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A new app allows seniors enrolled in the Lively Health & Safety offering to access in-home support services through Apple's wearable.
The University Health Network study is being conducted in collaboration with the tech giant, and will enroll roughly 200 patients for three months of active monitoring with a two-year follow-up.
New research suggests that the wearable could help identify COVID-19 cases up to seven days before a positive diagnostic test.
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The feature launches with four 25- to 40-minute episodes headlined by Dolly Parton, Draymond Green and others.
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It takes roughly seven patients presenting after an abnormal pulse alert to establish one clinically actionable cardiovascular diagnosis, according to the researchers' chart review.
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The LumiHealth app is available in the App Store for pre-order now, and the two-year program will be offered from late October 2020.
Notable's voice-powered assistant was developed to help curb the time doctors spend on charting.