Eric Wicklund

Once thought as a special service for the rich and famous, it's now being hailed as the future of healthcare -- for everyone.

A new survey found that 8 out of 10 employees would use them to collect health and fitness data if the devices were employer-sponsored.

A report in the Journal of the American Medical Association says the consumer-facing wearable craze won't help improve health outcomes until someone figures out how to keep users from ditching their devices after a few months.

A 'telehealth lite' solution being marketed by Honeywell and MobileHelp could offer an entry point for providers looking to establish long-term mHealth connections with consumers at home.

REACH Health says its mHealth network enables remote physicians to treat stroke victims 25 percent better than the national average.

Noted attorney Brian Balow says older generations would benefit more from the technology than the health and fitness market. And he expects that the wearables craze will fizzle out like gym memberships in March.

A kiosk trial proves the technology's value as a legitimate form of virtual care in high-volume settings like office buildings or corporate campuses.

Qualcomm's deals with Novartis and Walgreens, announced this week at CES, give the pharma giant and pharmacy chain access to the 2net platform, which collects data from mobile devices.

The closure of Ideomed, a Michigan-based developer of mHealth apps, may be a signal that the market is saturated.

The app enables Ebola survivors in Africa to share their stories and hardships, and allows healthcare workers to send targeted public health messages and gather data to use in fighting the deadly disease.