The following mHealth apps were announced within the past two weeks.

Almost 30 percent of U.S. household with broadband connection own and use at least one connected health device, and 13 percent of such households reported by very likely to purchase a connected health device in the next 12 months, according…

Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic and IBM are piloting Watson to more quickly match patients with appropriate clinical trials.

PricewaterhouseCoopers US has announced its intent to develop a bid for the Department of Defense's Healthcare Management Systems Modernization EHR contract.

By 2018, the big data market is expected to be valued at $46.34 billion, growing at a compound annual growth rate of 25.5 percent over the next four years, according to a MarketsandMarkets report.

A stolen thumb drive prompted Durham, N.C.-based Duke University Health System to notify patients of a potential data breach.

Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Mercy Children's Hospital in St. Louis have partnered to launch a new telemedicine program.

Nearly 100 million remote patient monitoring devices are expected to ship over the next five years, according to ABI Research.

Security management firm IntelliCentrics has launched SEC³URE, a new platform that credentials and authorizes every individual — clinician, staff, visitor or vendor — that enters any healthcare facility owned by the client organization.

Spok has announced the release of the new version of its secure, HIPAA-compliant messaging app, Spok Mobile version 4.0.