Mobile Health

The mobile health market is expected to grow to $21.5 billion by 2018 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 54.9 percent, according to a new report from BCC Research. The global mobile health market reached $1.5 billion in 2012. The European market is growing the fastest and will surpass the current global market leader, North America, [...]

While mobile health has been a prominent topic for healthcare providers for the past few years, healthcare is still behind other industries when it comes to leveraging mobile to better engage with customers or patients. According to a recent survey of 2,300 chief information officers (CIOs) at US companies — not just healthcare ones, all [...]

When technology and health care innovations unite, startups can soar.Editor's Note: This article is part of Inc.'s 2014 Best Industries package. Read on, for more on the top industries for starting a business now.Most professionals carry a cellphone on...

It's no secret that the rise of digital marketing—and marketing in the digital space—is changing our world. Industries have embraced digital at rapid speed, finding ways to help consumers engage with brands and improve the user experience....

Healthcare providers in the Middle East & Africa will spend US $2.8 billion on IT products and services in 2014, an increase of 2.8 percent over 2013 revenues, according to Gartner, Inc. This forecast includes spending by healthcare providers (inc...

Health and fitness app app maker Azumio currently leads the diabetes app market with 17.8 percent market share, according to a new report from Research2Guidance. The company tracked iOS and Android downloads of more than 1,000 diabetes apps between 20...

Healthcare providers in the Middle East & Africa will spend US $2.8 billion on IT products and services in 2014, an increase of 2.8 percent over 2013 revenues, according to Gartner, Inc. This forecast includes spending by healthcare providers (includes hospitals and hospital systems, as well as ambulatory service and physicians' practices) on internal IT (including personnel), hardware, software, external IT services and telecommunications.

Critical mobile communications are vital in responding to health emergencies.

This week we got a deep look at the rumored new health and fitness tracking application for Apple's next iPhone, called Healthbook. Supposedly, Healthbook will not only track things like how much exercise and sleep you're getting, but also your blood p...

Apple's forthcoming Healthbook app, which is expected to ship with iOS 8 and the long-rumored iWatch, will allow fitness tracking, but it could also focusing on managing a range of common chronic health conditions like heart disease and diabetes, fueling to the idea that Apple has chosen healthcare as its next industry to disrupt.

New businesses utilising technology that was previously not available are starting every day. But it isn't all about early adopters; there are some surprising traditional-style businesses that are rewriting the rules.

Today's healthcare IT leaders have a lot on their plates. The rush to digitize is hitting them hard -- but one CIO says it's shortsighted to simply focus on technology itself, not on the fundamental industry changes that tech will bring.

Mobile health care has the potential to save billions, but is a complicated sector, analyst says

Apple is reportedly poised to launch a health tracking app called Healthbook. That's fantastic news for all the app makers who have been struggling to get people to use fitness monitoring apps. Here's why.    

Box has been busy tailoring its cloud platform for specific industries, making its business strategy more acute -- and hopefully more attractive to investors in both Silicon Valley and on Wall Street.

Apple is widely expected to launch health-monitoring software for its mobile operating system, possibly as soon as iOS 8, which should make its developer debut at WWDC this June. The software would monitor and track various aspects of a user’s health, and 9to5Mac’s Mark Gurman has a new report out today that details exactly how that might work. Using recreated screenshots based on… Read More

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