Eric Wicklund

The five-year-old international organization and key partner in the mHealth Summit is shifting its headquarters from the UN Foundation in Washington D.C. to Johannesburg, where it will co-locate with the Praekelt Foundation.

With a sizable presence in the Exhibit Hall and a five-hour workshop on Wednesday afternoon, Ben Sawyer and his Games for Health Project are hoping for some meaningful encounters between game-developers and healthcare providers (and investors) at this week's mHealth Summit.

Dreamers rubbed elbows with investors at Sunday's Venture+ Forum, and were told they'd only be successful if they could make consumers embrace health.

As the mHealth Summit prepares to open next week, it's time to take stock of the industry's growth around the globe, from Europe to Australia.

Sprint executives will be at the HIMSS Media mHealth Summit next week to scout promising new mHealth entrepreneurs for an intensive, three-month mentorship program taking place next June in Kansas City.

The networking giant, long known for infrastructure offerings, is stepping into the realm with a health and wellness platform.

With recent studies showing half the nation's college students get sick at least once a year and almost a quarter suffer educationally as a result, a pair of recent partnerships is tapping mHealth as a means of bringing on-demand healthcare to campus life.

The introduction of an "Apps Supplement" to the year-old resource is just one of several events planned by mHIMSS at the mHealth Summit.

While mHealth initiatives in America and Europe often get the attention, projects in developing nations are proving that mHealth really can work.

The day-long conference, which helps to kick off next week's HIMSS Media mHealth Summit, takes an in-depth look at the venture capital landscape for mHealth entrepreneurs.