Consumer

Researchers built a secure app-based system that runs on an unlocked smartphone and connects to glycemic control devices from multiple manufacturers.

Connected hearing aid owners can now request a virtual consultation and receive a scheduling response within 24 to 48 hours.

Yesterday, Merck, a German multinational pharmaceutical, chemical and life sciences company, and Tencent, a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate, signed a strategic collaboration agreement.

It's not the first time we've heard this rumor, but the time may be right for heart rate, blood pressure sensors.

Ping An Good Doctor, a one-stop healthcare ecosystem platform from China, recently announced that their “Voiceprint Login System” (“Voiceprint Lock”), jointly developed with Unisound, an intelligent voice and language technology company in China, has achieved a login success rate close to 99%.

The collaboration will investigate heart health outcomes and medication adherence among seniors, and is scheduled to begin in 2019. 

The deal includes undisclosed intellectual property as well as some R&D personnel.

The Fitbit BYOD program is the first digital health initiative launched within the NIH's major precision health project.

The FindAir One monitors symptoms and conditions, and warns users if their inhaler was left at home.

From on-stage demos to expo floor chit chat, attendees couldn't resist discussing what data collection and analysis could bring to consumer healthcare technology.