wearables
Novartis launches ViaOpta Apple Watch app
July 1, 2015Medical 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 …
Health wearable Fitbit leads the market
June 19, 2015Medical 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, 2015Medical 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 …
London hospital pilots Apple watch app in chemotherapy
May 15, 2015Medical 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 …
Most anticipated health wearable lands shortly
April 13, 2015Medical 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 …
E-clinical: the rise of new health technologies
April 13, 2015Manufacturing 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 highlights ‘ResearchKit’ through watch launch
March 10, 2015Medical 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, 2015Medical 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 …
Google search results to include health facts
February 12, 2015Medical 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 …
Apple hails health benefits of new watch
February 12, 2015Medical 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 …
US hospitals trial Apple’s HealthKit
February 6, 2015Medical 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 …
FDA to start regulating health wearables
January 22, 2015Medical 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, 2014Medical 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, 2014Medical 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 …
Numerous prospects in health technology say analysts
November 12, 2014Medical 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 …
