Google acquires wearable tech brand Fitbit for $2.1b
Search giant eyes opportunity of ‘Made by Google’ wearables.
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Amazon’s second healthcare acquisition is emblematic of the kinds of digital solutions becoming startup exits
As private money flows into often buzzy, consumer-facing digital health startups, the firms getting bought or going public often make tools designed to be used behind the scenes.
Privileged only: Is digital health a solution for elites alone?
Health tech has been touted as a cure-all, but it’s not living up to its promise for everyone.
To disrupt health, tech has to break through the novelty barrier
Tech giants are diving into health, but the jury is out on whether they’re improving patients’ lives.
SXSW preview: Health tech supersized
With more attendees, more content, and bigger and better-situated venues, SXSW’s health and medtech track has become one of the industry’s most highly anticipated events.
Marketers discuss how they use AI, marketing tech, and analytics to find participants for clinical research
Marketers answer the question: How can AI, marketing tech, and sophisticated analytics be used to help find participants for clinical research?
Heart meds, digital therapeutics highlight day three of JP Morgan ‘19
Day three at the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference included insights from executives at Amarin and Pear Therapeutics.
Can Silicon Valley break the data bottleneck?
Each player in health collects and weaves together data to some degree, but everyone’s doing it differently and for his or her own purposes.
