Medical apps immature? "The consumer health app market is still a very immature market with a lot of things being thrown out there," said Kevin Patrick, an adjunct professor of family and preventive medicine at UC San Diego and the editor of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Patrick told the LA Times that most medical apps have "not been subjected to clinical trials that would show that they are effective in changing health behaviors." This report from the LA Times pulls from MobiHealthNews World of Health & Medical Apps report and interviews a couple of mobile health thinkers including Dr. Joseph Kim and Claudia Tessier. More

iPad apps make self-tracking less boring: Australian medical center leverages iPad for mental health treatment: Youthlink, a mental health branch of Flinders Medical Centre, has partnered Enabled Solutions to create an Australian-first app for adolescent mental health treatment for the Apple iPad. The app will replace paper forms that the 16 to 20 year old patients currently fill out regularly to help track and demonstrate their progress. The program coordinator said the iPad will make the process of tracking less boring. More

Zipnosis eyes $2M: Minneapolis-based Zipnosis, which describes itself as an “on the go” provider of remote diagnosis and treatment solutions for individuals suffering from basic health ailments, is looking to raise around $2 million, according to SEC documents. More (Backgrounder on Zipnosis)

The SMS mobile health opportunity: Syniverse President and CEO Tony Holcombe penned a contributed article for RCR Wireless on Text4Baby and other use cases for text messaging for health. More