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HHS CTO: Technology in healthcare is a Trojan Horse for culture change
Susannah Fox, current Chief Technology Officer at HHS and former Pew researcher, knows it's a little odd that, as CTO, her background is in anthropology, not technology. But she thinks it's also...
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Boston Children's Hospital launches KidsMD, an app for Amazon's Alexa
After hinting about it in a recent interview, Boston Children's Hospital has officially launched its partnership with Amazon Echo, which gives the voice-powered home appliance a new "skill" that will...
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In JAMA editorial, Nightscout opens up about dealings with FDA
As their famous rallying cry states, the patients behind the Nightscout project for creating a do-it-yourself mobile technology for diabetes management are not waiting for approval from the FDA. But...
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18 more clinical trials using Fitbit activity trackers right now
Last month, MobiHealthNews published a list of 21 clinical trials currently using a Fitbit activity tracker. That wasn't the whole list, though. In fact, our search turned up so many trials with the...
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HealthTap creates chat bot for Facebook's Messenger app
Earlier this week, Facebook announced a new platform for its Messenger app that allows companies to create chat bots that communicate with users. Already about three dozen companies have launched...
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Backed by NEA, Naked Labs unveils fitness-focused, 3D scanning mirror and scale
Redwood City, California-based Naked Labs has announced its body scanning mirror, called Naked 3D Fitness Tracker, is now available for preorder at just under $500. Naked Labs, which was founded last...
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Makers of crowdfunded sun tracking wearable look to sell assets for $200,000
The makers of SunSprite, the clip-on wearable for tracking sun exposure that raised $67,000 on Indiegogo two years ago, are looking to sell the company. Cambridge, MA-based GoodLux Technology announced...
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CVS Health invests in, partners with retail convenience app Curbside
CVS Health has partnered with -- and invested in -- Curbside, a startup that allows customers to order purchases from an app then pick them up outside the store, without ever venturing inside. The...
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First Response launches first smartphone-connected pregnancy test
The Bluetooth app-connected pregnancy test that was announced at CES, Pregnancy Pro from First Response, has now launched, and can be purchased online from Target, Walmart, CVS, Walgreens, Amazon, Rite...
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Tech giant Nokia to acquire digital health device maker Withings for $191...
Nokia Technologies will acquire French connected health device maker Withings for $191 million (170 million euros). Withings, which makes smartphone-connected weight scales, blood pressure cuffs,...
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Connected fitness is losing Under Armour money, but CEO says data will pay off
Although Under Armour raised revenues overall by about 30 percent this quarter, the company’s Connected Fitness business — made up in large part by its 2015 fitness app acquisitions — is still not...
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About.com kicks off vertical strategy with consumer health site Verywell
About.com, a business owned by IAC, has launched its first standalone media property, a healthcare website called Verywell that is designed to help consumers find relevant health and wellness...
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Why Nokia Technologies acquired digital health company Withings
Ramzi Haidamus, President of Nokia Technologies, describes the company’s pending $191 million acquisition of Withings as a “reverse takeover”.“Nokia is paying the bill, but it’s really Cedric...
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Fitbit inks deal with Alibaba to sell its fitness wearables in China
Fitbit has inked a online retail deal with Tmall.com, a site operated by China-based ecommerce giant, Alibaba to sell its devices.“Alibaba is the gateway to China for international brands seeking to...
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San Francisco startup to launch The Whipper, an activity tracker for climbers
A new activity tracker company is about to launch a crowdfunding campaign, and this one is aimed at a very particular kind of athlete: rock climbers. The Whipper, from Portola, San Francisco-based...
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As planned, connected toothbrush company Beam expands into dental insurance,...
Louisville, Kentucky-based Beam Technologies has launched SmartPremiums, its dental insurance plan, in California.Beam first launched a few years ago with a connected toothbrush offering, called Beam...
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ITC judge invokes 17th-century diarist in ruling invalidating Jawbone patents...
An administrative law judge at the International Trade Commission has ruled that the two Jawbone patents Fitbit was accused of infringing upon are ineligible and invalid. Judge Dee Lord went deep in...
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Fitbit CEO talks competing (and not competing) with the Apple Watch
The Apple Watch commercially launched just over a year ago, and in that time there's one question that's been asked a number of times: Is it a Fitbit competitor? Will multipurpose smartwatches...
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Hacking Medicine's consumer health app review site launches
Hacking Medicine Institute (HMi), a nonprofit organization that spun out of MIT last year, launched its health app review platform, called Ranked Health. The initiative is led by Dr. Maulik Majmudar, a...
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Fitbit CEO hints at expanding healthcare strategy, FDA-cleared devices
On yesterday’s Q1 earnings call, Fitbit CEO James Park spoke quite a bit about his product’s potential for a wider role in healthcare. He highlighted the device’s popularity among researchers, the...
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