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The California health system is projecting an annualized net income of more than $75,000 from using the technology. This could increase to more than $260,000.

Smartphones and tablets are among the mobile technologies in focus, which can be combined with telehealth video conferencing and healthcare wearables, as well as the deployment of electronic health record-based patient portals.

Data from the accelerometers allowed researchers to correctly rank the mortality risk using 30-40 percent more accuracy than when using data about smoking status or a patient's stroke or cancer history.

Anders Strömberg, head of the wearable platform department at Sony, says the company's new B2B mSafety platform features a smartwatch with built-in sensors, a simple user interface, a secure back end and long battery life.

At Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall, prior to the CDI technology, query responses took several days to three weeks. Now, the average response time is 1.4 days. And within the hospital, there are responses within minutes.

Biorithm co-founder and CEO Amrish Nair describes how his company's sensors take care out of the hospital to wherever the expectant mom is.

They'll create and update new standards, profiles and implementation guides, helping to transition to more modern APIs that make it easier to  exchange data securely via smartphone.

With its smart sharps bin, HealthBeacon is going deep on one important medication adherence use case: self-administered injectables, says CEO Jim Joyce.