Oura Files for IPO As Healthcare Ambitions Grow
Oura has filed for an IPO as it looks to build on its evolution from a sleep-focused wearable startup into a broader healthcare player.
Verily & Samsung Team Up to Bring Smartwatch Data into Clinical Trials
Verily and Samsung are partnering to integrate data from Galaxy smartwatches into Verily’s Pre platform. The goal is to create an end-to-end system that pharma researchers can use to deploy wearable devices in studies, analyze patient data remotely and then interpret the results.
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Oura has evolved from a sleep-focused wellness startup into a company getting deeper and deeper into chronic disease management and healthcare integration. Ricky Bloomfield, the company’s chief medical officer, said Oura wants to integrate more of its data into healthcare workflows — in ways that are clinically meaningful, not burdensome, for physicians, he emphasized.
3 Things To Keep In Mind About Tech Innovation In the Cardiac Space
Many new tech solutions, such as wearables and algorithms, have emerged in recent years to address the country’s heart disease problem. While it’s easy to get excited about technology’s potential to improve cardiac care, there are a few things that healthcare leaders must keep in mind, according to Dr. Sumeet Chugh, director of the Heart Institute and director of AI in medicine at Cedars-Sinai.
Wearables detect lingering effects of Covid-19 infection
A study by the Scripps Research Institute used wearables to track the long-term effects after Covid-19 infection. On average, it took months for people’s resting heart rates to return to baseline.
Philips receives FDA clearance for patch that monitors breathing
Designed long before the Covid-19 pandemic, Philips received FDA clearance for a wearable sensor that can track respiratory rate. The disposable patch is used to monitor patients after they are moved from the ICU to another care setting.
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Scripps researchers tap wearable data to track Covid-19 and flu
Scripps Research launched a new study to see if data collective from wearable devices could be used to track flu-like illnesses, including Covid-19. In January, Scripps published a retrospective study using a similar methodology showing that sleep and resting heart rate data from Fitbits were correlated with the number of patients reporting influenza-like illness.
Microsoft will shut down its Health Dashboard site and Band apps
On May 31, Microsoft will pull the plug on its Health Dashboard site and remove its Band applications from the Microsoft Store, Google Play and Apple App store.
Digital health startup Klue adds diabetes feature with insulin reminders
The company, whose technology pairs with the Apple Watch and detects hand gestures, has a new feature that includes a reminder for mealtime insulin administration.
Stanford study on stress and depression utilizes VivaLNK’s wearable devices
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Fitbit sees success with Versa but looks toward additional revenue streams
During an August 1 earnings call, Fitbit co-founder and CEO James Park highlighted additional ways the company plans to make money, such as through the selling of services like diagnostics and coaching.
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This startup’s technology relies on hand gestures to monitor eating and drinking behaviors
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At HLTH, Notable launches with a voice-powered wearable app for physicians
The startup offers an app built for the Apple Watch. A physician wearing the device can simply speak during the patient encounter, and the Notable app records data, which is entered into the EHR.
#Connect2Health panelists ask: For clinicians, where’s the value in wearables?
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