MobiHealthNews

MobiHealthNews, founded in 2008, has quickly become the leading provider of news, commentary, online events and research for the global mobile health community. The company works hard to deliver one of the best curated and most insightful publications focused on digital health today. MobiHealthNews has a growing audience of more than 80,000 unique monthly readers; an in-depth collection of paid content reports, including: mObesity, The Coming Medical Tablet War, Professional iPhone Medical Apps, Consumer Health Apps, and State of the Industry 2012; and a popular series of online events that have focused on What Makes A Health App Effective, Mobile Health Trends for 2012, Mobile Health & Meaningful Use, and more.

Piggy bank
By  MobiHealthNews 01:49 pm July 16, 2021
Diet and wellness startup Noom led the charge of second-quarter 2021 funding rounds, taking home a whopping $540 million. In Q2 MobiHealthNews reported on 99 digital health deals worth roughly $6.2 billion. While this is a slight dip from Q1's recording-breaking $7.1 billion, it easily trumps 2020's Q2, which saw $2.44 billion in deals.  In 2020, MobiHealthNews reported on 372 funding rounds...
Podcast guest Scott Shreeve
By  MobiHealthNews 01:09 pm July 2, 2021
The last 18 months in digital health have been tumultuous, to say the least. But as companies consolidate and go public, some order is starting to emerge from the chaos. Scott Shreeve, CEO of Crossover Health, has some theories about what that is going to look like. Scott and host Jonah Comstock discuss payers, employers, providers, and patients – and their relationships concerning trust and...
Michael Abrams
By  MobiHealthNews 03:45 pm June 24, 2021
At WWDC this month, Apple announced new health-sharing features that allow users to share their health records and patient-generated data with family, caregivers, or their healthcare provider. On today's HIMSSCast, Michael Abrams, managing partner at Numerof & Associates, joins host Jonah Comstock to discuss the news and how it fits in the larger context of the healthcare system.   Talking...
An old-timey microphone and radio setup represent our weekly digital health podcast
By  MobiHealthNews 02:44 pm June 18, 2021
Earlier this week, HIMSS Trust Partners from the HIMSS, the Chartis Group, Accenture, and ZS came together to share new data and insights at the HIMSS State of Healthcare event. If you missed it, you can still register and check out the event on demand here. But on this week's HIMSSCast, host Jonah Comstock and MobiHealthNews Managing Editor Laura Lovett discuss some of the most interesting...
Podcast guest Eugene Borukhovich
By  MobiHealthNews 09:50 am June 16, 2021
Eugene Borukhovich, COO of YourCoach, former global head of digital health at Bayer and cohost of the podcast "A Shot of Digital Health Therapy" joins HIMSSCast for a wide-ranging discussion about his career and his unique perspective on digital health and health innovation. Be sure to check out host Jonah Comstock's appearance on Eugene's podcast as well. Like what you hear? Subscribe to the...
Podcast guest John Reites
By  MobiHealthNews 02:03 pm May 21, 2021
The first technology-enabled remote clinical trial was launched nearly a decade ago, and that field – now generally referred to as "decentralized clinical trials" – has been advancing and gaining traction ever since. But, like so many other remote tools, it's been greatly accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. On today's HIMSSCast, host Jonah Comstock and MobiHealthNews Managing Editor Laura...
Board meeting
By  MobiHealthNews 03:18 pm May 11, 2021
Dr. Maulik Majmuda has joined Boston-based virtual care and digital therapeutics company Biofourmis as its chief medical officer, the company announced this week.  Prior to this new role, Majmudar served as medical office at Amazon, where he led the development and launch of Amazon Halo. He also completed a stint at Massachusetts General Hospital as an associate director of the Healthcare...
Podcast guest Unity Stoakes
By  MobiHealthNews 11:33 am April 23, 2021
Host Jonah Comstock, MobiHealthNews Managing Editor Laura Lovett and MobiHealthNews Associate Mallory Hackett welcome StartUp Health President Unity Stoakes to discuss Q1 2021 digital health funding. With more than $7 billion raised according to MobiHealthNews' tracker and more than $8 billion according to StartUp's, we can all agree it was an impressive quarter. But how do those numbers compare...
Stethoscope, money and a calculator.
By  MobiHealthNews 03:08 pm April 15, 2021
At-home digital fitness studio Tempo has raised $220 million in its recently closed Series C funding round. SoftBank Vision Fund 2 led the round with additional participation from new investor Steadfast Capital Ventures and returning investors DCM, General Catalyst, Norwest Venture Partners, and Bling Capital. Tempo plans to use the money to continue enhancing its artificial intelligence and 3D...
Piggy bank
By  MobiHealthNews 02:55 pm April 2, 2021
Digital health funding continued to explode in the first quarter of 2021. In Q1 MobiHealthNews reported on a whopping 99 digital health fundings equaling $7.1 billion in venture dollars. This number trumps the $2.9 billion reported in 2020's Q1. While the number of fundings is on the rise, so is the amount as later-stage companies complete Series D and E rounds. For example, direct-to-consumer...