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California Physician Practices to Use Apple Watches to Advance Physician-Patient Communication

by Fred Pennic 10/14/2019 Leave a Comment

Notable Health Launches Voice-Powered Assistant for Physicians on Apple Watch

- Healthcare services company for physicians Altais partners with Notable Health to use intelligent automation to enhance the patient experience.- Notable Health’s A.I.-driven platform uses Apple Watches and smartphone devices to advance physician-patient communications and streamline administrative tasks.- Notable’s AI-powered platform is a game-changer for clinicians previously spending hours on redundant administrative tasks. The platform—which seamlessly integrates with legacy EHR
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Withings Move ECG Smartwatch with Instant AFib Detection Debuts in Europe

by Fred Pennic 09/05/2019 Leave a Comment

Withings Move ECG Smartwatch with Instant AFib Detection Debuts in Europe

- Withings Move ECG, the world’s first analog watch to record an electrocardiogram (ECG) on-demand, is now available in Europe, following CE marking for medical devices. - Move ECG syncs automatically with the accompanying Health Mate app, which instantaneously classifies the user’s heart rhythm as AFib or normal sinus rhythm. - Move ECG is available today at the price of €129.95/£129.95 at withings.com and main retail partners and works both on iOS and Android. Withings Move ECG,
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Fitbit Launches Premium Subscription Service to Deliver Personalized, Actionable Guidance

by Jasmine Pennic 08/28/2019 Leave a Comment

Fitbit Launches Premium Subscription Service to Deliver Personalized, Actionable Guidance

Fitbit, today announced the launch of Fitbit Premium, a paid subscription service in the Fitbit app that uses your unique data to deliver a personalized experience with actionable guidance and coaching. Premium leverages insights from 10+ years of Fitbit data as well as academic and medical expertise to help you move more, sleep better and eat well with customized programs, advanced sleep features, personal insights, thousands of workouts, new challenges, health reports and more – all in one
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Singapore, Fitbit Collaborate on Population-Based Public Health Initiative

by Fred Pennic 08/21/2019 Leave a Comment

Singapore, Fitbit Collaborate on Population-Based Public Health Initiative

Fitbit collaborates with Singapore’s Health Promotion Board (HPB) on population-based public health Initiative in Singapore to drive better health outcomes at scale Fitbit, today announced a new collaboration with Singapore’s Health Promotion Board (HPB) on a healthy population health project in support of Singapore’s Smart Nation initiative.  The HPB is Singapore’s government agency that implements policy and programs to improve the nation’s health. The collaboration marks the first
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Research: Apple Devices Could Detect Early Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) Dementia

by Fred Pennic 08/08/2019 Leave a Comment

Livongo Announces Bi-directional Integration with Apple, Fitbit, Samsung Smartwatches

Eli Lilly, Evidation Health, and Apple has released initial results from a feasibility study that reveals an iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, and the Beddit sleep monitoring device, in combination with digital apps, may be able to differentiate people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and mild Alzheimer's disease dementia. The exploratory results were presented today at the Association for Computing Machinery's KDD conference in Anchorage, and are published on the conference website.Impact of
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Fitbit Launches New Research Pledge to Address Evolving Privacy Risks

by Fred Pennic 08/06/2019 Leave a Comment

Fitbit Research Pledge

Fitbit launches Researcher Pledge and updates to their Terms of Service to help educate the research community on user privacy risks.  In response to these evolving user privacy issues, Fitbit has developed a new Researcher Pledge and updates to their Terms of Service to help educate the research community on these risks and specify the commitments we require from researchers to help protect the privacy of our users. The new Research Pledge outlines best practices to help ensure research study
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Yale, Mayo Clinic, Biofourmis Launches Research to Detect Heart Failure Using Wearable Biosensor Data

by Jasmine Pennic 07/17/2019 Leave a Comment

Yale, Mayo Clinic, Biofourmis Launches Research to Detect Heart Failure Using Wearable Biosensor Data

Biofourmis has entered a research partnership with the Yale University-Mayo Clinic Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (CERSI). Biofourmis' mobile platform BiovitalsHFTM will be leveraged in a study of patients with heart failure to monitor functional capacity and quality of life to see if greater emphasis should be placed on these measures in the drug approval process.Impact of Heart FailureHeart failure afflicts approximately 6.5 million patients in the United States and
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Consumers Willing to Utilize Medical Wearables to Avoid Physician Visits

by Jasmine Pennic 07/08/2019 Leave a Comment

Wearables_A Solution Searching For Problems

Consumers are willing to utilize medical wearables to overcome barriers to seeing a physician, including distance and cost, according to a recent survey by VivaLNK. The survey reveals that of 100 participants ages 40 and over, 64 percent said they would utilize a wearable health monitoring device if it meant it could reduce the number of times, they had to physically visit a doctor or hospital.3 Factors Driving Patient’s Desire to Reduce Physical Physician AppointmentsThe survey determined there
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Reaching the Healthcare Mainstream: Wearables and Remote Patient Monitoring Market Map

by Healthcare Growth Partners (HGP 06/21/2019 Leave a Comment

Reaching the Healthcare Mainstream: Wearables and Remote Patient Monitoring

Even though 2014 was supposed to be the “year of the wearable” according to Forbes, five years later we are now seeing the wearable reach maturity and mass-adoption.  This increase in adoption has largely been driven by software and hardware stability which is now allowing these devices to be used with confidence to manage an individual’s health and wellness, including chronic condition management. The graphic below from Accenture shows the increase in technology usage across consumers to manage
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Flow Launches Medical-Grade Headset, Therapy App for Depression

by Fred Pennic 06/06/2019 Leave a Comment

Flow Launches Medical-Grade Headset, Therapy App for Depression

Flow, a medical device company launches a medication-free treatment for depression comprising a brain stimulation headset and therapy app. In Europe, Flow has been approved as a Class II medical device intended for use as a treatment for depression - and is the first approved treatment of its kind in Europe available to buy and use at home.Flow BackgroundBased in Sweden, Flow was developed by clinical psychologist Daniel Mansson and neuroscientist Erik Rehn, together with a team of prominent
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