12. Sneak peek: What’s coming to Jitterbug’s Services Store
While Verizon and Vodafone recently announced their new healthcare business units, one wireless service provider has been leading the charge for wireless health services for a number of years: GreatCall and its Jitterbug mobile phone service for seniors. This past year Jitterbug announced plans to launch its version of an AppStore, which it calls its Services Store, because its users want more than just an “app” they want customer service and continued support. Not surprisingly, many of the services that Jitterbug plans to offer are health-related. Read The Original
13. Rumor: Philips to acquire CardioNet?
After Highmark CMS announced plans to slash wireless cardiac remote monitoring company CardioNet’s reimbursement rate by about 30 percent, the company’s stock price fell precipitously. Around that time rumors began to swirl that CardioNet would have to be acquired to sustain its operations because its decreased revenue potential made its operating costs too expensive. One of the big rumors widely discussed in investor forums was that Philips had its eye on CardioNet. Most of the other big names in medical devices have also been floated since. CardioNet recently announced that it had retained a banking firm as a financial advisor, which led many to believe it may seriously consider acquisition bids. Read The Original
14. Now training: Seeing eye mobile phones
Google recently announced a service called Google Goggles, which enables users to take a photo with their mobile phone and send it to Google as a search item. Users can then find out about where they are or more information about the object they took a photo of perhaps. Google’s service is based on technology it acquired from a start-up named NevenVision, previously known as Eyematic. When Eyematic sold NevenVision to Google, the remaining entity was called iVisit, which recently launched a service that enables smartphones to act as a “seeing eye” for those in need. One of the company’s newest products is called SeeScan/SeeStar, which aims to help the blind and visually impaired to identify their surroundings by using the camera on their mobile phone. Read The Original
15. Glucose Buddy inks app deal with Roche
This story marked one of the first times a pharmaceutical company had contributed to or launched an iPhone app: MYLEstone Health, developer of the Glucose Buddy iPhone app, is working with Roche Diagnostics’ Accu-Chek to add its educational program to the Glucose Buddy diabetes management app. Read The Original
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