Cardiogram is a digital health company announced that it's wearable-based monitoring for atrial fibrillation and diabetes is now covered by Oscar Health Insurance, without paying out of pocket. The coverage will help provide end-to-end preventive care: continuous wearable monitoring, convenient testing, contextualized results, and clinical triage.Impact of Chronic ConditionsFor chronic conditions like diabetes, atrial fibrillation, hypertension, and sleep apnea, anywhere between 20–80% of cases
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Notable Launches EHR-Integrated Voice-Powered Apple Watch App for Physicians
Notable, an emerging digital health startup in voice-powered healthcare has launched the first wearable voice-powered smart assistant for physicians that will transform the healthcare experience. Available as a white labeled solution for wearables, the platform leverages artificial intelligence and voice recognition technology to automate and structure every physician-patient interaction as well as eliminate the vast majority of clinical administrative work. The Notable team consists of
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FDA Clears AliveCor’s KardiaBand for Apple Watch, Records Medical-Grade EKG in 30 Seconds
AliveCor, a FDA-cleared personal electrocardiogram (EKG) technology, today announced FDA clearance of KardiaBand in the U.S., allowing Apple Watch users to discreetly capture their EKG anytime, anywhere in order to quickly detect normal sinus heart rhythms and atrial fibrillation (AFib), the most common heart arrhythmia. The announcement marks first FDA-cleared medical device accessory for the Apple Watch, KardiaBand can record an EKG in 30 seconds with just a touch of its integrated sensor.
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Cedars-Sinai Launches Apple Watch App to Connect Patients With Doctors
Cedars-Sinai, a Los Angeles-based academic medical center has unveiled new Apple Watch app that helps makes it easier for patients to connect with doctors, get directions to the nearest hospital and access their medical records. Working in conjunction to the provider’s iPhone app, the update provides a complete resource for managing your medical records, connecting with your care team and exploring all Cedars-Sinai has to offer. The free app, which pairs with your iPhone and can be found in the
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Cardiogram Raises $2M for Apple Watch Heart Rate, aFib Tracker
Digital health startup Cardiogram has raised $2 million in seed funding led by Andreessen Horowitz's new Bio Fund with participation from Halle Tecco (Rock Health Co-founder ), Jeff Hammerbacher (Assistant Professor at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine), Kevin Scott (SVP Engineering of LinkedIn) and more. Cardiogram detects abnormal heart rhythms with the Apple Watch and displays those results into an app store-like interface, where consumers can pick a habit, “check off” their daily progress,
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Smartmedical Launches Emotion Recognition App for Apple Watch
On Tuesday, Tokyo, Japan-based Smartmedical Corp announced the official launch of EmoWatch, the first vocal emotion recognition app for the Apple Watch. Based on Empath, Smartmedical's proprietary vocal emotion recognition technology, the app identifies and tracks users' emotions from their voices, regardless of language, by analyzing multiple vocal properties such as intonation, pitch, speed, and volume. By analyzing multiple physical properties of the voice, EmoWatch can identify emotions in
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