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Is healthcare too hard for Big Tech firms?

Healthcare It News

Another article in the same week in Business Insider revealed that Apple acknowledged it is " scaling back " a key project, an app called Health Habit. The app allows Apple employees to log fitness goals, manage hypertension, and talk to clinicians and coaches at AC Wellness, the doctors' group that Apple works with.

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Why voice recognition is the new competitive battleground in healthcare's digital transformation

Healthcare It News

Amazon, Google, and Apple have all invested in consumer-facing voice applications. As mentioned earlier, separating the clinical terminology from other aspects of the conversation is a non-trivial challenge, implying that voice-recognition technology fits in well with some specialties but not others. Region Tag: Global Edition.

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Closing the Digital Health Gap Between Consumers and Physicians

Health Populi

Health Populi’s Hot Points: On a recent walk through Manhattan, I happened upon this ad in a bus stop kiosk promoting the wearable fitness tech products sold at Macy’s. The smartwatch category, with fitness tracking, is hot in 2018, some “smarter” than others. “Macy’s?” ” you ask.

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