Digital Health: Page 27
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NIH funds up to $23M to IBM, Evidation and others for COVID-19 digital health tech
Seven entities will receive money to work on detecting coronavirus cases and identifying their contacts by leveraging data from smartphones and wearables.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Sept. 16, 2020 -
FDA touts lessons from Pre-Cert, though next steps murky
Apple, Fitbit and Johnson & Johnson are among nine companies in the pilot launched in 2019 to fast-track digital health products to market. But there's no end in sight as tests continue.
By Greg Slabodkin • Sept. 15, 2020 -
Courtesy of Fitbit
Fitbit wins FDA clearance for EKG app
The nod brings the wearables giant up to speed with Apple and Samsung in the heart rhythm tracking arena.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Sept. 14, 2020 -
Retrieved from Apple on September 12, 2018
Smartwatch EKGs could speed diagnosis of deadly heart syndrome, small study suggests
Some medical groups have questioned the use of wearables like the Apple Watch to detect certain conditions, but authors writing in JAMA Cardiology said they may be useful when an electrocardiogram is not available.
By Susan Kelly • Sept. 1, 2020 -
Medtronic artificial pancreas gets FDA nod for young kids
The medtech is introducing MiniMed 770G, a Bluetooth-enabled version of the first hybrid closed looped system to get agency approval, bridging the gap to a device launching in Europe this fall but delayed in the U.S.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Sept. 1, 2020 -
Clinical trial links hospital use of Dexcom G6 to improved glucose control
Scripps Whittier Diabetes Institute researchers found the sensors safe and effective in the hospital setting, newly cleared by FDA amid the pandemic. Whether the benefits justify the additional cost is unclear.
By Nick Paul Taylor • Aug. 28, 2020 -
Google Health, Philips among players pitching digital therapeutics standards
HP, Livongo and ResMed are also part of the effort led by the Consumer Technology Association to identify best practices to guide growth in the emerging field as COVID-19 drives demand for home-based treatments.
By Susan Kelly • Aug. 26, 2020 -
Courtesy of Fitbit
Fitbit launches smartwatch as EKG feature awaits FDA's OK
The device, which includes a skin temperature sensor and a heart rate tracker, comes as wearables are being trialed as early warning devices for COVID-19.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • Aug. 25, 2020 -
Surgical robots, early cancer tests top CB Insights digital health startup list
The most promising, as aggregated in annual rankings from the firm, have raised over $20 billion in total funding for more than 600 deals with 900-plus investors.
By Hailey Mensik , Maria Rachal • Aug. 14, 2020 -
Medtronic to buy Companion Medical, adding connected insulin pen to diabetes unit
Building on tuck-in acquisitions to a business losing market share in recent years, the deal gives the medtech giant an FDA-cleared device for people with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes on multiple daily injection therapy.
By Greg Slabodkin • Aug. 11, 2020 -
ResMed beats Street with ventilators driving revenue up 9%, but tailwinds ebbing
"While we are still working on current and future contracts with hospitals, as well as city and national health authorities for these ventilators, the volumes will be significantly lower in the September quarter," said CEO Mick Farrell.
By Greg Slabodkin • Aug. 5, 2020 -
iRhythm stock leaps 33% after CMS pitches new reimbursement codes
Permanent codes validate the digital health company's wearable heart monitoring technology and could drive more widespread adoption for detection of atrial fibrillation and other abnormal rhythms, CEO Kevin King said.
By Susan Kelly • Aug. 5, 2020 -
Livongo scooped up by Teladoc in $18.5B deal
An explosion in the use of virtual care during the pandemic may have sped up the timeline for the merger. Both companies' share prices are down on the news.
By Shannon Muchmore • Updated Aug. 5, 2020 -
Philips sees double-digit COVID-19 connected care bump amid Q2 sales dip
Headwinds won out this spring, dragging total sales down 6%. Still, management predicted the return of elective procedures will help tip the balance to growth for the rest of the year.
By Nick Paul Taylor • July 20, 2020 -
As FCC taps out its $200M coronavirus telehealth program, major nonprofit providers cash in
"One worries that the money went to health systems with the capacity to write an application for the money rather than the providers who needed it most," healthcare policy expert Ateev Mehrotra said.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • July 9, 2020 -
Philips wins $100M tele-ICU contract from VA
The company said it's creating the world’s largest system for providing remote access to critical care expertise, regardless of patient location.
By Nick Paul Taylor • July 9, 2020 -
Digital health funding defies expected pandemic-era slowdown
As COVID-19 roiled economies in the first half of 2020, investors poured $5.4 billion into digital health startups, the largest investment in the sector for the period over the past decade, per a midyear report from Rock Health.
By Susan Kelly • July 7, 2020 -
Courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
BARDA backs push for clinical-grade wearable to detect signs of COVID-19
As companies like Fitbit aim to leverage their wrist-worn devices to monitor for disease symptoms, developers at Northwestern University argue that consumer tech falls short compared to clinical-grade, chest and neck-worn wearables.
By Nick Paul Taylor • July 2, 2020 -
Sidekick, Pfizer team on digital therapeutic for chronic disease
The collaboration marks the second partnership with the drug giant in under a year for the 6-year-old digital therapeutics maker, which also is working with Bayer on a behavior modification and medication management tool.
By Susan Kelly • June 30, 2020 -
AdvaMed, tech groups urge Congress to make eased telehealth rules permanent
Separately, Jefferies analysts pegged Teladoc, Quest Diagnostics, Exact Sciences and CareDx as beneficiaries of the boost in virtual care that's come during the COVID-19 pandemic.
By Greg Slabodkin • June 30, 2020 -
FDA nod to Boston Scientific cardiac monitor clears challenge to Abbott, Medtronic
The medtech giant is betting remote adjustment will put its LUX-Dx insertable system in a position to take on rivals, which have a years-long head start.
By Nick Paul Taylor • June 29, 2020 -
CMS wants to make home health telemedicine permanent after COVID-19
Agencies would be able to keep using the tech for beneficiaries under the Medicare home health benefit beyond the public health emergency, including remote patient monitoring, according to a proposed rule fact sheet.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • June 26, 2020 -
"Man in face mask in front of Union Station at 50 Massachusetts Avenue, NE, Washington DC on Thursday morning,19 March 2020" by Elvert Barnes Photography is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
BARDA backs study of Empatica's COVID-19 early warning platform
The system, which measures physiological data including blood volume pulse and electrodermal activity, is the latest in a growing list of wearables being primed to detect and monitor infections.
By Susan Kelly • June 22, 2020 -
Lack of data encryption for Baxter devices flagged in flurry of DHS alerts
The Department of Homeland Security's cyber agency published four advisories, ranging from 7.5 to 8.6 on its 10-point severity scale, about vulnerabilities in infusion pumps, hemodialysis delivery systems and other tech.
By Nick Paul Taylor • June 19, 2020 -
Screenshot of virtual Senate HELP hearing, June 17, 2020
Senators back sustaining telehealth momentum post pandemic
Top priorities include axing geographic restrictions, expanding Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement for virtual care services, and upping use of remote patient monitoring and digital health tools for patients with chronic conditions.
By Rebecca Pifer Parduhn • June 18, 2020
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