Digital health innovators share 2021 predictions
With a new coronavirus variant afoot and an uncertain 12 months ahead, MobiHealthNews has compiled 2021 predictions on the key themes that will affect the digital health industry during a potentially...
View ArticleGoogle completes its acquisition of Fitbit
Fourteen-and-a-half months later, Google has finally completed its acquisition of health wearables company Fitbit. The news was announced this morning in complementary statements from Fitbit cofounder...
View ArticleYouTube taps Dr. Garth Graham to lead new health partnerships team
Last week, YouTube announced a new team that will push for more high-quality, credible medical content on its platform, including content aimed at laypeople as well as physicians.The team will be led...
View ArticleAnthem details new digital health incubator, Ancestry stops health testing...
Digital incubator open for business. Anthem has kicked off a new incubator for digital health companies that it says will provide opportunities for funding, mentorship, path-to-market guidance and...
View ArticleAda Lovelace Institute launches review into digital vaccine passports and...
An evidence review led by the Ada Lovelace Institute will examine practical and ethical issues around digital vaccine passports and health status apps. The review, launched this month, will include a...
View ArticleGoogle adds feature to help users find COVID-19 vaccination sites
Google is now focusing its coronavirus efforts on vaccine distribution, with a new vaccine information and location search and a $150 million investment in vaccine education and access.In the next few...
View ArticleApple's new 'Time to Walk' feature brings celebrities' motivational stories...
Apple has fleshed out its recently launched Fitness+ subscription offering with celebrity-driven audio content that encourages Apple Watch owners to take their device for regular strolls.Called "Time...
View ArticleAbu Dhabi introduces three new tests amidst surge in COVID-19 cases
Abu Dhabi has approved three new COVID-19 tests for use in hospital emergency rooms and urgent care centres in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) capital. This latest introduction comes as new cases of the...
View ArticleSamsung says smartwatch ECG, blood pressure measurement will go live in 31...
Samsung is moving forward with a steady rollout of blood pressure measurement and ECG monitoring on its consumer smartwatches. After securing regulatory approvals and launching the features in South...
View ArticleNew Garmin smartwatch touts smaller specs designed for women
The health and fitness wearable maker Garmin unveiled its latest smartwatch Wednesday, called Lily, which the company is pitching as a product “designed by women, for women.”Lily is Garmin’s smallest...
View Article23andMe releases free COVID-19 Severity Calculator, Apple's Q1 earnings blow...
23andMe's new COVID-19 resource. Consumer genomics company 23andMe has released a new interactive tool that allows users to see how various health factors could impact the risk of COVID-19...
View ArticleFitbit adds blood glucose tracking to its connected app
Fitbit users can now track their blood glucose levels within the device’s connected app, the company announced Monday in a blog post.Users can import their blood sugar data automatically by connecting...
View ArticleFirst daytime treatment for obstructive sleep apnea receives De Novo...
The FDA has granted De Novo authorization to what will be the first device treatment for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) that is used while the patient is awake.Called eXciteOSA, the prescription tongue...
View ArticleNHS COVID-19 app estimated to have prevented 600,000 cases, says DHSC
A recent statement by the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) claims the NHS COVID-19 app has alerted over 1.7 million users of potential exposure to the virus since its release in...
View ArticleMount Sinai: Apple Watches spot heart rate variability changes prior to...
Mount Sinai researchers are the latest to share data indicating that consumer wearable devices can help flag new cases of COVID-19 prior to molecular diagnosis.Accepted for publication in the Journal...
View ArticleIndustry framework proposes self-regulation of consumer data use, Sema4...
A call for independent policing of non-HIPAA health data. The Center for Democracy & Technology, a nonprofit organization focused on tech policy and architecture, and the eHealth Initiative &...
View ArticleHIMSSCast: How the healthcare system fails patients, and how it can do better
Matthew Zachary – cancer survivor, patient advocate, influencer, pianist, and podcast DJ – joins host Jonah Comstock to tell his story and break down his patient's-eye view of the healthcare system and...
View ArticlePatchAi and Roche Italia launch virtual platform for oncology patients
Italian startup PatchAi has joined forces with pharma giant Roche to launch a digital solution for patients affected by oncological diseases.PatchAi for Smart Health Companion (SHC) embeds a virtual...
View ArticleGarmin launches GPS enabled, altitude tracking Enduro smartwatch
Today Garmin launched a new activity tracking smartwatch dubbed Enduro, which touts a solar-charging lens and a 65-day battery life. The latest product is designed for athletic training and comes with...
View ArticleCommon genotyping method frequently misidentifies very rare pathogenic variants
SNP chips, a type of DNA microarray frequently employed by consumer genomics companies, are "extremely unreliable" when identifying clinically-relevant variants that are rare among the general...
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