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 […]
How Dexcom uses wearables to deliver differentiated diabetes management
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 […]
Google, Fitbit unveil smartwatch that can detect AFib
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 […]
Verily receives $1B investment led by Alphabet, promotes president to corner office
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 […]
Fitbit unveils fall lineup that includes AFib-detecting smartwatch
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 […]
Verily’s Onduo, Sword Health collaborate on virtual care
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 […]
FDA clears iRhythm’s ZEUS system for Zio Watch
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 […]
Google Health hires FDA’s chief digital health officer
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 […]
The cloud is transforming medtech: Amazon, Microsoft, Google, J&J, Philips and GE Healthcare leaders explain
Leaders in medtech and cloud computing discuss payoffs and potential in device connectivity, product development and cross-industry partnerships. If knowledge is power, that power comes from a steady stream of information, and we know there’s no shortage of that in healthcare. The challenge has long been how to capture that information, store it, analyze it […]
This CEO is swallowing his own devices to fund his swimming PillBot
As he prepared to swallow his robot for the first time, Torrey Smith’s doctors warned that the battery was his greatest threat. If the capsule came apart and the battery burned the tissue lining his stomach, it would only be the beginning of a very bad experience. “I was just hoping that we would get […]
Google unveils AI-powered Care Studio Conditions to make sense of patient records
Google Health previewed a new Care Studio feature called Conditions to make electronic health records more accessible and useful for clinicians treating patients. Powered by artificial intelligence, Conditions can interpret and organize clinical notes stored across different systems for different purposes by different health care professionals. ‘When it comes to writing notes, clinicians use different […]
