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Ryan Howard

Practice Fusion Founder Launches Heart Monitoring Smartwatch – iBeat Life Monitor

by Jasmine Pennic 05/24/2016 Leave a Comment

Practice Fusion Founder Launches Heart Monitoring Smartwatch – iBeat

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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