Boston-based Center for Connected Health, a division of Partners Healthcare has launched online health social community Wellocracy. In 2012, Director Dr. Joseph Kvedar told MobiHealthNews Wellocracy ...

Objective To determine the effectiveness of physical activity interventions involving mobile applications (apps) or trackers with automated and continuous self-monitoring and feedback. Design ...

A young lady exercising outdoors is looking at her fitness tracker watch. How accurate are fitness trackers? Today, keeping track of your health is more within reach than ever with the widespread ...

They promise to track your activity and keep you in shape. But how well do activity trackers and fitness bands really work? A real-life journey into the world of health-meets-tech. Danny Sullivan ...

Health might be its own reward, but even cash incentives only work in the short term to motivate people to exercise more and activity trackers add little benefit, according to a study from Singapore. ...