Former Practice Fusion CEO ’s second act is going to market, backed by major life insurers

iBeat, the wearable device startup founded by former Practice Fusion CEO Ryan Howard, has signed up two major life insurance companies as investors and partners as it heads to its retail launch next month. The San Francisco-based company sells a smartwatch that monitors biomarkers like a user’s heart rate, pulse strength, temperature, blood flow and oxygen levels to look for signals indicating a life-threatening cardiac episode and automatically alert emergency authorities. If the device detects …
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