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Report: Good Yelp reviews predicted postive outcomes at New York hospitals
The Yelp for doctors that consumers have been waiting for might just be Yelp itself, according to a new report from the Manhattan Institute released last week and presented today at Health Datapalooza...
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Facebook expands blood donation features in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh to...
Facebook is expanding its blood donation feature in India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, the company announced this morning at its F8 developer conference.“According the the World Health Organizations...
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NIH: All of Us Research Program begins open enrollment 5/6
The National Institutes of Health announced today that national enrollment for its All of Us Research Program— an ambitious effort to collect demographic, health, genomic, and other data from at least...
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98point6 launches its chat-based telemedicine platform for primary care
Seattle-based 98point6 today announced the launch of its on-demand primary care platform. Through the smartphone app, patients in 10 US states can easily receive remote care from a board-certified...
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Nokia plans to sell digital health division back to Withings cofounder
Almost exactly two years after Nokia acquired French health technology company Withings, it has announced that it is in negations to sell its digital health division back to Withings cofounder Éric...
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Fitbit announces new partnerships, focus on chronic disease management,...
Fitbit has announced a slew of new digital health apps and clock faces that were born out of partnerships with major players such as Dexcom, Humana, and Walgreens. The apps, which were built on...
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Buoy Health, CVS MinuteClinic partner to send patients from chatbot to care
Buoy Health, which offers an AI-powered tool that serves to help people understand potential health problems, announced a partnership with CVS MinuteClinic.When users go through Buoy Health’s online or...
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Google I/O 2018 highlights AI health projects
Google has unleashed a tidal wave of product and feature updates through the ongoing Google I/O developers’ conference, and it’s no surprise that the intersection of artificial intelligence and...
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OSU tech could make smart textiles cheaper, more durable
A new approach to smart textiles could lead to a host of new use cases and a level of durability that might make the technology much more attractive to adopt. A team led by John Volakis, director of...
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Amazon rumored to start Alexa-focused 'health & wellness' team
After Amazon inked a deal with JP Morgan and Berkshire Hathaway to focus on employee health in January, it was clear the tech giant would be investigating the healthcare arena. However, it could be...
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Apple Health Records: Where early adopters see the biggest impact so far
Many players in the healthcare industry are closely watching how Apple Health Records are performing in this rapidly changing market. A major shift in what makes up a record of patient care is already...
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Verily submitted patent application for smart diaper able to detect,...
Verily Life Sciences has filed a patent application for a “smart diaper” carrying a sensor for detecting and differentiating between feces and urine. The diaper would also contain a transmitter capable...
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With integration, Buoy Health, Circulation hope to create end-to-end acute...
Buoy Health, an online platform that uses an AI chatbot as a gateway into healthcare treatment, has teamed up with Circulation, a technology startup that helps connect patients in need of medical...
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Withings cofounder buys back digital health business from Nokia
It's official — Eric Carreel, cofounder of French health tech company Withings, has bought back Nokia’s digital health division two years after it was sold to the Finnish tech giant. Carreel plans to...
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Startup Oshi Health launches disease management platform for IBD patients
Oshi Health, a digital startup focused on digestive health, has launched a mobile app specifically designed to help inflammatory bowel disease patients understand and manage their condition.“What’s...
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In-Depth: Four major telemedicine trends of 2018
Telemedicine continues to move from the peripheries of healthcare into the mainstream. Earlier this week, a national review of 145 telemedicine studies conducted by the Agency for Healthcare Research...
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Automated workouts, activity competitions, screen time reduction tools debut...
Unlike other years, health wasn't a major focus at this year's WWDC Apple developer conference keynote — the talk didn't feature a single reference to HealthKit, CareKit, or ResearchKit, in fact.Still,...
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Former Apple CEO John Sculley talks healthcare's cultural stagnation, impact...
When it comes to the challenges of raising an up-and-coming young company into a major player in its industry, former Apple and Pepsi CEO John Sculley is no spring chicken. A serial entrepreneur and...
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Apple adds movement disorder API, plus speech, hearing, and vision tests, to...
In addition to a Health Records API and various fitness updates to the Apple Watch, Apple made one more health announcement last week at WWDC: a slew of upgrades to ResearchKit including hearing,...
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Fitbit Ace, a fitness wearable for kids, goes on sale for $99.95
Fitbit has officially launched the Fitbit Ace, the company's first activity tracker designed for children, specifically kids ages 8 and older. The band was first announced in March."As childhood...
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