Brian Edwards

ONC announces winners of Blue Button Mash-up Challenge

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Humetrix’s iBlueButton application has been announced the winner of the Blue Button Mashup Challenge sponsored by the Office of the National Coordinator.

Qualcomm Life announces winners of the 2Net SDK challenge

Telsano Health is announced as the winner of the Qualcomm 2Net SDK Challenge, which called upon developers to create apps which aggregate and visualize data captured via devices in the 2Net ecosystem.

Kinergy Health wins Patient Engagement Challenge using Blue Button data

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MyKinergy, developed by Kinergy Health, was selected as the winner of the Patient Engagement Blue Button Challenge sponsored by The Advisory Board Company.

Startup Health launches digital health Network, part AngelList, part OkCupid

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Startup Health Network launches in live beta to catalyze collaboration amongst the many different stakeholders in the emerging digital health industry.

mc10 and Reebok announce new skull cap for sensor detection of concussions

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mc10 and Reebok-CCM announce they have collaborated to develop a new skull cap with embedded impact sensor to help athletes of all levels detect concussions.

Beyond Lucid Technologies and Aidin take home top prizes at DCtoVC

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Beyond Lucid Technologies and Aidin take home top prizes for the Series A and Seed Stage categories respectively at the 2012 DCtoVC venture competition.

AirStrip sues mVisum for infringing patent for visualizing vital signs on a mobile device

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AirStrip Technologies files a patent infringement suit against competitor mVisum less than 60 days after receiving broad patent for displaying patient data on a mobile device.

USC Center for Body Computing to launch accelerator, adds BMW as a partner

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USC Center for Body Computing announces it will launch its own digital health accelerator and has partnered with BMW to bring sensors to the driving experience.

AllScripts launches open app challenge, offers major cash prizes to developers

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Chicago-based AllScripts launched an open innovation challenge at the Health 2.0 Conference in San Francisco earlier this month with big rewards for developers.

HealthBox unveils first class from new London-based digital health accelerator

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Digital health accelerator Healthbox has kicked off their first class of startups in London, its third different city so far this year and the first digital health accelerator in Europe.

Larklife is the daytime compliment to the popular Lark sleep tracker

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The Lark Original and Lark Pro are devices which monitor sleep patterns, gently nudge users awake, and offer personalized advice on how to improve sleep patterns. Lark CEO Julia Lu told TechCrunch the company has sold “tens of thousands” of its devices, with 73 percent of users purportedly experiencing improvement after using Lark Pro for just one month. The company has now officially launched a daytime compliment to their sleep monitor, the Larklife, which shares many features with leading activity monitors like Nike Fuelband.

BetterDoctor launches “OpenTable for Doctors” nationwide

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BetterDoctor may have found a better way of empowering both patients to find and book appointments with the highest quality local physicians.