- Fitbit and FibriCheck have expanded their partnership to enable users in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain to monitor their heart rhythm for irregularities, such as Atrial Fibrillation (AFib), directly from their Fitbit smartwatch.
- The partnership was first announced in September 2019, when the FibriCheck app was made available to Fitbit smartwatch users in the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Belgium. Since the app launched on Fitbit OS, more than 150,000 heart rhythm measurements have
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The Many Faces of AI in Clinical Trials
AI is being applied in several aspects for the clinical trial process today. From analyzing real-world data and scientific information to providing improved patient stratification and predictive outcomes, and assisting with different aspects of clinical trial operations. Here are some of the technologies using AI and machine learning in the clinical trial space today, outlining how they fit within the clinical trial ecosystem and discuss the impact on future clinical trial designs.
The
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Best Buy Launches New Medical Alert Device & App for Seniors
- Today, Best Buy Health launched its new Lively app and medical alert device, the Lively Wearable2 designed to help older adults live safely, actively and independently.
- The new Lively app gives older adults easy, one-touch access to urgent response services via their smartphone, quickly connecting to help if an emergency occurs.
Best
Buy Health, today announced the availability of its new Lively app by Great Call that gives older adults easy,
one-touch access to 5-Star Urgent
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4 Hospitals Leveraging Social Media to Improve Patient Engagement
Social media is an essential online marketing and outreach
tool for any organization that wants to connect to the largest audience
possible. However, health organizations — like
hospitals — can face unique challenges in managing social media,
which can make effectively leveraging these tools less straightforward.
Many large hospitals have been successful in making social media work for them. As a result, they've provided a template that other healthcare
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CTA Launches First-Ever ANSI-accredited Standard for AI in Healthcare
- The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announces the first-ever ANSI-accredited standard for the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare, developed by more than 50 organizations from tech giants to healthcare leaders.
- CTA convened 52 organizations – including IBM, Philips, BlackBerry, Doctor on Demand, Humetrix, American Medical Association, and AdvaMed – to develop this standard that provides a foundation to better
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Welldoc, Redox Partner for Bidrectional EHR Integration with BlueStar App
- Welldoc and Redox announce a partnership to ensure bidirectional integration with EHR with Welldoc's digital health solution for diabetes management, BlueStar.
- This partnership will allow providers to receive and review insights about users of Welldoc's BlueStar digital health app for diabetes management directly within their EHR at the point of care.
Welldoc, a digital health
company revolutionizing chronic disease management, announced today its
strategic partnership
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BCBS Kansas City to Deliver Wellframe’s Digital Health Tools to Members
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City announces their collaboration with Wellframe, a leader in digital health management, to bring its health plan members into a new era of health management.
- Through Wellframe’s innovative app, Blue KC members can access digital resources and support for chronic and complex conditions, wellness, transitions of care, maternal health, cancer, and end-stage renal disease.
- The Wellframe solution helps members build trusted relationships
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Precision Health Startup Q Bio Emerges Out of Stealth with $40M Led by Andreessen Horowitz
- Precision health startup Q Bio emerges out of stealth mode, raising $40M in Series B funding led by Andreessen Horowitz to bring preventative health and the physical of the future to masses.
- In 75 minutes or less, members are able to get a comprehensive picture of their health and receive a web-based dashboard that they can review from anywhere in the world with their chosen clinicians.
Q Bio, a Redwood
City, CA-based quantitative, clinically relevant assessment of personal
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Cloudbreak Health Lands $10M for Unified Telemedicine Platform to Fuel Growth
- Cloudbreak Health raises $10M in funding from Columbia Partners Private Capital to expand its telehealth footprint.
- The company plans to use the funding will advance Cloudbreak Health’s operations and product innovations as it looks to expand nationwide throughout 2020.
Cloudbreak Health, LLC,
(“Cloudbreak”), a leading unified telemedicine
and video medical interpretation solutions provider, today announced it has
secured a $10 million investment from Columbia
Partners Private
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Taxi App Curb Integrates with Ride Health’s Patient Transportation Platform
- Curb and Ride Health partner to coordinate smarter transportation for every patient need, to power non-emergency medical transportation via licensed taxis.
- Uber and Lyft provide healthcare organizations with patient transportation services, but hospitals and health plans will soon be able to tap licensed taxis across the country to transport patients to and from medical appointments.
Curb, a New-York City-based leading mobility platform for licensed taxi and for-hire rides in North
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