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My Gene Counsel, Ambry Genetics team up to offer re-testing for certain D2C...
Direct-to-consumer gene tests like Ancestry.com and 23andMe are increasingly informing consumers about gene alterations that could signal health risks. But those tests look at only a few positions on...
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Blockchain platform Healthereum Life Portfolio incentivizes appointment...
A new blockchain-enabled platform aiming to curb doctor’s appointments no-shows with redeemable incentives launched in beta yesterday. Dubbed Healthereum Life Portfolio, the system will give patients...
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Backpack Health's personal health records add transgender, non-binary support
Backpack Health, maker of an app and dashboard-based personal health record platform, announced this week the launch of a new dedicated group within the service specifically designed to help...
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Consumer fitness apps show nonsignificant behavior improvements
In order to make impactful strides in your fitness regiment, you may need more than a consumer fitness app, according to a recent study. In March, JMIR published a meta-analysis revealing that while...
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Amazon Alexa celebrates HIPAA-compliant data transfer with six new healthcare...
Earlier this morning, Amazon announced in a blog post that its voice-based Alexa platform now supports the development of software that communicates HIPAA-protected health information through an...
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New patents suggest Apple wants to teach your Watch to smell, which could...
The US Patent and Trademark Office has published two new related patents from Apple that suggest the company might be working on chemical smell sensors, which could have a variety of uses within...
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Microsoft will officially shut down HealthVault later this year
Last year when Microsoft announced the end of HealthVault Insights, an app-based project applying machine learning to personal health records, it came with the assurance that users’ data would remain...
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8 consumer-friendly digital tools to support behavioral health
From virtual therapy to mindfulness and meditation aids, there’s little shortage of digital tools catching investors’ eyes and breaking into the crowded behavioral health market. Although a number of...
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New 510(k) notification offers more clues on AliveCor's next moves
Another recent update to the FDA’s 510(k) premarket notification database suggests that AliveCor is inching closer and closer to its next volley smartphone-connected ECG products.According to the...
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Three emerging trends in consumer digital mail order health products
Within the last decade shopping for groceries, clothes and books has become a lot more virtual. The digital space is rapidly replacing brick and mortar stores for many customers. Now consumers are...
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Moving from 'sick care' to prevention over cure with technology
With the ambitious mission to put an accessible and affordable health service in the hands of every person on earth, Babylon Health, an AI-powered smartphone app, was founded in January 2013 and...
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Best Buy selling Tyto Care's telehealth platform online, in certain stores
Best Buy is now selling Tyto Care’s remote care device and service through its online storefront, the companies announced in a press release this morning. The retailer is also offering the platform in...
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Global medical app downloads exceeded 400M in 2018
Editor's note: This story has been updated to specify that the telehealth app downloads ranked in the report do not necessarily reflect the entirety of those companies' businesses.Consumers worldwide...
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How fall detection is moving beyond the pendant
For the over-65 population, falling can be a serious health risk. Three million older people each year are treated in emergency rooms for fall-related injuries, according to the CDC, and one in four...
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GreatCall updates its personal fall detection device with 80-hour battery, 4G...
San Diego-based GreatCall, a seller of aging in place technologies purchased by Best Buy last year, is launching an updated version of its retail personal emergency response system. Called the Lively...
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Patient-generated health data resulting in personal dashboards
Thumbnail: Tags: patient-generated datadigital devicesconnected careCategories: connected healthConsumerHIMSS19PatientAuthor: HIMSS TVSubheader: Data from apps, devices and digital therapeutics are...
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Amazon kicks off PillPack marketing campaign with email to Prime users
Nearly a year after Amazon announced that it acquired virtual pharmacy PillPack for close to $1 billion, the retail giant is now starting to market the service to its Amazon Prime members. Evidence of...
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Google Fit comes to iPhones as standalone app
No longer bound to Android phones or Wear OS, the Google Fit app is coming as a standalone iOS download for iPhone users, according to a Google blog post published earlier today.Since its big redesign...
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Home is the new frontier for dementia research
SummaryThe UK Dementia Research Institute has appointed its seventh research centre – a £20 million facility based at Imperial College London, which will be tasked with developing new technologies to...
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Patients acting as consumers, demanding more ease, better tools
Fast, efficient technology has become the norm this century. It’s no surprise that consumers have high expectations when it comes to ease, but, while e-commerce and banking continue to make strides,...
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