mHealth Intelligence February 12, 2021
NASA is partnering with Fitbit on a new program aimed at monitoring the health of 1,000 employees – including 150 astronauts – with mHealth wearables and a telehealth platform.
NASA is launching an mHealth program to help its employees – including astronauts – identify and treat illnesses like COVID-19 as quickly as possible.
The organization is giving 1,000 employees at six locations across the country Fitbit Charge 4 wearables and access to a corresponding telehealth platform. In the pilot program, those employees will log their temperature and other health metrics and access resources that include identifying COVID-19 symptoms.
With evidence growing that mHealth wearables can spot early biometric signs of viruses like COVID-19, health systems, businesses, schools, police, fire and...