Amazon Care goes live for its Seattle-based employees
Amazon employees and their families living in Seattle will now have access to tech-enabled Amazon Care, CNBC first reported. This comes roughly five months after the news emerged that the company was...
View ArticleInsulet's Omnipod to integrate with Dexcom, Abbott CGMs for automated,...
Insulin pump maker Insulin announced partnerships yesterday with two of the leading continuous glucose monitor companies, Abbott and Dexcom. Both involve the Insulet’s Omnipod Horizon Automated Insulin...
View ArticleApple, J&J open enrollment of Heartline Study to Medicare seniors with iPhones
Apple and Johnson & Johnson announced this morning the launch of their new digital health study exploring the impact of Apple’s devices and a study-specific engagement program on cardiovascular...
View ArticleVirtual care company Ro launches prescription allergy service
Direct-to-consumer virtual health company Ro is now offering allergy care. The launch means that users of Roman and Rory will be able to get prescription allergy medications through the platform’s...
View ArticleTempo kicks off pre-orders for at-home workout device that intelligently...
Tempo (formerly Pivot), a startup that’s building a consumer workout device that tracks movements via sensor, has opened up sales for its first product, which it will begin shipping in the...
View ArticleMiddlesex University brings Oxford Medical Simulation’s VR platform to...
London’s Middlesex University has turned to Oxford Medical Simulation in a bid to provide training for nursing students using the company's virtual reality (VR) platform.The institution has bought five...
View ArticleIssue in Walgreens' app led to customers seeing each other's secure messages
In mid-January an error in the Walgreens app led to the leak of customers' secure messages. Specifically, the error allowed customers to see each other's information, including personal data such as...
View ArticleFDA warns of BlueTooth Low Energy vulnerability affecting connected medical...
The FDA is warning of new cybersecurity vulnerabilities affecting Bluetooth Low Energy communications technology used in certain medical devices. According to the agency, the issue could allow...
View ArticleBabylon inks 10-year partnership with Rwandan government
Babylon's Rwanda-focused virtual care subsidiary, Babyl, inked a 10-year partnership with the country's government giving every person over the age of 12 access to digital health...
View ArticleSanofi announces three-month Babylon pilot to assist people with digestive...
Sanofi has announced this week that it is supporting a three-month pilot to facilitate access to an online symptom checker from British company Babylon for people concerned about digestive health...
View ArticleUK government sets up unit to tackle disinformation linked to coronavirus
The UK government has announced this morning that it is setting up a unit to counter the online spread of inaccurate and false information relating to the new coronavirus.The team will be tasked with...
View ArticleHHS' final interoperability rules standardize APIs for patient health data...
This morning the US Department of Health and Human Services dropped its long-awaited final rules on interoperability, information blocking and patient access.While the two final documents from the HHS...
View ArticleLeaked iOS14 code suggests Sp02, sleep tracking features are on deck for...
The past few days have seen 9to5Mac publish a torrent of new features it has spotted within the leaked code of Apple’s next firmware update, iOS 14. While the majority of these details have to do with...
View ArticleDexcom G6 integration enables insights from Welldoc BlueStar, Apple's rumored...
Together in perfect harmony. Dexcom and Welldoc have kicked off a new collaboration that will provide Dexcom G6 continuous glucose monitor users with data-analysis insights from Welldoc's digital...
View ArticleBringing innovation to places that need it most
A nation of over 200 million citizens, Pakistan is a major player in South Asia, with a large population to care for. Like many countries around the world, it is struggling to address the shortage of...
View ArticleVerily launches COVID-19 triage website, but only for some Bay Area residents
Alphabet's Verily has launched a website where California residents can complete a short survey regarding their current condition and, if they meet certain criteria, could be referred to a nearby...
View ArticleOura announces $28M in Series B funding, 150,000-plus lifetime smart ring sales
Oura, maker of a health-monitoring smart ring for consumers, has raised $28 million in a new Series B funding round, CEO Harpreet Singh Rai announced today in a medium.com post.Forerunner Ventures,...
View ArticleHow digital health can help reduce anxiety during the COVID-19 pandemic
As cases of COVID-19 around the world increase, it is not only people’s physical health which is under threat. Uncertainty, constant news and social isolation can trigger anxiety for many, especially...
View ArticleEvidation Health launches longitudinal digital study of US residents'...
Evidation Health, a technology company that generates insights from real-world behavioral data collected through devices, has kicked off a new effort to better understand individuals' health behaviors...
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