LifeWatch

FDA clears LifeWatch’s continuous Vital Signs Monitoring Service

The company's wireless, patch-based system makes vital signs monitoring faster, easier and more convenient for both patients and medical staff.
Officiser

This device is designed to promote proactive sitting

Called Officiser, the product aims to tackle the absence of movement while sitting, rather than the time spent sitting.
MEMOTEXT

GSC & MEMOTEXT pilot: Text messages help with medication adherence

A personalized digital health intervention can improve adherence for hypertension and high cholesterol patients, providing value to all parties involved.
Guahao.com

China’s Guahao gets another $20M, this time from a major real estate developer

The news comes just months after the company managed to secure a mammoth round worth $394 million, led by Hillhouse Capital and Goldman Sachs.
Apple Watch

Canalys: 12M Apple Watch units were shipped in 2015

The research firm estimates that Apple took two-thirds of the smartwatch market; Samsung was second, Pebble - third, while Huawei took the fourth position.
Rise app

One Medical acquires health coaching platform Rise

Rise's technology will be integrated into One Medical's broader 24/7 digital health offering, which also includes a variety of online and mobile tools.
Your.MD

Your.MD personal health assistant now accessible from Slack and Telegram

The idea, according to the company, is to make it easier for users to access digitalized healthcare assistance with tools they already use.
suicide prevention app

UK mental health provider and Stanford working on a suicide prevention app

The application is designed to work in the background to monitor user's communications to help track those that are at risk of committing suicide.
Senseonics

Senseonics, Diasend working on integrated continuous glucose data management solution

The two companies aim to enable clinicians and patients to use the Diasend solution to review past CGM data along with insulin pump and activity tracker data.
Blueprint Health

Blueprint Health’s ninth class with 10 startups unveiled

The cohort includes a mix of interests such as home care coordination, addiction recovery follow-up, behavioral health and medication management.
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