Garmin Health, ActiGraph team-up to develop wearable solutions for clinical trials
ActiGraph monitors are the most widely used devices of their kind, with 1,500+ clients at pharmaceutical, academic, and scientific institutions.
Hill-Rom, EarlySense team-up to launch the Centrella Smart+ bed platform
The Centrella bed offers enhanced patient satisfaction and advanced caregiver-focused technology, allowing for continuous monitoring of patients' vitals.
Apple Beddit sleep monitor clears the FCC
The first Apple-branded sleep tracking device may be around the corner; it will likely be an incremental update, mind you.
Aetna and Ascension join the Synaptic Health Alliance
The two are joining Humana, MultiPlan, Quest Diagnostics, and UnitedHealth Group's Optum and UnitedHealthcare to explore the use of blockchain in healthcare.
Xealth launches a tool to help doctors provide OTC product recommendations
Providence St. Joseph Health and UPMC are the first health systems to go live with the service, with several other health systems getting it soon as well.
Tabula Rasa HealthCare acquires DoseMe, a precision dosing software company
Acquisition projected to expand reach of TRHC's medication safety technologies in the hospital healthcare system market and internationally.
ResMed to acquire Propeller Health for $225M
The deal will establish ResMed as a leader in COPD patient management, across all stages of the disease; Propeller Health to continue operating as a standalone business.
IDC: Global shipments of wearables hit 32M units in Q3 2018
New products from Fitbit, Garmin and Huawei helped propel the basic wearables category, and so did the growing demand in markets across Asia/Pacific.
Apple Watch users increase the number of active days increased by almost 31%
The number comes from a massive RAND Corporation study which included 400,000 participants across the US, Europe and South Africa.
The upcoming watchOS 5.1.2 update to enable ECG functionality
Announced as one of key features of Apple Watch Series 4, the ECG functionality will be released by the end of the year as part of the next software update.









