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Arizona Governor Doug Ducey carved out a place for mobile health in his plan for the state's new Medicaid plan this week, but some critics think the initiative could miss the mark for a low-income population less likely to have smartphones.

Boston-based healthcare analytics company Care at Hand has raised $560,000.

Apparently Under Armour isn't the only apparel company that can play the fitness app game.

Lowell, Massachusetts-based remote patient monitoring company InfoBionic has raised $8 million led by existing investor Safeguard Scientifics.

By Bradley Merrill Thompson Healthcare in America needs disrupting.

Brian Garcia, Welltok's new chief technology and product officer.

A new app, developed at the interaction design lab at Cornell University, has a novel approach to helping users lose weight: an algorithm that latches onto the healthy behaviors users are already doing and then gradually encourages them to do more of the same.

Some 23 percent of US broadband households said they are concerned about privacy and security when using connected health devices.

Chicago-based Zest Health, which has developed an app that helps people view and understand their health benefits, raised $6 million from 7wire Ventures, Lightbank, Zaffre Investments, Martin Ventures, Dallas Venture Partners, and LSAN/Azimuth Ventures.

Naperville, Illinois-based PhysIQ has received an FDA 510(k) clearance for its personalized physiology analytics system.