Dutch home monitoring app shortening hospital stays for COVID-19 patients
Netherlands-based St. Antonius Hospital, together with e-health company Luscii, has developed home monitoring for hospitalised COVID-19 patients.WHY IT MATTERS COVID-19 patients who have not yet fully...
View ArticleFDA authorizes first COVID-19 test for self-testing at home
Yesterday afternoon, the U.S. FDA issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to a COVID-19 molecular diagnostic test that provides individuals with a result within 30 minutes, in the comfort of their...
View ArticleResults from 3-year Zio patch study, Peloton's apparent Peerfit purchases and...
Long-term data on ambulatory monitoring patches. Scientists from the Scripps Research Translational Institute and Johnson & Johnson have unveiled three-year study data for iRhythm Technologies' Zio...
View ArticleAfter COVID-19, telehealth's momentum will be sustained by younger consumers...
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed many consumers to telehealth for the first time, but their reactions to these virtual care technologies – namely, how willing they are to continue using them and how...
View ArticleInvisible inequality: men’s health
About the author: Prof Sam Shah is a global digial adviser, ex director of digital transformation at the NHS and currently chief medical strategy officer at Numan Health. Recent findings show that...
View ArticleAlan partners with Tanker for end-to-end encrypted medical chat
Leading French independent health insurer Alan has teamed up with data security company Tanker to bring end-to-end encryption to its telehealth chat platform. The service is the first telehealth chat...
View ArticleHow the UAE COVID-19 saliva test works
Earlier this week, the Dubai Health Authority (DHA) in the United Arab Emirates announced it is now offering a simple saliva test that can detect COVID-19 for children between the ages of 3-16 years....
View ArticleKaia Health teams with Chiesi Group to commercialise COPD app in Europe
Digital therapeutics firm Kaia Health is partnering with Italian pharma firm Chiesi Group to commercialise its chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) rehabilitation app in Europe.The Kaia COPD...
View ArticleAmnesty International warns against Google-Fitbit merger unless human rights...
Amnesty International is urging the E.U. Commission to halt the much publicized Fitbit-Google merger unless the companies can demonstrate consideration of human rights risks associated with data and...
View ArticleGoogle Health and HHS' AHRQ detail new pilot project helping patients prep...
Google Health has teamed up with the HHS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to pilot an online tool that helps patients build a visit plan for their upcoming healthcare visit. The...
View ArticleRoundup: Dementia United launches new app, EU facial recognition...
NEW DEMENTIA UNITED APP Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership's dementia programme, Dementia United, has created a new app for people living with dementia.The app also aims to make the...
View ArticleOMRON launches WheezeScan device for children with asthma
Health monitoring solutions company OMRON Healthcare has created the world’s first clinically-validated medical device that accurately detects the presence of wheezing in young children. By providing...
View ArticleThe Commons Project's free personal health record for Android now supported...
The Commons Project announced Friday that its free personal health record system for Android devices is supported by 230 U.S. health systems and is on track to add another 110 or so providers before...
View ArticleApple health tech updates: AliveCor sues over Watch ECG, new blood pressure...
Roughly two years after Apple brought an ECG monitor to its wrist-worn devices, connected ECG device-maker AliveCor has raised a patent lawsuit against the tech giant.Filed yesterday in the U.S....
View ArticleApple's ECG feature can detect A-Fib with high HR thanks to new FDA clearance
Apple has landed a new FDA clearance for an updated version of its ECG feature, allowing the tool to add a category called A-Fib with high heart rate.This comes a little over two years after Apple...
View ArticleGoogle's new research app shows participants how their data is driving health...
In a bid to improve clinical research participation and engagement, the Google Health team announced this morning the launch of a new Android app that streamlines study recruitment for consumers and...
View ArticleNew AI 'virtual patient' technology to aid NHS medical training
Virti has released a new AI-powered “virtual patient” in an effort to aid remote clinical training for medics and trainees across the NHS and throughout hospitals in the US. The technology, which has...
View ArticleHeadspace lands a TV deal with Netflix for three original series
Mindfulness and meditation app maker Headspace is coming to Netflix next year in the form of three new television shows intended to help viewers take a breath, relax and start the new year off on the...
View ArticleGoogle takes on COVID-19 vaccine misinformation
Now that several vaccines have come out with promising results, vaccine misinformation is also growing. Tech giant Google is now zeroing in on this potential issue by implementing new strategies to...
View ArticleNew low VO2 Max feature comes to Apple Watch
Apple is rolling out a new low VO2 Max feature on its Apple Watches, MobiHealthNews has learned. Instead of doing an intense run or workout to capture the measurement, folks can take a walk or a stroll...
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