Browsing: Health Tech & Wearables

Though the use of healthcare wearable devices has provided access to a broad range of biometric data, it often remains locked within the devices. Wearable maker Whoop is breaking down these silos, launching new EHR-syncing capabilities that enable users to connect their EHRs to the Whoop app.  

Part of a ZDNET Special Feature:How Data Can Improve Your Health and Wellness Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET

Whether people use them to check notifications in the office or track their workouts in the gym, devices like Fitbits and Oura rings have become a default part of daily wear. According to a recent survey, nearly 45 percent of Americans own wearables, giving them access to their health data at their fingertips—or wrists.1 Given…

Printed Electronics in the Medical Wearables Space – LOPEC 2026 Mar 12, 2026 Producing streamlined devices to measure a number of medical biometrics and creating modern and efficient wearable products are some of the latest achievable possibilities with printed electronics. With many companies having exhibited at LOPEC 2026 where IDTechEx recently attended, the broadening landscape…

DALLAS, June 17, 2026 — Smartphone apps, fitness trackers and wearable devices help people with heart disease get more physical activity in their daily lives, according to an analysis of previous research published today in the Journal of the American Heart Association, an open-access, peer-reviewed journal of the American Heart Association

For most of modern history, healthcare has been reactive. People visited doctors after symptoms appeared, underwent tests when something felt wrong, and received treatment once a problem had already developed. While advances in medicine have dramatically improved outcomes, the overall model has remained largely unchanged for decades

Slimmer, longer lasting and much easier to live with, new Oura sets a very high new bar for health-tracking wearables

The chatbot can help users decipher lab test results and find doctors who take their insurance, the company says

LOCAL The rise of mindful tech, how wearables are reshaping mental-health Jennifer M. TorresFlorida Today Dec. 1, 2025, 5:03 a.m. ET

FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary joins ‘Varney & Co.’ to discuss the agency’s new approach to AI-powered health tools, wearable technology and the future of medical innovation