A bipolar patient has created an innovative new mobile health application designed to empower individuals with mood disorders.

Kimberly Knox, the app creator, recalls a time where she was sitting in the art room of a psychiatric hospital at about 4:00 a.m. thinking about her diagnosis and what she could do about it.

With the hope that she would one day better understand how her mind was working, Ms. Knox began consistently tracking her moods, sleeping patterns, medication adherence and blood pressure on paper.

“Charting all of this information three times each day took an enormous amount of time and energy,” Knox said in a public statement. “I knew there had to be an easier way.”

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This week, on-demand digital fitness and training solutions provider PumpOne announced the availability of their popular FitnessClass mobile health app for Android.

Since launching on iOS two years ago, FitnessClass for iPad has consistently been one of the top downloaded fitness apps in the iOS ecosystem.

Within the first year of its availability, FitnessClass was recognized as the leading fitness app and was featured in the App Store Rewind 2011–a year in review of top iPad apps across twenty categories.

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According to the latest data from comScore, Drugs.com remains a leading online drug information resource with over nine million unique visitors on a monthly basis.

Already a formidable presence in digital, the move into mobile for Drugs.com isn’t a surprise in the least.

This week, the clinical drug resource confirmed that it is launching a Drugs.com Medication Guide, as well as a mobile app (for iOS and Android) to facilitate patient engagement in their own medication management.

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Outshining any current or even prospective smartphone rivals so far this year, the Samsung Galaxy S IV – a device that hasn’t been unveiled yet – is already exciting the mobile masses like nothing else on the horizon.

As we get closer to the rumored springtime launch, rumors abound that the Samsung Galaxy S IV will be friendly to the rapidly expanding mobile health industry.

According to published reports over the weekend, the Samsung Galaxy IV will feature a key mobile healthcare functions and monitoring tools.

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Since it’s market debut in 2010, Apple’s iPad has become a key fixture in the rapidly expanding telehealth industry. Along with a select few Android-powered devices, iOS and the little green robot have largely dominated any roles where tablets have been needed in a contemporary healthcare setting.

But according to a new report from EHR Intelligence, Android and iOS may be getting some company in the mHealth department thanks to Microsoft’s recent launch of the Surface tablet line.

With new offerings like Lync, an enterprise-grade platform similar to consumer-oriented Skype, Microsoft hopes that physicians will turn to the Surface for telehealth initiatives that are just starting to take off around the country.

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At CES 2013 last month in Las Vegas, MHW observed countless mobile technologies being developed for general health and wellness purposes. One of the leaders in this field – FitBit – has been on a growth spurt since the convention ended. Just this week, in fact, FitBit brought a major product upgrade to the world’s most widely used mobile operating system.

“We’re excited to announce that wireless syncing with Android has arrived!” the company announced on its blog this week. “Our free Fitbit App for Android now syncs your Fitbit One and Zip stats directly to the Samsung Galaxy SIII and Note II. With our app, you can sync your stats wirelessly (beta) and see how you are tracking against your daily goals, with friends, and against historic averages.”

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Highmark, an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association based in Pittsburgh, announced recently that it’s launched new mobile websites for its members along with new motivational health and wellness SMS programs.

Its new mobile-optimized websites allow members to access Highmark’s provider directory, claims history and provides quick access to the most used functions of Highmark’s full websites.  Highmark’s health and wellness SMS program, called “Encouraging Words of Wisdom,” recently began for individuals enrolled in Highmark’s Personal Nutrition Coaching program, where individuals meet with a registered dietitian for up to seven sessions in a calendar year and can supplement their coaching by signing up for SMS alerts to receive motivational text messages every other day to stay on track with their wellness goal.

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