Jawbone founder Hosain Rahman raises $65 million for revived company
Last year, Rahman told Recode that he was reviving the company as Jawbone Health, moving the focus of the company away from fitness tracking and toward remote patient monitoring.
Report: Fitness tracking company Jawbone has pivoted to remote patient monitoring
The reformed company, which has about 110 employees compared to 600 at Jawbone's peak, has found new life as a medical subscription service that founder Hosain Rahman describes as a "check-engine light" for humans.
With the Rise of AI, What IP Disputes in Healthcare Are Likely to Emerge?
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.
These 10 companies received 38% of digital health investment funding in 2016
In a new analysis, Accenture dives deeper into digital health funding. The assessment includes a prediction that annual investment in digital health startups will reach $7 billion by the end of 2017.
Report: Goodbye Jawbone, hello Jawbone Health. Here’s what to make of it.
Jawbone founder Hosain Rahman is reported to have liquidated wearables business Jawbone but launched another company Jawbone Health.
Jawbone stops making Up fitness trackers, sells inventory
The Up liquidation may represent a pause or a clearing of the deck. Another report Friday said that Jawbone is working on a "Hail Mary" product, a clinical-grade wearable.
This week on MedHeads: The wearables debate
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A Personalized Approach to Medication Nonadherence
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.
Jawbone files suit to halt Fitbit sales, study links acid reflux drugs with heart attacks (Morning Read)
Jawbone plans to take its case up with the International Trade Commission to halt imports of Fitbit components and products.
Jawbone UP data quantifies exactly how much sleep was lost to California earthquake
I don’t think our Bay Area health IT reporter Dan Verel wears a Jawbone UP. If he did, he would have been in the minority of the Napa/Sonoma/Vallejo/Berkley users who didn’t wake up during the Sunday morning earthquake in Northern California. When I texted him yesterday to make sure he was OK, he replied, “Yup, […]
Amazon launches wearable tech marketplace with “learning center” and resell link
One critique of wearables I heard recently was a side note to the “it’s always the healthiest people in the room” issue. David Inns, CEO of GreatCall, named one of the challenges to widespread adoption of wearable technology: Where do you buy these things? Obviously people who want to optimize their workout or figure out […]