Sutter Health Chief of Digital Health Dr Albert Chan is taking part in a panel discussion about the patient experience at the ViVE conference by HLTH and CHIME in Miami Beach March 6-9. In an interview, he discussed some of the digital health tools they've implemented from behavioral health to maternity care and AI.
Apple is adding a feature that would allow people to share their health data with trusted contacts, such as their doctor or a family member. For example, they could share heart rate data collected by an Apple Watch.
Munck Wilson Mandala Partner Greg Howison shared his perspective on some of the legal ramifications around AI, IP, connected devices and the data they generate, in response to emailed questions.
In a piece published in Fortune, ex-Apple CEO John Sculley detailed the trends that he sees as shaping the future of healthcare technology and which companies are best positioned to take advantage of them.
The company's new BPM Core model has the ability to measure blood pressure, record an EKG and listen to heart patterns with a digital stethoscope attachment.
According to a 2017 employer survey, a third of companies with more than 5,000 employees now offer general medical clinics at their work sites.
Apple wants its new highly-anticipated watch to be compatible for medical research, possibly harnessing the data of some 700 million iPhone users worldwide and creating apps to align with the just-announced ResearchKit. Apple Insider reports that Apple executive Jeff Williams said the new ResearchKit tools will grab data from both apps and HealthKit. Users will be […]
At the Abarca Forward conference earlier this year, George Van Antwerp, managing director at Deloitte, discussed how social determinants of health and a personalized member experience can improve medication adherence and health outcomes.
The new app, Apple Health, was announced back in June and will work with the Apple Watch. At that time when the product was presented, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Software Engineering Craig Federighi bragged that the app would let users “monitor all of your metrics that you’re most interested in.” Unfortunately the people Federighi […]
According to Florence Healthcare’s wearablesandapps.com, a database surveying 85 connected devices, the majority of wearable health devices are focused on activity tracking. But with wearables now supporting almost 31 different measurements, companies making heart rate, blood pressure, glucose, and temperature devices are pushing vital metrics into the sphere of diagnostic care. According to the […]
Apple’s hotly anticipated HealthKit reportedly experienced significant problems just ahead of its rollout today, leaving scores of developers and healthcare companies who plan on using the platform in a temporary lurch. In a statement, Apple confirmed it ran into issues today but offered little else: “We discovered a bug that prevents us from making HealthKit apps […]
While the mobile health market may still be in its infancy, the world of wearables is perhaps growing up faster. Close to 100 million wearable remote patient health monitoring devices will be shipped over the next five years, according to ABI Research, which says the market is ” boosted by growing interest and awareness about the benefits […]
We will highlight Build My Health's revenue practice management tools, which could help physician practices add up to $250,000 to their practices.
If the alleged leak of risque celebrity photos from iCloud was going to happen, it couldn’t have happened at a much worse time. Apple is just a week away from unveiling its new iPhone and health wearable, according to reports. Both will presumably connect to the upcoming HealthKit cloud data platform that’s been stirring up […]
When the ad started, I said, “Wow, Misfit has a national campaign going for The Shine.” But then as we watched more of the TV spot, my husband said, “It’s an ad for a phone.” This “Strength” ad for the iPhone 5s started running during the NBA playoffs and it is all about digital health. […]
When launching a new product, Apple often gets a free pass and a ton of somewhat undeserved credit for having it all figured out. This is especially true with its new healthcare product: Apple Health. Kyle Samani, the CEO of Pristine, has a great list of all the unanswered questions around Apple’s new product on […]