Apple has landed a new FDA clearance for an updated version of its ECG feature, allowing the tool to add a category called A-Fib with high heart rate.
This comes a little over two years after Apple first landed a De Novo clearance for its first version of the ECG reading.
The latest version of the ECG feature will be available when the new software update rolls out. This second generation will...
It seems like Apple gets more involved in healthcare every year, and 2018 was no exception. The two big stories of the year — the Apple Watch ECG and Apple Health Records — were both the culmination of years of rumors and reports. And the company made health news in myriad smaller ways as well.
Read up for a roundup of Apple’s 2018, including a taste of what we might expect in 2019 and beyond....
Yesterday, Apple dropped a bombshell on the digital health world, as it is prone to do in its highly-produced launch events. While the announcement included fall detection on the Apple Watch and some improvements to heart rate monitoring, the headline was definitely the announcement that the Apple Watch Series 4 would contain an FDA-cleared ECG sensor.
While much of the reaction has been positive...
