TechCrunch February 3, 2019
Announcements that Apple has partnered with Aetna health insurance on a new app leveraging data from its Apple Watch and reports that Verily — one of the health-focused subsidiaries of Google‘s parent company, Alphabet — is developing a shoe that can detect weight and movement, indicate increasing momentum around using data from wearables for clinical health applications and treatments.
For venture capital investors, the move from Apple and Alphabet to show new applications for wearable devices is a step in the right direction — and something that’s been long overdue.
“As a healthcare provider, we talk a lot about the importance of preventative medicine, but the US healthcare system doesn’t have the right incentives in place to pay...
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