Health IT Analytics September 27, 2022
Google and Fitbit have launched Device Connect for Fitbit, a solution aimed at helping healthcare providers gain insights from wearable data.
Google Cloud and Fitbit Health Solutions have launched the Device Connect for Fitbit solution, which aims to give healthcare organizations a more holistic view of patients outside clinical settings using data from wearable devices.
Through the launch of the solution, Google seeks to “help people live healthier lives” and accelerate time to insights for healthcare organizations while ensuring security and privacy, according to a company blog post. Participating health systems will have access to consenting patients’ wearable data through the Fitbit Web API, which will allow users to control what data they share.
The data, which includes temperature,...