What You Should Know:
- CrisisGo, a leading provider of safety solutions, announced a strategic collaboration with Samsung Electronics America to launch an industry-first smartwatch panic solution.
- This innovative partnership equips Samsung smartwatches with a powerful 2-way emergency communication application, revolutionizing safety for organizations like schools, healthcare facilities, and businesses.
Unveiling a Comprehensive Safety Package
This first-of-its-kind solution offers
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Samsung Galaxy Watch Receives FDA Nod for Sleep Apnea Detection
What You Should Know:
- Samsung's Galaxy Watch has received De Novo authorization from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its sleep apnea detection feature.
- This marks a significant step forward in wearable technology, making it the first of its kind to be approved by the FDA for detecting potential sleep apnea.
Defining Sleep Apnea
Sleep apnea is a common and chronic sleep disorder where breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep. This can lead to disruptions in
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Lunit and Samsung Integrate to Power AI-Powered Chest Screenings
What You Should Know:
- Lunit, an innovator in AI-powered cancer diagnostics, and Samsung Electronics (Samsung Healthcare) have announced a groundbreaking three-year supply contract.
- The strategic partnership integrates Lunit's cutting-edge AI technology into Samsung's premium X-ray devices, promising faster, more accurate diagnoses and ultimately, improved patient outcomes.
Boosting Accuracy and Speed
The agreement centers around two AI-powered chest screening solutions: Lunit
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Samsung Expands Its Privileged Health SDK Partner Program
What You Should Know:
- Samsung Electronics is pushing the boundaries of preventive healthcare with the expansion of its Privileged Health Software Development Kit (SDK) program.
- This SDK expansion unlocks the Galaxy Watch's cutting-edge sensor technology for developers, fostering partnerships that bring a wave of innovative health solutions to users.
Empowering Users with Personalized Health Insights
At the heart of this program lies user empowerment. By integrating Galaxy Watch
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Vitalchat Integrates Inpatient Telehealth with Samsung Healthcare TVs
What You Should Know:
- Inpatient telehealth innovator Vitalchat announced today an integration partnership with Samsung healthcare TV displays.
- The Vitalchat app, which offers immediate access to the company’s patented telehealth solutionsis now integrated with Samsung’s healthcare displays to deliver a more informed, comfortable and personalized patient care ecosystem.
Enable up to 100 rooms to be monitored simultaneously.
Engineered for the unique needs of patients
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Samsung Launches Open Innovation Initiative with MIT Media Lab, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Tulane University School of Medicine
What Should Know:
- Samsung announced a new Open Innovation Initiative in partnership with leading universities and academic hospitals – with the ultimate goal of enhancing the digital health ecosystem and delivering new approaches to wellness.
- Collaborating with the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Media Lab, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Tulane University School of Medicine and Samsung Medical Center, the new research program will explore enhancements to the
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Samsung Unveils New Healthcare Displays to Improve Patient Experience
What You Should Know:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced the release of two new display models for the healthcare industry, engineered to enhance the patient experience. The HCU7030, available for hospital or healthcare environments, and the HCF8000, designed for both healthcare and hotel settings, bring an integrated pillow speaker interface, superior visuals with 4K resolution and peak HDR (High Dynamic Range) performance for a more comfortable and enjoyable user
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Care.ai Partners with Samsung to Power High-Fidelity Virtual Care Experiences
What You Should Know:
care.ai, an advanced Smart Care Facility Platform partners with Samsung to bring the highest quality graphics and display to care settings, elevating the patient experience by transforming hospitals, nursing homes and care facilities with smarter, more responsive care environments. care.ai can deliver an elevated experience for both clinicians and patients by offering health systems integrated solutions combining care.ai's Smart Care Facility Platform with
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FDA Clears Samsung’s Irregular Heart Rhythm Notification
What You Should Know:
Today, Samsung announced today its Irregular Heart Rhythm Notification feature of the Samsung Health Monitor App has been cleared by the FDA. With this new feature, Galaxy Watch users can be alerted when heart rhythms suggestive of atrial fibrillation (AFib) – a type of arrhythmia – are detected.The Irregular Heart Rhythm Notification works with the app’s existing on-demand Electrocardiogram function to proactively monitor heart rhythms suggestive of AFib, and
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The Patient Data Bill of Rights
While the United States is generally viewed as one of the great nations with a bill of rights, views differ considerably regarding whether the country has an enlightened approach to healthcare; especially contentious is the ability to provide universal, cost-effective access. I believe all patients in the United States should have basic inalienable rights regarding their personal health information. Therefore, I propose this Patient Data Bill of Rights, and believe it should be mandated by
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