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By  Laura Lovett 11:53 am September 22, 2021
Apple is looking to use digital biomarkers to help detect depression and early-stage cognitive decline, according to a new report out of The Wall Street Journal.  The end goal, according to the Journal, is to create a new Apple feature that would tell users if there was a potential mental illness. Data collected regarding a users’ mobility, physical activity, sleep pattern could be included in...
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By  Laura Lovett 02:51 pm September 2, 2021
Apple’s next health move may be blood pressure tracking on smartwatches, according to a new Wall Street Journal report. Specifically, the technology would be able to alert a user if their blood pressure began to increase, the Journal learned from sources familiar with the plan and internal documents.  Apple is also looking at the femtech space, according to the report, potentially rolling out a...
By  Jonah Comstock 09:08 am March 17, 2015
The Project Emerge app at Johns Hopkins. As hospitals bring remote patient monitoring and connected apps into their intensive care units, they're finding opportunities to not just increase efficiency of care, but also to improve the experience of being in or of having a family member in the ICU, according to a new report in the Wall Street Journal. The WSJ article focuses on three different...
By  Jonah Comstock 07:51 am February 17, 2015
When Apple finally announced the Apple Watch smartwatch last October, many in the healthcare space were a little underwhelmed. The killer health device that a slew of recent hires had led us to expect was nowhere to be seen, with Apple opting instead for a flashy device that doesn't track any more than what available fitness trackers already cover. The Wall Street Journal published a report that...