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| JUL 19, 2022
Health systems address RPM, wearable challenges: We explore new toolkits for scaling RPM adoption, and discuss how healthcare organizations can solve the challenges in adopting the devices.
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| JUN 8, 2022
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| JUN 1, 2022
Apple dominates surging smartwatch sales, but Google is entering the fray: Growing interest in smartwatches and headphones in emerging markets like India indicate potential for Google and partners to grow Android’s ecosystem with devices like the new Pixel Watch
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| MAY 25, 2022
Google encroaches on Apple in wearable-based clinical research: A study in partnership with the University of Oregon hopes to learn how smartphone use impacts wellbeing. We detail how it helps Google make inroads into health studies.
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| MAY 17, 2022
On today's episode, we discuss how wearable tech devices will shake up healthcare, which features will make health wearables a must-have, and how Amazon and Apple will continue to disrupt the industry. "In Other News," we talk about why digital pharmacies are getting in trouble and what we should make of telehealth companies slowing down. Tune in to the discussion with our analysts Lisa Phillips and Rajiv Leventhal.
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| MAY 16, 2022
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| APR 12, 2022
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| MAR 14, 2022
Despite a supply chain crunch, Apple maintained its dominance in wearables shipments during Q4’21. We detail how Samsung and Fitbit could close the market gap.
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| MAR 7, 2022
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| DEC 29, 2021
Oura Ring Gen 3 hit the market—we stack it up against Fitbit Versa 3: We tried it and think it needs better software and more features to compete against popular health-tracking wearables.
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| AUG 4, 2022
Fitness wearables adoption is surging. We forecast that the number of US smartwatch users will grow to 55.8 million in 2022, up from 36.4 million in 2019. The number of fitness band users will hit 50.5 million, up from 40.7 million, over the same period.
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| JUL 21, 2022
Google will parlay its Fitbit purchase into more consumer-facing product development and perhaps another acquisition of a device-maker. Fitbit has already filed a patent for a health monitoring wearable ring that would measure a user’s biometric data, like blood oxygen saturation, blood pressure, pulse, and more. Wearables. Maturity and Iteration.
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| MAR 22, 2022
That means focusing on devices that work in the home, like smart toilets and voice assistants, or unobtrusive objects, like smart clothing and wearables, that are easy to assemble, understand, and ultimately use. One in 5 patients said their medically prescribed wearable device was hard to use, in a January 2022 survey by Software Advice.
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| JAN 11, 2022
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| DEC 9, 2021
An app’s value can also be enhanced by syncing it up with wearables and condition-specific medical devices, such as smartwatches and glucose meters, respectively. If mHealth apps can automatically sync with apps on wearables, the user experience will likely improve compared with a process that requires users to manually sync the data.
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| NOV 5, 2021
These respondents have good reason to be skeptical, as the devices entering the consumer market often lack the regulatory oversight and systems that medical wearables have. Popular and Emerging RPM Devices. There are a variety of wearables available to consumers besides those from Apple, Samsung, Fitbit, and Amazon. Internet-Connected Versions of Medical Devices.
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| JUN 30, 2022
That means wearable ownership isn’t always equitable and could be playing a role in underrepresentation in research.
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| SEP 20, 2021
According to Deloitte’s “Connectivity & Mobile Trends 2021” survey, some 39% of people in the US own a wearable device such as a smartwatch or health and fitness tracker, but only about 40% of those users say they are very or somewhat concerned about the privacy of the data that is collected by the companies behind the wearable device and the supporting apps. A little education changes the equation.
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| MAY 4, 2022
Meanwhile, clinicians are mainstream consumer wearables, clinicians are hesitant to mainstream wearable data to inform their decision-making. Trendspotting: We’ve entered the stage of digital health transformation where if you’re a digital health company, RPM is more of a need-to-have.
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| JUL 25, 2022
Patients are more comfortable using devices like scales and smart watches rather than more complex clinical equipment. In addition, remote monitoring devices such as those from Withings can pull in patients from longer distances. What we’re watching: Expect to see hybrid trials that incorporate a mix of in-person and remote activities become more popular.
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| JUN 3, 2022
But they were more inclined to recommend wearable devices or disease-specific devices to patients than use them personally.
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| JUL 29, 2022
Perhaps patients could eventually pick up these wearable ultrasound stickers in pharmacies and attach them to their skin to collect data for their next telehealth session. Go deeper: Read more about innovations that capture remote data in our Remote Patient Monitoring report.