As of this morning, iOS users can officially download Apple’s new Research app and sign up for one or more of the three studies the company announced at its WWDC event in September.

Congress is jumping into the long-simmering debate over the protection of health data on consumer-facing mHealth wearables.

Healthcare providers may soon be able to register with the federal government to use telemedicine to prescribe controlled substances.

Voice assistants are quickly becoming a popular consumer tool that allows users to access libraries of skills, including games, news, and reminders. Last month, Los Angeles-based Frontive Health launched its smart personal health platform to help patients more easily adhere to their care regimens by leveraging Amazon Echo’s voice assistant.

Earlier this month Google announced its plans acquire Fitbit for roughly $2.1 billion, shaking up the wearable industry, opening up a number of questions about exactly what lies ahead, and what an integration of the two companies looks like.

Amazon Web Services is tapping into its voice technology once again with the launch of the Amazon Transcribe Medical, an automated speech recognition service that will let developers add medical diction and documentation to their apps.

There was a time in the country's history when healthcare accounted for just 5% of total gross domestic product. Today, that number is closer to 20%, and combined with emerging technologies, this has heralded a significant shift in how patients seek and evaluate healthcare services.

Apple’s next health move could be smart clothing. Last year the tech giant filed a patent for a stretchable fabric band that could include circuitry sensors to measure blood pressure, respiration rate and ECG signals.  

Healthcare provider organizations are looking to invest in remote patient monitoring (RPM) solutions to transition to value-based care by supporting high-risk chronically ill patients whose conditions are considered unstable and at risk for hospital admission, according to a new Spyglass Consulting Group study.

Millions of veterans across the US now have mHealth access to their medical records through an Apple device.

Last week Reflexion Health launched its new digital physical therapy platform HelloPT. Users of the new tool can access licensed physical therapists via telehealth and recovery plans. The tool will be sold to health plans and self-insured employers for their members.

Population health management is driving provider investments in remote patient monitoring applications, according to a new study by Spyglass Consulting Group.

Amazon’s launch of a pilot project called Amazon Care, a virtual primary care clinic, indicates that healthcare executives should be working toward digital transformation, according to one expert.

At its Made By Google unveiling event in New York City today, Google announced that its Pixel 4 phone will be the first mobile phone with a radar sensor. It's the first public rollout of the company’s Project Soli, an experimental, radar-based gesture tracker co-developed with Infineon…

The University of Missouri is using advanced technology to monitor how stroke patients are progressing with rehabilitation in accomplishing daily activities.

Wearable devices and accelerometers worn like a watch, belt, or bracelet to track movement are a more reliable measure of physical activity and better for assessing five-year risk of death in older adults than more traditional methods, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins Medicine…

Yesterday, Toronto gave Sidewalk Labs the nod to move forward with its proposed waterfront development. It's a pyrrhic victory for Alphabet's tech-driven urban developer, which made concessions to Toronto and whittled down its wishlist.