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Alphabet makes offer to acquire Fitbit, health industry group releases business deal security assessment and more digital health news briefs

By Dave Muoio 03:30 pm October 29, 2019

Alphabet serious about health wearables? Alphabet has reportedly put in an unspecified offer to buy out Fitbit, according to anonymous sources talking to Reuters. The news comes roughly a month after another report from the outlet suggesting that the wearables maker had brought on investment firm Qatalyst Partners to explore a potential sale, in which Alphabet was name dropped as a potential...

3M teams up with Verily, IBM partners with Siemens, and 5 more digital health deals

By Heather Mack 03:04 pm October 12, 2016

3M Health Information Systems as entered an agreement with Verily (formerly Google Life Sciences) to develop new population health measurement technology. The joint platform will work to assess quality performance data across healthcare delivery systems and patient populations, providing actionable insights that can be used to make improvements in healthcare quality and cost. The platform will...