Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults plan to purchase health and fitness devices in the next year, according to a survey by the Consumer Technology Association, MobiHealthNews reports.

At the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT's annual Consumer Health IT Summit, National Coordinator for Health IT Karen DeSalvo announced that ONC will develop a policy framework to identify best practices, gaps and opportunities for the use of patient-generated health data in research and care delivery through 2024,

The total shipment volume for wearable devices in the second quarter of 2015 increased by 223.2%, compared with Q2 2014, according to a new report from the International Data Corporation, MobiHealthNews reports.

Department of Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced a multimillion-dollar public-private partnership that aims to develop flexible hybrid electronics, such as wearables and health monitoring technologies, FCW reports (Lyngaas, FCW, 8