mHealth News: What You Need to Know

Here are some of the top stories in healthcare, telemedicine, and mobile health that our sister site mHealthWatch has been monitoring this past week.

• Henry Ford Innovations Backs mHealth App Developer Challenge

In recent weeks, mHealthWatch has profiled the ongoing challenge announced this month by Walgreens, the nation’s largest drug chain.

• Microsoft Poised to Announce First Wearable Device

Rumor has it that Microsoft is about to get a leg — or, perhaps, wrist — up on Apple in the wearables market.

• SeeChange Health Partners With Doctor On Demand

According to details shared with mHealthWatch in recent days by the partnering companies, SeeChange Health has just confirmed its integration with Doctor On Demand.

• The Promise of Mobile Tech in Focus During Flu Season

According to a recent report by the CDC, from 1976 to 2006, between 3,000 and 49,000 people have died every year due to complications from the flu.

• $10.8M Awarded to University of Memphis for Major Mobile Initiative

According to the Columbia Daily Herald, The National Institutes of Health announced a $10.8million federal research grant to The University of Memphis to put them at the center of a national experiment to collect medical data relayed from mobile sensors to be worn.

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mHealth News: What You Need to Know