Apple to partner with American Well, Stanford to launch heart arrhythmia trial with Apple Watch 3

Apple (NSDQ:AAPL) said this week it will partner with telemedicine company American Well and Stanford University to test the performance of its Series 3 Apple Watch to detect heart arrhythmias, according to a Fortune report.
The tech giant announced the Apple Heart Study at its iPhone unveiling event earlier this week, saying that the company would seek to use the watch as a replacement for traditional heart sensors, according to the report.
The new watch comes with an improved heart rate monitor which Apple claims will collect data including post-workout recovery heart rate and abnormal spikes in heart rate while resting, Fortune reports.
Though the company didn’t reveal any new health-related innovations on its most recent iPhone 8 and iPhone X release announcement, CEO Tim Cook said the company is still focused on the healthcare industry.
The tech giant has recently made strides towards making its iPhone devices healthcare-connected central depositories, announcing in June it would team with Health Gorilla to add health and diagnostic lab data and with DexCom to integrate G5 CGM support into its Apple Watch, alongside rumors that the company was looking to acquire Aetnahealth.
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Source: Mass Device - September 14, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Cardiovascular Clinical Trials American Well Apple Stanford University Source Type: news