Despite the flood of health apps and devices rushing to integrate with Apple's HealthKit platform, FitBit has announced it currently has no plans for HealthKit integration, 9to5Mac first reports. In a response to a flurry of queries on their consumer forum section of their website, the fitness tracking developer replied:
“We do not currently have plans to integrate with HealthKit… It is an interesting new platform and we will watch as it matures, looking for opportunities to improve the
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EveryMove’s HealthKit Integration Enables Charitable Donations
EveryMove, a fitness tracking incentive network announced its Apple HealthKit integration, making it the first and only HealthKit partner that transforms tracked activity data into charitable donations.
HealthKit functions as a "digital health ecosystem" in which a multitude of devices and apps can capture and share activity data, allowing EveryMove access to an increasingly robust network of data sources and to turn this data into charitable donations. Right now, all EveryMove users can
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Mayo Clinic Launches App with Apple HealthKit Integration
On Thursday, Mayo Clinic launched its mobile health app with Apple HealthKit integration available to Mayo Clinic patients and the general public, VB first reports. Utilizing the HealthKit platform, the new app will be able to collect health data from a number of connected health apps/devices in iOS8.
"What patients will be able to do is keep this info in HealthKit. When they see their providers, they will be able to share it with their providers in a one-on-one visit. In the future, we should
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Philips Telehealth Apps Receives 510(k) Clearance for New Digital Health Platform
Royal Philips has announced its telehealth apps eCareCoordinator and eCareCompanion have received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). A part of Philips Hospital to Home's suite of telehealth programs, eCareCoordinator and eCareCompanion are focused on patient care within the home and are the first clinical applications to be available through the cloud-based digital health platform, which Philips announced in collaboration with Salesforce.com earlier this summer.
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Axial Exchange’s Patient Engagement App Integrates with Apple HealthKit
Axial Exchange, Inc., a pioneer in using mobile applications to deepen the patient’s role in improving outcomes, today announced that it has completed its integration with Apple HealthKit. Axial Exchange app users will now be able to view all of their health and wellness data from the Axial app and other health applications in one, comprehensive mobile dashboard. Apple HealthKit allows health and fitness apps to share their data with each other and with Apple’s new Health app.
“Giving users
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Pristine Nabs $5.5M To Expand Telehealth Through Google Glass
Google Glass medical app developers Pristine, announced today that it has raised $5.5M in Series A financing to expand telehealth through Google Glass. Pristine is only company that has developed a HIPAA-compliant video streaming and checklist solutions for Google Glass. The round was led by S3 Ventures which also included Capital Factory, HealthFundr, and a syndicate of strategic clients. The funding will be used to expand the company's R&D, sales, marketing, and operations teams,
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drchrono’s PHR Integrates with Apple’s HealthKit
drchrono announced the launch of its Personal Health Record platform (PHR), onpatient, with a HealthKit integration on iOS 8. This integration allows patients to import data they choose from the Health app into their onpatient personal health records and send it to their physician in an easy-to-digest snapshot. According to Dr. James Rieger MD, "In the last few years, patients have been trying to bring their wellness data into the office, but I just couldn't look at it all. This new format
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Can Google Glass Transform Into A Real-Time Health Sensor?
The latest fixation on quantified self movement in the form of wristbands, cuffs and watches has been given a new dimension. It may now be possible to prevent diseases even before you start seeing visible symptoms. According to a recent study, researchers at Affective Computing Group, part of the MIT Media Lab and Georgia Institute of Technology, have transformed Google Glass into a health sensor.
The research team has found that the head-mounted wearable device can seamlessly monitor the
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HealthKit Apps Return Is Quickly Thwarted by More iOS 8 Bugs
Last week, a software bug delayed the launch of Apple HealthKit on iOS8 preventing developers from making HealthKit apps. On Wednesday of this week, Apple provided the first update to the new iOS 8 software that fixes a bug so HealthKit Apps can be made available on the App Store.
Other list of changes in the iOS 8.0.1 release include:
Addresses an issue where third-party keyboards could become deselected when a user enters their passcode.
Fixes an issue that prevented some apps from
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Telehealth Provider Teladoc Raises $50M in Equity Funding
Telehealth provider Teladoc has announced it has secured a $50 million round of equity funding led by Palo Alto-based Jafco Ventures, a leading technology venture capital firm. This cash fusion will further reinforce Teladoc’s leadership position and support the acceleration of its robust growth strategy.
Teladoc will continue to pursue growth organically and through additional strategic partnerships and targeted acquisitions. The company is anticipating record-setting growth in January 2015
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