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Google seeks to make Fitbit heart data more accessible

July 10, 2024 By Chris Newmarker

Google today announced a new Fitbit Web API to facilitate health providers’ access to their patients’ AFib data. Many Fitbit and Pixel devices can analyze users’ heart rhythms while they’re still or sleeping. Fitbit rolled out heart-health-tracking smartwatches with AFib detection in 2022. However, the device users previously had to export and share their Afib […]

Filed Under: Big Data, Cardiovascular, Digital Health, Featured, Health Technology, Software / IT Tagged With: AFib, Alphabet (Google), Fitbit, Google, Google Health

‘Love, yet fear’ — how medtech is stepping into the digital sphere

October 9, 2023 By Sean Whooley

Dr. Rajiv Sethi likes to compare the implementation of digital technologies and automation in medtech to the automation in an airplane. If the pilots experienced an issue with their technology or the weather, for instance, they could manually interject, he says. But, the “vast majority of the work” goes down to automation. Sethi serves as […]

Filed Under: Big Data, Business/Financial News, Digital Health, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Featured, Health Information Technology, Health Technology, News Well, Software / IT Tagged With: Google, Siemens Healthineers, Stryker, The MedTech Conference

Asensus Surgical to collaborate with Google Cloud on machine learning for surgical robots

February 14, 2023 By Sean Whooley

Asensus Surgical (NYSE:ASXC) announced today that it entered into a multi-year collaboration with Google Cloud. The collaboration integrates Google Cloud’s secure cloud data architecture and machine learning into the Asensus surgical robot platform. It further expands the capabilities of Asensus’ performance-guided surgery framework through its Intelligent Surgical Unit (ISU). Research Triangle Park, North Carolina–based Asensus […]

Filed Under: Big Data, Business/Financial News, Digital Health, Featured, Health Information Technology, Health Technology, Imaging, News Well, Software / IT, Surgical, Surgical Robotics Tagged With: Asensus Surgical, Google

Verily lays off 15% of workforce

January 13, 2023 By Sean Whooley

Google’s (NSDQ:GOOGL) Verily announced this week that, as part of a refined strategy, it eliminated 15% of its workforce. Verily has more than 1,600 employees, so the layoff would be more than 200 workers, according to media sites. On Jan. 11, CEO Stephen Gillett issued a letter to all Verily employees. Gillett took over the […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Digital Health, Featured, Health Technology, News Well, Software / IT, Wall Street Beat Tagged With: Alphabet (Google), Google, Onduo, Verily

How Dexcom uses wearables to deliver differentiated diabetes management

October 25, 2022 By Sean Whooley

Dexcom (Nasdaq:DXCM) is one of the leaders in the diabetes technology space with its continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology. The company’s current-generation Dexcom G6 CGM remains one of the biggest players in the CGM space. Meanwhile, its next-generation Dexcom G7 CGM has already launched in a number of countries overseas. The wearable device — which […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Diabetes, Drug-Device Combinations, Featured, Health Technology, Patient Monitoring, Software / IT Tagged With: AdvaMed, Dexcom, Fitbit, Garmin, Google

Google, Fitbit unveil smartwatch that can detect AFib

October 7, 2022 By Sean Whooley

Google today unveiled its first full-featured premium smartwatch developed with Fitbit’s health and fitness expertise. In August, Google unveiled its new Fall lineup that included The Fitbit Sense 2. Google said at the time that it marks the company’s “most advanced health-focused smartwatch.” It features more than six days of battery life. The watch aims to […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Cardiovascular, Digital Health, Featured, News Well Tagged With: AFib, Fitbit, Google

Verily receives $1B investment led by Alphabet, promotes president to corner office

September 9, 2022 By Sean Whooley

Google’s (NSDQ:GOOGL) Verily announced today that it received a $1 billion investment led by parent company Alphabet. South San Francisco, California-based Verily plans to use the funds to expand its businesses focused on precision health. New capital will go toward a variety of its core initiatives. Those include real-world evidence generation, healthcare data, research and […]

Filed Under: Big Data, Business/Financial News, Digital Health, Featured, Funding Roundup, Health Information Technology, Health Technology, Software / IT Tagged With: Alphabet, Alphabet (Google), Google, Personnel Moves, Verily

Fitbit unveils fall lineup that includes AFib-detecting smartwatch

August 25, 2022 By Sean Whooley

Google’s Fitbit has announced its upcoming releases this fall, with one health-focused offering providing heart health tracking capabilities. According to a blog post presenting the new offerings, the new Inspire 3, Versa 4 and Sense 2 — the latter of which being the heart health tracker — are all thinner and more comfortable than previous […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Cardiovascular, Digital Health, Featured, Health Technology, News Well, Patient Monitoring, Software / IT Tagged With: Fitbit, Google

Verily’s Onduo, Sword Health collaborate on virtual care

August 17, 2022 By Sean Whooley

Onduo announced today that it entered into a strategic collaboration with Sword Health to broaden virtual care for diabetes and other conditions. Sword Health, a digital musculoskeletal (MSK) care provider, will work with Onduo by Verily, an Alphabet sister company of Google. The idea is to offer complementary solutions, broadening access to virtual care benefits for […]

Filed Under: Big Data, Business/Financial News, Diabetes, Digital Health, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Featured, Health Technology, News Well, Patient Monitoring, Software / IT Tagged With: Alphabet (Google), Google, Onduo, Sword Health, Verily

FDA clears iRhythm’s ZEUS system for Zio Watch

July 22, 2022 By Sean Whooley

iRhythm Technologies (Nasdaq:IRTC) announced today that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its ZEUS (Zio ECG Utilization Software) system. ZEUS, produced in partnership with Google’s life sciences sister company Verily, combines deep-learned algorithms with iRhythm’s cardiac arrhythmia service, providing the AI algorithm component for the Zio Watch sensor-based wearable for non-invasive, clinical-grade, long-term continuous monitoring […]

Filed Under: Business/Financial News, Cardiovascular, Diagnostics, Featured, Health Technology, News Well, Patient Monitoring, Software / IT Tagged With: Google, iRhythm Technologies, Verily

Google Health hires FDA’s chief digital health officer

May 18, 2022 By Jim Hammerand

Former FDA Chief Digital Health Officer of Global Strategy and Innovation Bakul Patel has started a new job with Google after 13 years with the regulatory agency. Patel became senior director, global digital health strategy and regulatory for Google Health earlier this month, he said on LinkedIn. Patel recounted highlights of his “incredible journey since […]

Filed Under: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data, Blog, Electronic Medical Records (EMR), Featured, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Health Technology, News Well, Regulatory/Compliance, Software / IT Tagged With: Alphabet, Cloud, Google, Google Health

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