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UnitedHealthcare, Qualcomm Collaboration Provides Financial Incentives for Using Wearables

by Jasmine Pennic 03/01/2016 Leave a Comment

UnitedHealthcare Motion

UnitedHealthcare and Qualcomm are teaming up to launch UnitedHealthcare Motion™, a wellness program that provides employees with wearable devices at no additional charge and enables them to earn financial incentives of up to $1,460 per year for meeting specific walking goals. The collaboration will focus on new UnitedHealthcare programs and services that incorporate the latest generation of wearables, medical devices and home diagnostic tests that utilize Qualcomm Life’s 2net™ Platform for
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Report: Wearables Poised to Dominate Medical Device Market Share

by HITC Staff 02/11/2016 1 Comment

Wearables_A Solution Searching For Problems

A new patent landscape report from iRunway reveals a tectonic shift in the medical devices industry, with new technology players poised to take significant market share from traditional medical device manufacturers in the non-invasive monitoring arena. Medtronics, General Electric, Eli Lilly Company and others have long controlled sizable and lucrative healthcare monitoring markets, and they will likely continue to dominate invasive monitoring.  However, Jawbone, Fitbit, Google, Garmin and
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Fitbit Unveils Fitness Wristband, Fitbit Alta

by HITC Staff 02/03/2016 Leave a Comment

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Fitbit, the leader in the connected health and fitness market, today introduced Fitbit Alta™ – a slim, sleek fitness wristband that can be personalized to fit your style, while advanced health and fitness features make tracking workouts effortless and deliver positive motivation to keep you moving. Fitbit Alta is designed with a satin finish, stainless steel body and features a line of stylish interchangeable bands in multiple popular colors and premium materials so you can find the right style
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71% of Consumers Would Use Health Monitoring Devices If Data Was Clinically Accurate

by HITC Staff 02/03/2016 Leave a Comment

71% of Consumers Would Use Health Monitoring Devices If Data Was Clinically Accurate

71 percent of adults would use a personal health monitoring device if it was clinically accurate, according to a national survey of 1,000 respondents commissioned by The Society for Participatory Medicine and healthcare technology company Biotricity Inc. The survey reveals that more than 8 out of 10 consumers (84 percent) believe that tracking their own health data with a clinically accurate health monitoring device will help improve their overall health. “Americans are tremendously in favor
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The Future of Wearables in Healthcare for 2016 & Beyond

by Erica Garvin 01/19/2016 Leave a Comment

augmedix The Future of Wearables in Healthcare for 2016 & Beyond

From Google Glass to the latest in consumer technology, Augmedix’s Pelu Tran tells us where wearables are headed in healthcare. Seems like everyone is talking about the proliferation of wearables these days. It’s hard to find a wrist that doesn’t don one of the latest health tracking devices. In 2015, the wearable trend also gained greater traction among healthcare providers—with gadgets like Google Glass displaying great potential in multiple areas from surgery to telehealth. As
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Fitbit Unveils New Smart Fitness Watch, Fitbit Blaze

by HITC Staff 01/05/2016 Leave a Comment

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Connected health and fitness market provider Fitbit, today unveiled the Fitbit Blaze™ smart fitness watch, its smartest, most stylish, most motivating fitness tracker yet at CES 2016. The latest addition to Fitbit’s award-winning line of innovative devices, Fitbit Blaze is available today for presale with global retail availability starting in March 2016. Fitbit Blaze is a smart fitness watch built to help you make the most of your workouts, with a versatile design to fit your personal style,
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MD Anderson Kicks Off Apple Watch Pilot for Breast Cancer Patients

by HITC Staff 12/03/2015 Leave a Comment

MD Anderson Kicks Off Apple Watch Pilot for Breast Cancer Patients

Back in May, MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper announced it was teaming up with behavioral health technology company Polaris Health Directions (Polaris) on an behavioral health pilot project using the Apple Watch to help improve breast cancer treatment outcomes. This week, the pilot project officially kicked off reaching patient hands (wrists) for the first time via the Apple Watch.  The partnership brings together MD Anderson Cooper’s expertise in oncology and Polaris’s deep experience in
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Hospital Uses Google Glass To Diagnose Skin Conditions

by Fred Pennic 04/16/2015 Leave a Comment

A team of physicians at Rhode Island Hospital conducted a research trail with Google Glass to gauge the effectiveness, security and patient acceptance of a real-time, video skin consultation. The study began in March, 2014 and concluded after six months. The research results were recently published this week in JAMA Dermatology. Study Overview For the patients who qualified for the trial, the emergency department physicians at the Rhode Island Hospital used Google Glass to contact a
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Hospital Uses Google Glass to Integrate Prompts During Trauma Care

by Fred Pennic 03/03/2015 Leave a Comment

Google Glass Truama Care

  Trauma surgeons at Forbes Hospital is now using Google Glass to integrate prompts during trauma patient resuscitation to treat critically injured patients. Utilizing the software solution called Visual Info Zonal Reminder (VIZR) developed by Alex Guerrero, MD, a trauma surgeon from New York features information on a wide range of traumatic injuries.  How It Works Once a patient program is initiated, a timer begins that provides important prompts and reminders to the trauma team every
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MedEx To Roll Out 10 Ambulances with Google Glass in Chicago

by Fred Pennic 02/13/2015 Leave a Comment

MedEx To Roll Out 10 Ambulances with Google Glass

MedEx, a Chicago-based provider of ambulance and telemedicine services announced this week it is rolling out 10 ambulances equipped with Google Glass, ChicagoInno reports. Utilizing Pristine's EyeSight HIPAA compliant software, paramedics can now prepare emergency response for an incoming patient, document a call, or beam a remote specialist into the ambulance for a stroke consult in real time audio and video. MedEx Ambulance is the first in the nation to implement Google Glass in EMS and has
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