Consumers get a more high-tech experience from their Chick-fil-A app than they do from most health system mobile apps, and it’s a major dissatisfier, even when the quality of care is strong. It’s one reason why mobile strategy has moved center stage as table stakes for meeting health system’s business goals, including around consumer loyalty and engagement.
But delivering the types of mobile experiences healthcare consumers crave takes more than launching a health system app. That’s
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FemTech: Samsung Adds Menstrual Cycle Tracking Capabilities to Galaxy Watch5
What You Should Know:
- Samsung Galaxy Watch5 users will soon be able to access temperature-based menstrual cycle tracking through the Cycle Tracking feature. This new capability was developed in partnership with Natural Cycles, a women’s health company and app maker, and marks the first time Natural Cycles’ algorithm has been adapted for a smartwatch.
- The partnership combines Natural Cycles’ fertility technology with Samsung’s BioActive Sensor to give users more detailed
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Clarius Awarded FDA Clearance for AI Ultrasound Musculoskeletal Imaging App
What You Should Know:
- Clarius Mobile Health, a leading provider of high-definition handheld ultrasound systems, receives 510(k) clearance for its new MSK AI model, which automatically identifies and measures tendons in the foot, ankle, and knee using artificial intelligence (AI).
- The new MSK AI model will be available soon with the Clarius L7 HD3 and Clarius L15 HD3 high-frequency, wireless handheld ultrasound scanners.
AI Driven Imaging To Improve
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Withings Acquires Health and Fitness App 8Fit to Strengthen Personalized Wellness Capabilities
What You Should Know:
- Withings, the leader in at-home connected health, today announced the acquisition of 8fit, worldwide health, fitness, and wellness app with more than 40 million downloads. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.
- The acquisition is part of a $30M investment Withings is announcing over the next three years in its strategy to combine cutting-edge medical devices with personal health and wellness plans. This news follows last month’s announcement of
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Heartbeat Health, Withings Partner on New FDA Cleared ECG Smartwatch
What You Should Know:
- Heartbeat Health, a healthcare technology company working to deliver effective, efficient, and engaging heart care, announced that it has partnered with Withings, as they launch their ECG-enabled hybrid ScanWatch in the U.S. on November 9.
- The Withings and Heartbeat integration is a game-changing development in the cardiovascular space - as Atrial Fibrillation, a form of irregular heart rhythm, is significantly underdiagnosed and, in some cases, can be an
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Blue Shield of CA Adds Headspace App to Wellvolution Program to Improve Mental Wellbeing
What You Should Know:
- Blue Shield of California announced that mindfulness and meditation app Headspace is now available to its members through the nonprofit health plan’s Wellvolution program.
- Headspace offers hundreds of tools and more than 1,000 exercises to reduce stress and improve one’s mental wellbeing. The app joins the extensive resources offered on Blue Shield’s Wellvolution, a digitally based lifestyle medicine and health platform provided in collaboration with Solera Health
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Biotricity Launches Heart Monitoring App for Samsung’s Galaxy Watch4 Series
What You Should Know:
- Biotricity Inc., a medical diagnostic and consumer healthcare technology company, today announced the upcoming release of Biocare Cardiac - a personal, cardiac health application for individuals diagnosed with or at risk for cardiovascular disease. Designed to be used with Samsung's Galaxy Watch4 series, the Biocare Cardiac application continuously collects users' daily activities and provides critical information on
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Sharecare Launches Evidence-Based Mental Wellness App
What You Should Know:
– Sharecare, today announced the launch of Unwinding by Sharecare, a broad-based mental well-being app designed to help people better understand how their minds work, reduce their stress, and build healthier habits. Like a virtual quick-start guide for the mind, the solution empowers people to stay grounded at the moment through evidence-based mindfulness techniques, enabling them to unwind unwanted behaviors that both result from and often exacerbate stress.
- Based
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K Health Acquires Mental Health App Trusst for On-Demand Text-Based Therapy
What You Should Know:
- KHealth, a data-driven virtual primary care platform providing affordable, personalized healthcare to millions of adults and children, today announced its acquisition of Trusst, the mental health app connecting people and providers for on-demand text-based therapy. Financial terms of deal were not disclosed.
- Trusst has built a proprietary, simulated way for users to have virtual conversations with national experts on topics ranging from shyness to trauma. The
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TRIPP Secures $11M to Expand Digital Psychedelic Wellness Platform for Mental Health
What You Should Know:
- TRIPP, a Los Angeles-based digital psychedelic platform, announced it has raised $11M in funding led by Vine Ventures, and Mayfield with equal participation from Integrated. TRIPP’s Series A also includes particpation from AlphaBridge Ventures, Beni VC, Berkeley Club, CJ Group, CTR Capital, Evolution, Robert Goldberg, Tony Greenberg, Grit VC, Incisive Ventures, Inflect Health, Iter Investments, Joanna Popper, Jim Dew, Joe Polish, JLS Fund, Lionheart Ventures,
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