits to see just what impact it could have …

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E-clinical: the rise of new health technologies

April 13, 2015
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing FDA, NHS, apps, digital, eHealth, eyeforpharma, kelsey, pharma, wearables

In the UK the NHS is generally considered to be traditionally resistant to new technology, but it has been forced …

Apple’s senior VP of operations Jeff Williams presented ResearchKit at the watch

Apple highlights ‘ResearchKit’ through watch launch

March 10, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, FDA, digital, health, healthkit, researchkit, wearables

US tech giant Apple has finally launched its digital wearable device along with a ResearchKit platform that allows apps to …

Most Americans ready for health wearables and apps

February 27, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Makovsky/Kelton, Pulse of Online Health, US, app, apps, digital, wearables

Americans are ready and willing to leverage health apps and wearable devices in order to improve their personal health according …

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Google search results to include health facts

February 12, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing digital, google, health, internet, knowledge graph, wearables

Google is set to introduce health information directly into its search results as increasing numbers of people use search engines …

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Apple hails health benefits of new watch

February 12, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, FDA, cook, healthkit, watch, wearables

Users of the upcoming Apple Watch will be prompted to be more active because ‘sitting is the new cancer’ according …

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US hospitals trial Apple’s HealthKit

February 6, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, Health Mate, Motion 24/7 Sleeptracker, Samsung, google, healthkit, wearables

A pilot programme for Apple’s mobile health platform HealthKit has been rolled out across a number of US hospitals to …

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FDA to start regulating health wearables

January 22, 2015
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, FDA, Samsung, digital, wearables

Any firms making exaggerated health claims of wearable devices face marketplace disappointment following new FDA guidelines. The FDA has released …

NHS not au fait with mobile-savvy patients

December 19, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing NHS, app, digital, health, mobile, smartphones, wearables

The NHS is failing to keep up with its digital generation of patients, a recent study has found.  Despite a …

NHS to ‘kitemark’ health-related apps

November 13, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Apple, Hunt, NHS, Samsung, apps, kitemark, wearables

Plans to improve the quality of patient care by introducing a ‘kitemark’ to safely validate healthcare apps have been announced …

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Numerous prospects in health technology say analysts

November 12, 2014
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing 3D, AstraZeneca, F&S, app, digital, frost and sullivan, fs, wearables

Medical devices and imaging technology have been included in a recent analysis of the top 50 most innovative technologies. Frost …

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