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DrChrono’s Open FHIR API Enables Patients to Transfer Records to Apple Health

by Fred Pennic 02/19/2021 Leave a Comment

DrChrono’s Open FHIR API Enables Patients to Transfer Records to Apple Health

What You Should Know: - DrChrono announces today that its open FHIR API is now live enabling its patient members to securely transfer their available health records out of DrChrono into the Apple Health app on the iPhone so their medical information is consolidated and always with them. - The Health Records feature is part of the Health app, which also shows activity, heart rate, nutrition and other health data consolidated from iPhone, Apple Watch and HealthKit-enabled third-party
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Top 5 Business Opportunities for Digital Health Companies in 2021. Where Is The Money?

by Ralf-Gordon Jahns, Managing Director of R2G 01/25/2021 Leave a Comment

op 5 business opportunities for digital health companies in 2021. Where is the money?

For many companies, 2020 has been a devastating year due to the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the same can be said for the digital health sector, the pandemic has also paved a way for unexpected and extraordinary business opportunities in 2021. In 2020, Digital health start-ups and more established companies have suffered, as have other companies from a variety of industries. We have seen governments set up rescue funds for start-ups, including those that offer services for the
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Singapore Taps Apple for National Health Initiative Using Apple Watch

by Fred Pennic 09/18/2020 Leave a Comment

Singapore Taps Apple for National Health Initiative Using Apple Watch Lumi Health

What You Should Know: - The government of Singapore and Apple are teaming up on national health initiative called LumiHealth to encourage Singaporeans to keep healthy and complete wellness challenges through their Apple Watch and iPhone. - The LumiHealth app features challenges designed to help users sleep better, move more, eat well, and live more mindfully. This week, the government of Singapore and Apple has announced their partnership on the health initiative called LumiHealth,
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Anthem, Apple Launches 2-Year Digital Asthma Study with Apple Watch

by Jasmine Pennic 09/17/2020 Leave a Comment

Anthem, Apple Launches 2-Year Digital Asthma Study with Apple Watch

What You Should Know: - Anthem, Inc. announced a new study that examines how the use of everyday devices, like Apple Watch and iPhone, may help individuals with asthma, led by the University of California, Irvine. - Launching in the fall, the two-year, randomized controlled study will enroll participants from Anthem-affiliated health plans who have been clinically diagnosed with asthma. -Anthem, Inc. today a new study that examines how the use of everyday devices, like Apple Watch
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XRHealth Secures Patent to Incorporate Apple Watch into VR/AR Therapy

by Fred Pennic 09/15/2020 Leave a Comment

XRHealth Secures Patent to Incorporate Apple Watch into VR/AR Therapy

What You Should Know: - XRHealth has just received a patent for its approach to incorporate biofeedback from devices such as an Apple watch into its remote healthcare therapy platform that utilizes virtual/artificial reality (VR/AR). - XRHealth plans to incorporate their VR/AR therapy with the Apple Watch, specifically since the watch has advanced features including a medical-grade, FDA-cleared electrocardiogram (EKG) that measures heartbeat. XRHealth, the leader in extended
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Zimmer & Apple Watch Transform Joint Replacement Virtual Care w/ App New Features

by Jasmine Pennic 06/23/2020 Leave a Comment

Zimmer & Apple Watch Transform Joint Replacement Virtual Care w/ App New Features

What You Should Know: - Zimmer Biomet announced new features of mymobility with Apple Watch® - bringing remote patient care to life for patients who receive hip and knee joint replacement at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). - Available later this year, mymobility with Apple Watch will now use gait metrics (the stride of a person as s/he moves limbs) to passively collect walking speed and double support time when walking on flat level surfaces without GPS. These measurements
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Scripps Launches App-Based Study Using Wearable Data to Predict Virus Outbreaks

by Fred Pennic 03/25/2020 Leave a Comment

Scripps Launches App-Based Study Using Wearable Data to Predict Virus Outbreaks

What You Should Know: - The Scripps Research Translational Institute launched DETECT, an app-based research study that will analyze wearable data shared by users with the goal of being able to more quickly detect fast-spreading viral illnesses, like flu and coronavirus.  - Early detection is critical for effective public health response to infectious disease outbreaks and for improving treatments. DETECT connects with smartwatches and activity trackers, including Fitbit devices,
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CommonSpirit to Deploy Notable’s AI Platform to Personalize Medical Intake Experience

by Jasmine Pennic 12/13/2019 Leave a Comment

CommonSpirit to Deploy Notable’s AI Platform to Personalize Medical Intake Experience

- CommonSpiritHealth partners with Notable Health to personalize and automate the medical intake process for patients and providers to improve care quality and outcomes. - Notable's intelligent platform frees time for physicians and staff to spend with patients and shortens their workdays to help prevent burnout and increase satisfaction. - During appointments, CommonSpirit Health physicians will utilize the Apple Watch wearable technology with which they can dictate a summary of the
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Disruptors or Interrupters? How Apple Is Faring In Their Healthcare Initiatives

by D'Arcy Gue, Director of Industry Relations at Medsphere Systems Corporation 11/07/2019 Leave a Comment

Disruptors or Interrupters? How Apple Is Faring In Their Healthcare Initiatives

Key Highlights - Part one of our new in-depth series on Apple, Google, and Amazon's latest healthcare efforts since our last report in April 2019.  - A look at Apple's recent healthcare developments, as well as an analysis of what goes beyond the news.  Over the last few decades the “digital age” has enabled many garage-based startups to transform into sustained successes by targeting problems that begged to be solved digitally.  Sometimes their leaders identified and resolved
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Is The Handheld Ultrasound The Fitbit of Clinical Care?

by Erica Garvin 11/05/2019 Leave a Comment

Is The Handheld Ultrasound The Fitbit of Clinical Care?

- GE Healthcare’s James Hurley explains how innovations like the handheld ultrasound are inspiring the next digital breed of smarter, smaller, and seamless clinical care tools. Wearables—once innovations that only lived in inspired minds and science fiction novels are now nearly ubiquitous. You can’t shake a stick, or a hand for that matter, without an adorning Fitbit or Apple Watch attached to it. Yet, what started as a consumer fad is now evolving well beyond it and out disrupt U.S.
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