HumanaVitality study

Three-year Humana study shows wellness program engagement lowers health claims costs

Employees engaged with the program had fewer unscheduled absences, lower overall health claims costs and fewer visits to the hospital and emergency room.
Skulpt

Skulpt launches its science-backed smart fitness trainer

The system includes a compact body scanner device called Chisel and a mobile app that work together to provide customized workouts and nutrition guidance.
MobileFiT

Adaptive Technologies gets significant investment from Queen City Angels

The company will use the funds to grow its MobileFit platform that improves a fitness facility's member acquisition, engagement and retention.
eGym

eGym gets $45M Series C for its advanced gym tech

The company will use the funds to accelerate growth and invest in the expansion of the its technology and digitization strategy.
Amazon Alexa - Fitbit

Fitbit, Amazon bring voice-enabled fitness capabilities to Alexa

Users are able to ask Amazon Echo how they are doing on any given day and get results from their Fitbit app without looking on their phone.
Parks Associates Adoption of Smart Watches

Research: Western Europeans to buy 24.5M connected fitness trackers in 2020

At the moment, 10 percent of Spanish broadband households own a smart watch, followed by 8 percent in the U.K., 7 percent in Germany, and 6 percent in France.
RoadwareZ

This vest will keep cyclists safe, smarter

Called RoadwareZ, the device features LED turn and brake signals, GPS tracking, access to a 24/7 emergency service, and a rear-facing camera and microphone.
Vitality - Apple Watch

Vitality partners to offer free Apple Watch to their active members

Amgen, DaVita HealthCare Partners, Lockton, and life insurer John Hancock offer innovative wellness program that allows members to earn Apple's smartwatch.
UnitedHealthcare Motion

UnitedHealthcare, Qualcomm launch wellness program that pays users to walk more

The UnitedHealthcare Motion program provides employees with free wearable devices and enables them to earn up to $1,460 per year for meeting certain goals.
Virgin Pulse acquisitions

Virgin Pulse acquires ShapeUp and Global Corporate Challenge

Combined organization delivers first global SaaS solution for optimizing employee engagement, health and performance.