Health Apps news and trends

57% of US Consumers Sought Preventative Healthcare Online
Healthcare // October 07, 2022

We’re taking better care of ourselves — good news for physical, mental and financial health. The preventative care movement is also part of the connected economy of devices and data, and as such holds manifold benefits for the post-COVID consumer-patient. We analyzed this in the...

Health Apps Sharing Users’ Sensitive Data With Facebook?
Facebook // February 24, 2019

Facebook is facing new privacy allegations that smartphone users’ data is being shared with the social media giant without their knowledge. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal citing testing the paper conducted on its own, Facebook collects personal information from many of the most popular...

Apple In Talks With VA To Provide Portable Electronic Health Records
Apple // November 21, 2018

Apple is gearing up to help the Department of Veterans Affairs by providing portable electronic health records for military veterans as part of a partnership aimed a making hospital visits less complicated. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal citing people familiar with the...

Samsung Rolls Out Babylon AI Doctor
Artificial Intelligence // May 31, 2018

Babylon, the digital health startup out of the U.K., inked a deal with Samsung in which it will provide consumers with access to artificial intelligence-enabled doctors via smartphones. According to a report in the Financial Times, Samsung has agreed to preinstall the technology into its...

Interviews & Exclusives
57% of Consumers Use Digital Apps and Wearables to Monitor Their Health

November 03, 2022
Consumers are getting more comfortable by the quarter with digital wearables that track vital signs and health signals and share them with apps and platforms that help manage health. Not only is this a good sign for consumer health, but it also signals greater adoption of connected economy dynamics, where engaging in one “pillar” or […]

57% of US Consumers Sought Preventative Healthcare Online

October 07, 2022
We’re taking better care of ourselves — good news for physical, mental and financial health. The preventative care movement is also part of the connected economy of devices and data,...

Quick Reads
Health Apps Sharing Users’ Sensitive Data With Facebook?

February 24, 2019
Facebook is facing new privacy allegations that smartphone users’ data is being shared with the social media giant without their knowledge. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal citing testing the paper conducted on its own, Facebook collects personal information from many of the most popular apps on smartphones within seconds of users entering the information. […]

Apple In Talks With VA To Provide Portable Electronic Health Records

November 21, 2018
Apple is gearing up to help the Department of Veterans Affairs by providing portable electronic health records for military veterans as part of a partnership aimed a making hospital visits...

Samsung Rolls Out Babylon AI Doctor

May 31, 2018
Babylon, the digital health startup out of the U.K., inked a deal with Samsung in which it will provide consumers with access to artificial intelligence-enabled doctors via smartphones. According to...