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Microsoft launces incubator program for Kinect apps

Microsoft has launched a new business incubator program to help develop commercial apps, devices and add-ons for the Kinect controller on its Xbox 360 game system. We've told you in the past about Read more...

iMetrikus retools to pursue low-cost telehealth options

Telehealth vendor iMetrikus is revamping its image and its executive suite. Most important, say company execs, is a new focus on finding a way to make its telehealth products low cost, so that it can Read more...

New mom/baby app born from Imagine Cup

Yet another app is emerging as a possible real-world competitor, and the Imagine Cup hasn't even held its final contest yet. The latest app to catch the industry's eye: momEcare, created by Shawn Read more...

New player moves into Windows app market

Well-known medical information publisher Unbound Medicine is the first big player to offer medical apps on Windows Phone 7 devices. Although Microsoft has been notoriously slow in reaching for a Read more...

Smartphone-based ultrasound awaits FDA clearance

One of the developers of a prototype ultrasound probe that connects to a smartphone is involved in a startup company that could bring the phone-based ultrasound to market next year if the FDA grants Read more...

Robots are the next frontier in patient monitoring

We're always happy to read something about healthcare reform that talks about actually improving the quality of care or quality of life. In this instance, it's robotics. "If we can virtually connect Read more...

Microsoft tests mobile speech search

There's no doubt that smartphones are handy, but sometimes those tiny keyboards are tough to navigate. (Just try texting on a cold winter morning without removing your gloves.) Well, Microsoft is Read more...

Another look at portable PHRs

Despite low adoption rates and some serious growing pains with personal health records, at least one blogger believes the potential of platforms like Dossia, Google Health and Microsoft's HealthVault Read more...

SPOTLIGHT: HealthVault expands to Canada with exclusive partnership

Canadian telecommunications firm Telus has signed an exclusive deal with Microsoft to market the HealthVault platform in Canada, marking the first expansion of HealthVault outside the U.S. Telus is Read more...

Press Releases

Kinect for Xbox 360 Teams With NFL PLAY 60 and Drew Brees to Unveil 'Kinect for Xbox 360 Super Sunday Challenge'

Fans and gamers challenged to make Feb. 5, 2012, 'The Most Active Super Bowl Sunday Ever.'INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to inspire the masses to get off the couch this Read more >>

Liaison Technologies Connects Its Community with Microsoft HealthVault®

Connection to Provide Patients with Access to Greater Amounts of Personal Health Information, More Control of Health Data ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Liaison Technologies, a global provider of secure Read more >>

gloStream Selects DiagnosisOne to Deliver Clinical Decision Support for Electronic Medical Records

Partnership Delivers Increased Care Quality, Practice Efficiency and Accountability through Real-Time Decision Support; Addresses Increased Demand from ACOs and IPAs LOWELL, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Read more >>

Beyond Lucid Technologies Advances Telemedicine for EMS Providers

Together with Microsoft, Team Presents Best Practices for Ambulance Communication with HospitalsWALNUT CREEK, Calif., Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Beyond Lucid Technologies, Inc., a healthcare IT Read more >>

CJPS Medical Systems Introduces Remote Patient Monitoring With Tablet PCs

AUBURN HILLS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- CJPS Medical Systems announces today that VitalPoint® HOME, its remote patient monitor, can be used with Microsoft Windows®-based Tablet PCs. This announcement Read more >>