Kansas City-based Saint Luke's Mid America Heart Institute is partnering with virtual specialty care company Story Health to codevelop an atrial fibrillation (AFib) program for the health system's patients.
The program, which will be rolled out in the coming months, will include features for optimizing treatment, such as lifestyle recommendations, monitoring or adjusting medications, and...
Finland-based Oura, the maker of its namesake health tracking ring, announced it added two heart health monitoring features to its Oura Ring wearable device, Cardiovascular Age (CVA) and Cardio Capacity, which will be available later this month on Oura Ring Gen3 devices for both Android and iOS.
The CVA feature uses data from the device to estimate a user's cardiovascular age relative to their...
AI-powered third-party administrator Marpai announced it would add value-based care provider NuvoAir, a virtual-first specialty care provider focused on managing patients with complex heart and lung conditions, to its Marpai Connect platform.
NuvoAir offers same-day virtual care appointments to individuals with cardiopulmonary conditions, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic...
Digital chronic condition management company One Drop on Wednesday launched its newest product aimed at cardiovascular disease prevention.
The tool — the first to come out of a partnership between the digital health company and pharma giant Bayer — allows users to track blood pressure and weight in the app using connected devices, log meals, receive coaching from registered nurses, learn AI-...
Withings, the maker of a range of connected health devices, can now identify users’ vascular age using its Body Cardio smart scale.
Through pulse wave velocity (PWV), an indicator of arterial stiffness that’s measured by the time it takes blood to go from the heart to the feet, the Body Cardio scale can estimate the age and condition of users’ arteries.
The scale uses the PWV measurement and...
This morning, digital cardiopulmonary health startup Eko pulled back the curtain on $65 million in new funding. The Series C raise was headed by Capital Partners and Questa Capital, and also saw participation from Artis Ventures, DigiTx Partners, NTTVC, 3M Ventures and other investors.
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Based in Oakland, California, Eko is known for combining ECG-enabled digital stethoscope devices...
New data published in JAMA Cardiology suggests that the Apple Watch's ECG tool could not only be used to record multi-lead ECG, but also to spot ST-segment changes among patients with acute coronary syndromes.
The independent study was conducted by researchers from Italy's Magna Graecia University, and enrolled 100 participants who had myocardial infarction or were healthy. And although taking...
Happify Health has developed and launched a new digital mental health program with the American Heart Association (AHA) that aims to reduce stress and encourage healthy behaviors among people with high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
Patrick Burke, head of healthcare at Happify Health, told MobiHealthNews that his company's content team and the AHA's experts have been working together for...
There are few clinical areas more in need of innovation than heart disease. It’s the leading killer among men and women in the US, accounting for one in every four deaths by the CDC’s numbers, and yet it’s also a body of health conditions that could be substantially mitigated through a number of lifestyle and behavior changes.
So of course it’s little surprise that cardiovascular health and care...
Eko, maker of devices and platforms for monitoring heart function, has raised $20 million in Series B funding. The raise was led by ARTIS Ventures, and also includes DigiTx Partners, NTT Venture Capital (NTTVC), 3M Ventures, Mayo Clinic, Seaph Group and XTX Ventures.
Eko closed its previous rounds in February of last year and early 2015. Today’s announcement brings the company’s lifetime capital...
