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Some Apple Watch Series 3 users reporting unexpected reboots in hospital ICU environments

If you’re an Apple Watch Series 3 owner, you might want to keep it out of certain hospital environments. A number of users have commented that their Apple Watch Series 3 have undergone unexpected reboots in the intensive care units of some hospitals. This suggests there may be specific ICU-related equipment used in hospitals that […]

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iOS 10.2 and later now include Emergency SOS feature

This could help keep you safe. iOS 11 now includes an SOS feature which allows you to make emergency calls with three clicks of your iPhone’s sleep/wake button. Just click this button between sleep and wake mode three times and your iPhone will use your GPS coordinates to notify local emergency services. You can find […]

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FDA initiates program towards streamlining approvals for digital devices

This may help Apple’s plans to help make HealthKit ubiquitous and to get digital patient records out in a timely manner. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner Scott Gottlieb this week released a statement on how the government agency is aiming to streamline innovation of digital health and medical technology through a new […]

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Apple looking to make HealthKit an industry standard for sharing of medical data

Apple wants to build a comprehensive database for every iPhone user that can be accessed for doctors visits, lab results, medications, and more. According to CNBC, Apple is said to have a “secretive team” within its health unit that has been communicating with developers, hospitals, and other industry groups about storing clinical data on the […]

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Stanford study hails the Apple Watch’s heart rate monitoring function, points out shortcomings in calorie counting feature

The good news is that the current Apple Watch features one of the most accurate heart rate monitors on the market. The bad news is that its calorie counting feature could use some work. A new medical study from Stanford University published in the Journal of Personalized Medicine on Wednesday sought to determine the validity […]