Israeli healthtech startup Biobeat and Best Buy Health are teaming up to integrate the capabilities of Biobeat's wrist and chest monitors, tying them into Best Buy Health's Current Health platform.
The big box retailer, which acquired home care platform Current in 2021, will feature Biobeat's wearables as part of its remote patient monitoring (RPM) solutions.
Biobeat's RPM devices are based on...
Best Buy Health and Mass General Brigham announced the tech giant would provide technology, human-centered aid and omnichannel logistics to scale and support the health system's acute home-based care offering, Home Hospital, and Medicare-certified home health business, Home Care.
Home Hospital provides home healthcare for patients with conditions such as infections, chronic obstructive pulmonary...
Best Buy Health announced it is expanding its partnership with Pennsylvania-based healthcare system Geisinger to improve chronic disease management at home by combining their expertise.
In 2021, Geisinger launched ConnectedCare365, its chronic care management platform, and enrolled patients in remote patient monitoring programs. Patients received devices such as blood pressure cuffs and glucose...
Best Buy is one of several retail giants that has made its way into healthcare, with its health division dubbed Best Buy Health focusing on uniting home-based senior care and tech-enabled human interaction.
Diana Gelston, chief commercial officer at Best Buy Health, sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss Best Buy's role in the healthcare ecosystem and what it looks for in a partner.
MHN: How...
Charlotte, N.C.-based Atrium Health and Best Buy Health are partnering to develop new hospital-at-home offerings, the latest move in remote patient monitoring for the tech retailer.
The partners said their deal would pair the health system's established telehealth and hospital-at-home programs with Best Buy's in-home services and supply chain. Best Buy's Geek Squad will assist with device set-up...
Managing chronic conditions in the home using remote monitoring, virtual care and other tools is an increasingly popular space in digital health.
Chronic conditions, including diseases like diabetes, heart disease and stroke, are common in the U.S. and make up the vast majority of the nation's healthcare expenditure. The country's population is aging, but many say they would prefer to stay in...
Yesterday Best Buy announced that it has brought a collection of senior-focused emergency-response services to the Apple Watch via its Lively brand, and plans to add fall detection down the line.
Apple Watch Series 4 device owners who are signed up with a Lively Health & Safety plan (which starts at $19.99 per month) can download the Lively app for on-the-wrist access to three of the service'...
The Consumer Technology Association and the Connected Health Initiative announced this morning a new multi-sector initiative of private tech companies, healthcare providers and representatives of public agencies that aims to outline technology's role in addressing health disparities exacerbated by COVID-19.
To this end, the effort's first major project will consist of a white paper containing...
