Background: Technological advances allow for recording and sharing health-related data in a patient-centric way using smartphones and wearables. Secure sharing of such patient-generated data with physicians would enable close management of individual health trajectories,…
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Welcome to the weekly edition of Healthcare IT Today Bonus Features. This article will be a weekly roundup of interesting stories, product announcements, new hires, partnerships, research studies, awards, sales, and more. Because there’s…
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Physical activity or structured exercise is beneficial in a wide range of circumstances. Nevertheless, individual-level data on differential responses to various types of activity are not yet sufficient in scale, duration or level of…
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Former US Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD published a call to action this week in JAMA Health Forum that asks Congress to update FDA regulations for medical AI. He begins the…
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Welcome to the June edition of Digital Health Digest!This month, we're bringing you cutting-edge updates from the digital health world, including breakthroughs in AI for skin cancer detection, direct connectivity of medical devices to…
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Glucose monitoring specialist Dexcom announced it is expanding its diabetes management capabilities by offering direct connectivity to the Apple Watch of its G7 continuous glucose monitoring system through a dedicated Bluetooth connection.The feature allows…
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Welcome to the May edition of Digital Health Digest!This month, we're spotlighting key developments in telehealth funding, weight loss programs, cybersecurity challenges, and advancements in wearable technology. Join us to explore how these innovations…
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The FDA announced the Apple Watch atrial fibrillation (AFib) tool is qualified for use in clinical trials through its Medical Device Development Tools (MDDT) program, enabling researchers to use it to detect arrhythmias or…
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Turkey-based digital health startup h2o therapeutics announced its new Apple Watch-enabled freezing of gait cueing feature, dubbed Foggy, designed for Parkinson’s Disease patients has received FDA listing as a Class II medical device and…
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Throughout its storied history, Apple has been no stranger to litigation. While many articles about the Cupertino, California-based tech giant’s legal woes are currently being published given the antitrust lawsuit that the Department of Justice…
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