Digital healths’ moment in the sun doesn’t appear to be ending anytime soon, and one area that is just beginning its journey into virtual care is the pharmaceutical industry.
In recent years, pharma has taken an interest in the digital health space, and even before the pandemic hit, experts from HealthXL expected 2020 to be a big year for digital therapeutics in pharma.
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Amwell made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange today after announcing late Wednesday night the pricing for its upsized initial public offering of about 41.2 million shares of Class A common stock at $18 per share.
The updated pricing equates in total gross proceeds of approximately $742 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses payable by Amwell...
Garmin released a new fitness smartwatch designed specifically for runners and triathletes, the Forerunner 745.
The watch is an update to the Forerunner 735XT and contains training data, on-device workouts and smartwatch features.
Key features include fitness tracking data like VO2 max levels, which indicate the maximum level of oxygen a person can consume per kilogram of body weight at maximum...
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Virtual reality opioid overdose prevention programs can be just as effective as in-person training to give people the knowledge and confidence to administer naloxone, according to a study conducted by the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia Department of Public Health.
Naloxone, also called Narcan or Evzio, is a prescription medication created to rapidly reverse opioid overdoses. All...
Fitbit’s new electrocardiogram app has officially received regulatory clearance in the U.S. and European Union for its latest smartwatch, the Fitbit Sense, to monitor heart rhythm and detect atrial fibrillation.
Now that the app has 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and CE marking, Fitbit Sense users can access the ECG app beginning in October.
The company conducted a...
Ultrasounds are becoming faster and more accurate due to a collaboration between Samsung Medison and Intel that can deliver fetal measurements in approximately 85 milliseconds with over 97% accuracy.
Two of Samsung’s existing ultrasound technologies, the BiometryAssist and LaborAssist, now feature Intel’s Core i3 processor, OpenVINO toolkit and OpenCV library, which can provide almost...
As older adults continue to adopt technology, digital health technologies will play an important role in helping them age in place, a new report from Rock Health predicts.
The report notes that although 77% of people over the age of 55 say they want to age in place, only 50% believe they will.
Barriers to aging in place can include home maintenance, lack of transportation and mobility, inadequate...
In collaboration with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), Google Cloud will supply Department of Defense medical facilities with a prototypical artificial intelligence digital-pathology system.
The project is intended to help physicians improve the accuracy of cancer diagnoses by providing DoD medical centers with augmented reality microscopes with overlaid AI technology.
The prototype will...
The pediatrics care delivery space has long been operating with a gap in innovative health solutions. This week, the KidsX Accelerator program launched with the goal of deploying more digital health technologies in pediatric hospitals across the country to address that gap.
“In talking to different leaders of innovation in pediatrics, it was pretty obvious that there’s a ton of need for...
OhanaHealth, a health tech job placement company, today announced its new platform OhanaConnect to connect candidates with companies.
The service works specifically to match students and recent graduates with internships and full-time jobs in the health tech industry.
“Healthcare is relevant to every person on the planet and frankly, it’s one of the most important opportunities of our lifetime,”...
