Chronic disease management offering Onduo will offer users Fitbit companion
Onduo, a digital health tool from Alphabet’s life science subsidiary Verily, announced it will be offering Fitbit devices and Fitbit Premium with its chronic disease management platform.Employees who...
View ArticlePeloton leaders speak out on recall, Apple competition, and gym reopenings
At a TechCrunch Disrupt virtual keynote last week, Peloton CEO John Foley and Chief Content Officer Jennifer Cotter opened up to a TechCrunch’s Brian Heater about some of the trials and tribulations...
View ArticleRoyal Caribbean rolls out mandatory contact tracing wearable
With cruise ships back on the high seas, Royal Caribbean is looking to boost contact-tracing efforts with a new wearable device, called the Tracelet. The effort is born out of a partnership between the...
View ArticleCLEAR's COVID-19 verification pass will now integrate with Apple Health
Biometric ID company CLEAR announced Monday that its Health Pass for verifying COVID-19 vaccination now integrates with the Apple Health app.iPhone users on iOS15 who store their vaccination records in...
View ArticleFirefly Health launches virtual-first health plan for small and mid-sized...
Firefly Health is launching its virtual-first health plan marketed towards small to mid-sized employers. The offering, coming about five months after the startup announced a $40 million Series B round,...
View ArticleFDA warns Ellume's at-home COVID-19 test may give false positive results
The Food and Drug Administration is warning certain lots of the Ellume COVID-19 Home Test may be giving false positive results due to a manufacturing issue.The agency said negative results don’t appear...
View ArticleTeladoc's latest primary care offering, Primary360, available to payers
Virtual care giant Teladoc Health announced Wednesday that its primary care offering, Primary360, is now available for health plans, employers and other payers. Primary360 allows members to choose a...
View ArticleMore inclusive health research could help boost women's health
Sex and gender are key factors in healthcare, and the industry must take steps to address women’s specific needs to improve their health, said experts on a virtual panel discussion at Northwell...
View ArticleFDA greenlights DreaMed's AI-backed insulin management tool for folks with...
Israel-based DreaMed scored another FDA clearance, expanding the availability of its AI-supported diabetes care platform to Type 2 patients. The Advisor Pro Al Clinical Decision Support System helps...
View ArticleCQC inspection finds Juno app requires improvement
UK-based digital health firm Forward Clinical Ltd has been rated ‘requires improvement’ by England’s health and care regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC).The company provides services through...
View ArticleUK startup Stress Point Health presents research on digitalised neurofeedback
London-based startup, Stress Point Health has announced the results of new research on the effectiveness of digitised neurofeedback, conducted by students of the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College...
View ArticleTwitter mourns educator Dr. Nadia Chaudhri. What can be learned from her story?
Scrolling through Dr. Nadia Chaudhri’s Twitter feed, her more than 150,000 followers could see a small window of her life with terminal ovarian cancer: a sun-lit photo of her son eating a mango, a...
View ArticlePhilips' new tools help gamify the MRI experience for kids
Health tech giant Royal Philips is launching a set of tools to help children prepare for MRI scans, keeping them calm and avoiding the need for sedation.Before the scan, pediatric patients can tap into...
View ArticleRetail giant Best Buy snaps up remote monitoring company Current Health
Best Buy announced Tuesday it has signed an agreement to acquire home care and remote monitoring platform Current Health.Current offers a healthcare-at-home technology platform that uses biosensors to...
View ArticleWithings scores FDA clearance for smartwatch ECG and SpO2 monitoring
Roughly a year after the ScanWatch landed regulatory clearance in Europe, Withings finally received an FDA clearance for the wearable’s ECG and SpO2 monitoring features. Customers in the U.S. can now...
View ArticleContributed: The challenges of evaluating digital health
A product that plays music to help children brush their teeth for the right amount of time, is rightly part of the digital health technology space, alongside a product that checks heart rhythms for...
View ArticleApple reportedly looking to expand health features to AirPods
Apple’s next move into healthcare could include its AirPods, according to a Wall Street Journal article. The consumer tech giant may be looking to incorporate body temperature and posture monitoring...
View ArticleMassHealth to cover Pear Therapeutics' reSET and reSET-O
Pear Therapeutics announced Wednesday that Massachusetts’ Medicaid program plans to cover its digital prescription therapeutics for treating substance and opioid use disorders, reSET and reSET-O.The...
View ArticleVirtual eating disorder company Equip launches in new states
Virtual eating disorder treatment Equip announced Thursday it’s expanding into Colorado, Florida, Georgia and Illinois.The at-home model engages the patient’s family in treatment and pairs the patient...
View ArticleContributed: Digital healthcare helps improve access to mental health treatment
According to the mental health charity Mind, one in four people will experience a mental health problem each year in England but approximately only one in eight adults with a mental health problem are...
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