AliveCor today said that its Kardia Mobile health monitoring app will now integrate weight and physical activity readings, lifting the number of vital stats the application monitors to 5. The application now monitors blood pressure, heart rhythm, resting heart rate, weight and physical activity, the company said, touting them as “5 of the most important factors for […]
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AliveCor partners with Omron to integrate BP data into Kardia mobile app
AliveCor said today it is partnering with Omron Healthcare to integrate data from its Bluetooth-enabled home blood pressure devices into AliveCor’s ECG Kardia mobile application. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company said the integration marks the 1st consumer-ready, clinically validated electrocardiogram and blood pressure monitor application which provides heart health information and proactive monitoring. “Giving patients the ability […]
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AliveCor unveils EKG-equipped Kardia Band for Apple Watch
AliveCor said today it is premiering the Kardia Band EKG-equipped band for Apple‘s (NSDQ:AAPL) Apple Watch, designed to provide diagnostic-grade electrocardiogram readings through a smartphone-connected app, as well as a significant update to the company’s existing EKG-monitoring app. The Kardia Band is a thin wrist band designed specifically for the Apple watch that returns single-lead EKG […]
AliveCor taps Google social SVP Gundotra for CEO | Personnel Moves
AliveCor said yesterday it tagged former Google (NSDQ:GOOG) social senior veep Vic Gundotra as its new CEO, replacing current interim CEO Euan Thomson. Gundotra served as senior veep at Google from 2011 to 2014, after joining as a veep in 2007. Gundotra was responsible for Google’s social networking and identity services, and is credited as […]
FDA okays 2 new algorithms for AliveCor’s ECG app
AliveCor said the FDA approved 2 new algorithms for its eponymous heart monitoring app, which is designed to detect abnormal heart rhythms using a single-channel electrocardiogram.
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AliveCor lands FDA win for at-home afib diagnosis
AliveCor hit a major turning point for its smartphone-based ECG technology with FDA clearance for a new algorithm that helps patients diagnose their own heart rhythms.
Press Release: AliveCor receives first FDA clearance to detect a serious heart condition in an ECG on a mobile device
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HRS2014: Smartphones as medical devices and the age of the self-quantified patient
There’s a tsunami of consumer-generated health data on the horizon and care providers would do well to get on board, AliveCor founder and chief medical officer Dr. Dave Albert told an audience today at Heart Rhythm 2014, the Heart Rhythm Society’s 35th Annual Scientific Sessions.