One Man's Plan to Revolutionize Healthcare with a Mayo Clinic-Backed App

Geoffrey Clapp, co-founder of the mobile-health startup GetBetter, is developing a smartphone app, dubbed Better, that can help patients obtain preliminary diagnoses of health products, track medical records and locate physicians. Currently undergoing review by the Mayo Clinic, Better uses Mayo's database to help facilitate medical treatment. A patient with a stomach ache could check their symptoms on the app, and is given a list of top results. A nurse or doctor could then be contacted by merely clicking a button. In addition, the app can help patients track their medical records.

What Apple’s M7 Motion-Sensing Chip Could Do

The motion-processing M7 chip in the new iPhone 5S will serve as an aid to fitness-tracking apps, says Apple. But over the long term, the chip could help advance gesture-recognition apps and sophisticated ways for your smartphone to anticipate your needs, or even your mental state, researchers say.

Will Any Health App Ever Really Succeed?

Geoffrey Clapp thinks a mobile app can make health care better—so much so, in fact, that his upcoming app is called just that: Better.

The app is being tested at the Mayo Clinic, which is an investor in Clapp’s startup, and is slated to launch in October. It aims to let people use a smartphone to reach a doctor, find a diagnosis, or keep track of their medical records. Storing personal medical data and using health-tracking features will be free, but users will be charged monthly fees for instant access to nurses and health coaches.

EEUU regulará los 'App' que "transforman" los 'smartphones' en dispositivos médicos.

La Agencia Americana del Medicamento (FDA, por sus siglas en inglés) ha anunciado de que va a comenzar a regular las aplicaciones sanitarias que "transforman" los 'smartphones' en dispositivos médicos como, por ejemplo, máquinas de electrocardiogramas que determinan si un paciente está sufriendo un ataque al corazón.

Esta decisión se produce después de que la Agencia publicara, hace dos años, un proyecto en el que proponía regular cualquier aplicación móvil que fuera considerada como un dispositivo médico. De esta forma, el organismo ha anunciado de que también va a regular las aplicaciones que se utilizan como accesorios a los dispositivos, tales como aquellas que muestran las imágenes utilizadas por los médicos para diagnosticar.

Los usuarios de apps de salud se multiplicarán por seis hasta 2018

El número de usuarios de aplicaciones móviles de salud y bienestar se multiplicará por seis en los próximos cinco años, y pasará de los 15 millones que ya las utilizan a 96 millones en 2018, según un estudio de la consultora Juniper Research.

De la ‘app’ al ‘in app’: El negocio de las aplicaciones evoluciona de cobrar por la descarga a hacerlo por dar más servicios.

"El negocio de las 'apps' tiene más futuro que nunca". Viendo algunos datos no parece que Franc Carreras, colaborador académico en márketing digital de Esade, esté desencaminado, como tampoco lo están otros actores de este sector. Algunos ejemplos: los españoles se descargan casi tres millones de aplicaciones al día; hay casi 13 millones de usuarios activos en nuestro país; España es líder en Europa en uso de smartphones, con un 66% de penetración; en Android, el sistema operativo con más penetración, los españoles se han descargado ya más de 594 millones de apps; y las empresas españolas dedicadas a este negocio facturan ya de media 780.000 euros al año. "Crear una cuesta lo mismo que crear una web.

Could This Gadget Change Action Sports Forever?

Go for a jog, and RunKeeper tracks your progress. Go for a bike ride, and a range of cycling apps can help maximize your workout. Take that skateboard or surfboard out for a spin, however, and solid digital accoutrements suddenly become hard to find.

Armband enables remote control of any device through gesture

MYO is a piece of wearable tech that detects muscle configuration to enable users to remotely control any device with arm movements.

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Academic says EU payments regulation will dampen innovation

An updated Payment Services Directive (PSD II) that aims to embrace new mobile payments methods could end up acting as a hindrance to entrepreneurs, a leading Spanish academic told EurActiv.

The Commission is set to publish its update to the Payment Services Directive (PSD II) this month, with a separate regulation on multilateral interchange fees (MIFs) likely to be published simultaneously.

The new rules form part of the Commission’s broader aim to promote a single European Payments Area (SEPA) and will seek to create a more competitive payments card market.

MIFs are charges paid by a retailer's bank for processing a payment and aim at sharing transaction costs between the buyer and seller.

New mobile payment systems pose regulatory, security challenges

An updated Payment Services Directive (PSD II), to be published by the European Commission this month, will struggle to cover regulatory and security challenges posed by a range of new mobile payments services expected to explode onto the European scene over the next two years.

The new rules form part of the Commission’s broader aim to promote a single European Payments Area (SEPA) and will seek to create a more competitive payments card market that reflects the explosion in the use of online and mobile payments.

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