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Healthcare provider on a tablet
By  Jessica Hagen 12:17 pm December 12, 2022
Speech recognition-technology company Voiceitt announced it scored $4.7 million in funding. The startup will extend the round to meet a new goal of $10 million. The round was led by AMIT Technion with participation from Third Culture Capital (3CC) and Cisco Investments.   The Israeli company said that it had raised $20 million since its formation in 2012, including $5M of non-dilutive funding...
Person standing outside examining a wearable
By  Jessica Hagen 01:17 pm December 6, 2022
Israeli company ChroniSense Medical received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Polso wearable that collects and shares vital signs via a mobile app for patients and a cloud-based platform for clinicians. The wrist-worn wearable enables clinicians to monitor patients' vitals, including blood oxygen saturation (SpO2), pulse rate and respiration rate. The company touts the watch as ideal for remote...
A doctor recording a video on her laptop.
By  Emily Olsen 09:47 am October 27, 2022
YouTube is expanding product features that aim to provide information and context about credible health sources to include videos made by licensed healthcare professionals. The health source information panels, which were first introduced in the U.S. last year, label health content from authoritative sources like educational institutions, public health departments, hospitals and government...
Healthcare provider and patient talking to each other
By  Jessica Hagen 01:43 pm October 17, 2022
Eyenuk received $25 million in Series A funding to expand access to its AI-powered eye-screening technology that enables autonomous detection of diabetic retinopathy (DR) during a patient's regular exam. The recent raise was led by AXA IM Alts and joined by new and existing investors, including A&C Foelsgaard Alternativer ApS, T&W Medical A/S, KOFA Healthcare and Kendall Capital Partners...
The Google Pixel Watch
By  Emily Olsen 12:23 pm October 6, 2022
Google has finally unveiled its long-awaited Pixel Watch, a wearable that includes Fitbit's health-tracking features. Though the tech giant has provided the operating system for other wearable devices and completed the acquisition of Fitbit early last year, this is Google's first smartwatch under its own name.  The Pixel Watch, which will start at $349.99, includes continuous heart rate tracking...
A person using a wearable while out on a run.
By  Emily Olsen 12:10 pm September 27, 2022
On Tuesday, Fitbit Health Solutions and Google Cloud announced they're launching a new service to help healthcare and life science organizations utilize data from wearables. The company said that Device Connect for Fitbit allows patients to make their Fitbit data available to providers, giving these patients control over who they share their information with and for what purpose. The tool also...
Two smartphones displaying the Medicare and Medicaid information in search as well as the Medicaid filtering feature.
By  Emily Olsen 05:03 pm September 12, 2022
Google announced several health equity-focused updates to its products Monday, including an addition to Search that provides information about public insurance programs like Medicare and Medicaid. In a blog post, the tech giant said users will see eligibility requirements and how to enroll when they search for Medicare or Medicaid health plans. People currently covered under Medicaid will also be...
A person sitting at a desk using a laptop.
By  Emily Olsen 12:02 pm August 26, 2022
Google will clearly label healthcare facilities that provide abortions in Search and Maps to reduce confusion among users looking for the procedure. The change comes months after Congressional Democrats pushed the tech giant to better differentiate between abortion clinics and crisis pregnancy centers, which try to dissuade people from seeking abortions and may not offer accurate medical...
The Inspire 3, Versa 4 and Sense 2
By  Emily Olsen 11:20 am August 24, 2022
Google announced three updated health and fitness-tracking Fitbit wearables Wednesday, including options with new exercise modes and additional sensors for stress monitoring. The Inspire 3, which will retail for $99.95, includes heart rate tracking, activity and exercise monitoring, and sleep quality information – including blood oxygen tracking, sleep duration and a sleep score. The lower-end...
A doctor sitting at his desk using a tablet
By  Emily Olsen 11:33 am July 13, 2022
New York-based health system Northwell Health is partnering with Google Cloud to use cloud technology and artificial intelligence to automate administrative workflows and identify patient risk factors for early intervention. The collaboration will use Google's tech for scheduling, automating contact with payers and creating summaries of patient medical information. It will also use machine...