mHealth Intelligence October 29, 2020
Fitbit is using a $2.5 million grant from the US Army to study how its mHealth wearables can detect early signs of COVID-19, and will be launching the study through New York’s Northwell Health system.
New York’s Northwell Health system will be giving several thousand Fitbits to employees as part of a telehealth study aimed at proving the value of mHealth wearables in detecting COVID-19.
The study is part of a larger partnership between Fitbit and the US Army, whose Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC) is giving the company roughly $2.5 million to develop a connected health platform capable of detecting COVID-19 in the nation’s military.
It’s one of many aimed at using telemedicine platforms and mHealth tools to...
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