Wearable sports technology provider Polar, today announced its partnership with digital integration platform Validic. Through the integration of its wearables with Validic's platform, Polar will bring its trusted heart rate technology and activity tracking devices to a variety of corporate wellness and remote monitoring programs.Polar products make it easy for organizations to implement corporate and preventative wellness programs that reward employees for their efforts in leading a physically
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Solera Health Partners with AI Coaching Platform Noom
Solera Health, a technology-enabled personalized preventive health network, and Noom, Inc., a mobile health leader whose coaching platform delivers structured programs to address the underlying behaviors that cause the most pressing pre-chronic & chronic conditions, have joined forces to launch a multi-platform lifestyle program that will give millions of Americans access to the tools they need to successfully fight the diabetes epidemic.Together, the two companies will offer a unique
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Practice Fusion Founder Launches Heart Monitoring Smartwatch – iBeat Life Monitor
After stepping down as the CEO of cloud-based EHR platform Practice Fusion in mid-2015, founder Ryan Howard is back with a new digital health startup focused on a life-saving Wearable-as-a-Service. The startup is currently developing its first product, iBeat Life Monitor, a heart monitoring smartwatch wearable that perpetually monitors and detects cardiac arrest, heart attack, and atrial fibrillation. Similar to your average medical alert system for seniors, in the case of a life-threatening
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4 Critical Success Factors for Hospitals Deploying Mobile Communication
63 percent of hospitals and health systems surveyed have deployed or plan to deploy a mobile communications platform supporting more than 500 smartphones over the next 12 to 18 months, according to study conducted by Spyglass Consulting Group. The report, "Large-scale Smartphone-based deployments enable hospital-wide communications" identifies the market opportunities and challenges for hospital IT shops to widely deploy a smartphone‐based communications platform to support patient care teams
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Study: Telehealth-based Programs for Stroke Therapy Accelerates Recovery
Stroke survivors engaged in telehealth-based stroke therapy programs received 5 times more therapy than patients receiving in-clinic therapy alone, according to an internal study conducted by Constant Therapy, which provides a science-based, customized brain rehabilitation software program. After analyzing more than 20 million therapy exercises completed by users on its mobile platform, the company found that stroke patients experience greater improvement in both cognitive and speech accuracy
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India Startup HealthifyMe Lands $6M for Mobile Weight-Loss Coach App
Bangalore, India-based mobile health and fitness startup HealthifyMe has raised $6 million in Series A funding led by IDG Ventures India, Inventus Capital and Blume Ventures. The company is the only health app in India to receive Top Developer Badge – Google Play’s highest recognition for quality and innovation.The digital health startup plans to utilize the funding to scale its mobile weight loss app. Additionally, the company plans to hire 40 engineers, designers and product managers by the
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IBM, Bausch + Lomb Partner to Develop App for Cataract Surgeons
Global eye health company Bausch + Lomb and IBM are teaming up to develop the first of its kind iPhone and iPad app for surgeons who perform cataract surgery. The app will allow surgeons to streamline their workflow by delivering patient information and clinical insights as well as intraocular lens (IOL) options on a single, digital platform at the point of care. Pilot study testing for the new app is expected to begin in late 2016.The app will be designed to send patient data across iPhone and
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Hacking Medicine Institute Launches Health Apps Review Program
The Hacking Medicine Institute (HMi), a non-profit organization, has launched RANKED Health, a program to critically evaluate and rank health-focused applications and connected devices for better disease monitoring and management. Spun out of the MIT Hacking Medicine Initiative,this program will not only provide independent, unbiased and accurate information to empower providers and consumers to confidently choose new products and services for monitoring and managing specific conditions, but
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Your.MD Launches AI-Powered Doctor Diagnosis on Facebook Messenger Via Chatbot
Your.MD, a London-based company that provides medical guidance through artificial intelligence has announced the launch of OneStop Health- a one-stop-shop in digital health to allow people to take full control of each stage of their health issues: from understanding their symptoms to finding the best treatment - all via a chatbot.Now available on Facebook Messenger and WeChat, OneStop Health empowers mobile users to find the safest and most suitable health service providers and products. The
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Nokia to Acquire Withings for $191M, Enters Digital Health Market
Nokia has announced plans to acquire Withings, the Frenchh-based connected health company with a family of digital health products including fitness bands, sleep-trackers, thermometers, watches and scales for for €170 million ($191 million) in cash. The acquisition is expected to close in early Q3, 2016 subject to regulatory approvals and customary closing conditions. The acquisition marks Nokia's official entry into the digital health market to help boost its ongoing renewal of Nokia
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