How tech support can encourage in-home chronic condition management, senior care
Managing chronic conditions in the home using remote monitoring, virtual care and other tools is an increasingly popular space in digital health.Chronic conditions, including diseases like diabetes,...
View ArticleDot Inc. releases braille display compatible with iPhones, iPads
Korean-based startup Dot Inc. is rolling out a new tactile braille display that is compatible with iPhones and iPads. The tool, called Dot Pad, is currently available to developer communities. The tool...
View ArticleHappify Health partners to commercialize PDTs in Asia
Happify Health announced Monday it has entered into an agreement with healthcare services and pharmaceutical company Zuellig Pharma to commercialize two of its prescription digital therapeutics in...
View ArticleVirtual-care company Firefly Health partners with Oshi Health for digital...
Virtual-care company Firefly Health is partnering with digital gastrointestinal-health startup Oshi Health to offer digital digestive care.As part of the deal, Firefly members receive access to virtual...
View ArticleGlooko acquires fellow diabetes management company DIABNEXT and more digital...
Digital diabetes management company Glooko has acquired Paris-based DIABNEXT, a fellow diabetes care platform.DIABNEXT's app tracks patient diabetes metrics, allowing providers to monitor that data and...
View ArticleHow cutting-edge tech interfaces could monitor astronauts' health
Sending humans on a mission to Mars is a monumental task. But the list of the main risks to health during these groundbreaking journeys is surprisingly small."You would think spaceflight is really...
View ArticlePear partners to build a digital therapeutic for sleep-wake disorders in Japan
Pear Therapeutics is partnering with telecommunications and information technology conglomerate SoftBank Corp. to develop a digital therapeutic treating sleep-wake disorders for the Japanese...
View ArticleDigital IBS therapy startup metaMe partners to bring PDT to market
Digital IBS care startup metaMe Health is launching its recently FDA-approved prescription digital therapeutic using a partnership with operations and commercialization company Indegene.Regulora, which...
View ArticleGoogle to launch appointment scheduling in search, submits new Fitbit feature...
Google announced a number of health product updates Thursday, including new search functionality for finding provider appointments, ongoing work on using Fitbit to detect atrial fibrillation, and...
View ArticleDigital mental health startup Cerebral launches opioid use disorder program
Digital mental health company Cerebral is launching a new program aimed at treating opioid use disorder.The startup said users will work with "licensed prescribers" to build treatment plans, including...
View ArticleStudy: Digital MSK program improves pain up to a year later
Patients using a digital musculoskeletal care program experienced higher levels of pain improvement up to a year after registering compared with those who didn't participate, according to a study...
View ArticlePhilips partners with Nuvo Group for remote pregnancy monitoring and more...
Med tech giant Royal Philips is partnering with Nuvo Group to support remote pregnancy monitoring in rural areas.The collaboration will start with a pilot program in rural Colorado using Nuvo's INVU...
View ArticleDigital diagnostic company Everly Health names Anthem vet Dr. Liz Kwo as CMO
Everly Health, parent company of at-home diagnostics startup EverlyWell and pregnancy and fertility-focused Natalist, announced Monday it has tapped Anthem vet Dr. Liz Kwo as its next chief medical...
View ArticleStudy: Program using wearables, coaching and cash incentives increased...
A digital health program using a Fitbit wearable and text-based health coaching improved physical activity in teens, according to a study published in JMIR. TOP-LINE DATAResearchers found that...
View ArticleConnected sleep company Eight Sleep acquires health coaching startup Span Health
Connected mattress and accessory maker Eight Sleep has acquired Span Health, a fitness-tracking app that aims to make personalized health recommendations for users. Launched in 2016, Span paired...
View ArticleBabylon's AI-enabled symptom checker added to recently acquired Higi's app
Babylon announced Thursday its AI-enabled symptom checking chatbot is now integrated into recently acquired Higi's mobile app.The move comes months after the global digital health company wrapped up...
View ArticleStudy: Digital MSK program improves chronic shoulder pain, disability
A digital musculoskeletal care program improved chronic shoulder pain and function, according to a study published in the Journal of Pain Research. The study used SWORD Health's digital MSK tool, and...
View ArticlePear to offer substance use PDTs through telehealth partners
Pear Therapeutics is launching a program to offer its prescription digital therapeutics for substance use disorder and opioid use disorder, reSET and reSET-O, via telehealth providers.The first...
View ArticleOlive exaggerates cost savings; Happify Health reports DTx curbs anxiety in...
Axios' Erin Brodwin published a new investigation which discovered healthcare automation startup Olive is exaggerating its capabilities and only uses "rough estimations" to gauge its cost savings....
View ArticleResearchers build 'smart home' system to monitor older adults
Researchers built a functional in-home monitoring system using off-the-shelf sensors to identify abnormal events, according to a proof-of-concept study published in JMIR. The study followed 12 adults...
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