Fitbit

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The Fitbit Heart Study is looking to enroll 200,000 to 250,000 device owners, and will support clinical evaluation and regulatory submissions of the company's PPG atrial fibrillation algorithm.

In the HIMSS20 Digital webinar “Women in Healthcare and Tech: Closing the Gap to Strategic,” Amy McDonough, SVP of Fitbit Health Solutions, and Dr. Ashwini Zenooz, CMO at Salesforce, discussed the importance of having diverse voices at the table. 

Scripps Translational Science Institute Epidemiologist Jennifer M. Radin discusses how data from wearables such as Fitbits can be used to track influenza-like illnesses, including COVID-19.

Also: Mercom's Q1 2020 digital health funding report; Fitbit, Scripps, Stanford collaborate on COVID-19 detection research.

Users will be able to use the service to tap into membership telehealth-provider PlushCare. 

The company is also adding more content to its Fitbit Premium subscription service.

Both efforts are employing popular consumer wearables and health trackers to spot potential cases of COVID-19 or other viral diseases as they begin.

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The new investigation also found substantial differences between the performance of specific devices, with consumer products generally outperforming research wearables.