Fitbit
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Devices & Diagnostics, Health Tech
Fitbit launches study to test ability to detect atrial fibrillation
Fitbit launched a large-scale study to validate the use of its technology to detect atrial fibrillation. The company plans to enroll hundreds of thousands of people into the virtual study.
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Artificial Intelligence, Diagnostics, Health Tech
Scripps researchers tap wearable data to track Covid-19 and flu
Scripps Research launched a new study to see if data collective from wearable devices could be used to track flu-like illnesses, including Covid-19. In January, Scripps published a retrospective study using a similar methodology showing that sleep and resting heart rate data from Fitbits were correlated with the number of patients reporting influenza-like illness.
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Payer’s Place: Dawn Maroney
Dawn Maroney, President, Markets of Alignment Health and CEO of Alignment Health Plan, to discuss how they are using technology to provide better service and care to consumers.
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Devices & Diagnostics, Health Tech
Fitbit profits fall ahead of pending Google merger
Fitbit saw its margins decline from last year, after it rolled out a series of lower-priced devices to woo new users. The company is on the verge of being acquired by Google for $2.1 billion, with the deal pending regulators’ approval.
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Scripps study: Can your Fitbit track the flu?
A new study by the Scripps Research Translational Institute suggests Fitbits could be used to detect the flu. By tracking resting heart rate and activity levels, researchers said Fitbits could improve detection of outbreaks at the state level.
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Health Tech, Patient Engagement, Payers
Fitbit launches first partnership with Medicaid plan
Patients with type 2 diabetes on WellCare of Georgia’s Medicaid plan will be able to receive the wearables as part of their plan starting in 2020.
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Why Google is buying Fitbit
We spoke to investors and analysts to figure out why Google is buying Fitbit, a company that hasn’t made much of a dent in the healthcare world.
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Fitbit partners with BMS, Pfizer on early atrial fibrillation detection project
Software designed to detect atrial fibrillation – estimated to affect 8 million Americans this year – will be created for Fitbit and submitted to the FDA for approval.
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Singapore taps Fitbit for nationwide public health program
While the devices themselves will be free for users, additional health coaching services and software offerings will require a monthly fee.
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Startups, Devices & Diagnostics, Health Tech
Livongo adds smartwatch integrations to its disease management platform
With the new feature, members have the ability to link their Apple, Fitbit or Samsung smartwatches to the company’s app to receive health information on their wrist and share activity information back with Livongo to better personalize activity and health suggestions.
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Applying Remote Patient Monitoring to Surgery Prep and Recovery, Oncology and Women’s Health
Join us to learn about the latest trends in remote monitoring and how to extend its benefits beyond chronic conditions to more patients – all while using fewer staff resources.
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Omron Healthcare CEO Ranndy Kellogg on the company’s collaborative approach to innovation
MedCity News caught up with Omron Healthcare CEO Ranndy Kellogg at the the AdvaMed Digital MedTech Conference in San Francisco to speak about the company’s new products, emerging business lines and how collaboration with other companies have driven recent innovation.
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Artificial Intelligence, Health Tech
Amazon reportedly developing emotion-sensing wearable device
The product (codenamed Dylan) is being developed by Amazon’s hardware development team Lab126 and its Alexa division. Designed to be worn on the wrist, the device seemingly has a form factor similar to a smartwatch.
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Jawbone founder Hosain Rahman raises $65 million for revived company
Last year, Rahman told Recode that he was reviving the company as Jawbone Health, moving the focus of the company away from fitness tracking and toward remote patient monitoring.
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All of Us caps one-year anniversary with the release of new data browser tool
More than 230,000 people have started the process of joining the research program and more than 142,000 have completed the program’s first research protocol.
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Startups, Artificial Intelligence
The Consumer Technology Association launches new AI initiative with groups like Fitbit, Google and IBM
CTA’s working group, which includes more than 30 different organizations, is an effort to bring stakeholders together to create common understanding around AI definitions, proper data management and ethical considerations like bias and privacy.
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Fitbit launches new low-cost wearables, details growth among enterprise segment
The company in betting hard on its Fitbit Health Solutions enterprise business line as it shifts its business model from device sales to recurring software and services revenue. The business line is projected to hit $100 million in revenue in 2019.
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Payer’s Place: Dr. Anil Singh
Dr. Anil Singh shares his insights into the strategies employed by the organization to identify the most effective digital solutions for their members.
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Beyond EHRs and digital front doors, reducing the gaps in patient care journeys.
