by Bruce Brown | January 2, 2023 | Health
Established digital health companies continue to consolidate their products, services, and platforms. Part of this strategy can include joining with a strong, complementary partner when you want your company to grow. Activity and health monitoring wearables company...
![More Consolidation for Wearable Health Tech Companies [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/Biointellisense-AlertWatch-video.jpg?resize=600%2C275&ssl=1)
by Bruce Brown | December 29, 2022 | Medical
The 2022 BioIntellisense acquisition of AlertWatch underscores two of the most common themes in digital healthcare these days. We’ve seen a huge increase in remote patient monitoring (RPM) applications. We’ve also written about consolidation in health tech...
![A Smart Pebble Can Detect Sleep Apnea [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/AcuPebble_SA100_with_video_600x275.jpg?resize=600%2C275&ssl=1)
by Bruce Brown | December 27, 2022 | Health
Sleep disorders are disturbingly common. Approximately one-third of U.S. adults self-report insufficient sleep, according to the CDC. Sleep disorders often accompany heart disease, obesity, depression, Type 2 diabetes, and other chronic diseases and conditions, When a...
![Fitbit Trackers Now Have Passive AFib Detection [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/FitBit_Arrhythmia_with_video_600x275.jpg?resize=600%2C275&ssl=1)
by Bruce Brown | December 26, 2022 | Health
Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is the most prevalent form of heart arrhythmia, according to the CDC, AFib was listed as the “underlying cause of death” in 26,535 U.S. deaths of the 183,321 total deaths with AFib included on the death certificates in 2019....
![Ayo Wearable Shines a Light on Sleep Improvement [video]](https://i0.wp.com/healthtechinsider.com/wp-content/uploads/Ayo_with_video_600x275.jpg?resize=600%2C275&ssl=1)
by Bruce Brown | December 13, 2022 | Health
We last wrote about light therapy in February 2022 when we covered Bright Health’s red light therapy foot health device for foot pain. The Bright Health device resembles a body weight scale with 124 medical-grade invisible infrared and visible red light LEDs on...
