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Health tech pioneer Deborah Estrin named MacArthur fellow

The MacArthur Foundation awards Deborah Estrin a fellowship for her work on determining how data generated by smartphones, wearables, and online interactions can be used for mobile health while still maintaining user privacy.

Frost & Sullivan Honors Medicomp Systems with the EHR Optimization Technology Leadership Award

Frost & Sullivan names Medicomp Systems the winner of its 2018 North America EHR Optimization Technology Leadership Award for its Quippe productivity enhancement solutions for reducing documentation burden.

A startup’s bold plan for a mood-predicting smartphone app is shadowed by questions over evidence

Mental health tech startup Mindstrong raises $30 million in funding and secures agreements with a dozen California mental health departments, but has yet to publish peer-reviewed data that back up its claims.

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