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Amazon is reportedly testing step tracking on Echo Buds

Amazon’s Echo Buds are capable of tracking steps in some versions of the Alexa app, according to a report from… Read More

Amazon and JPMorgan to roll out new health insurance plans as part of Haven joint venture

Haven Healthcare, a joint venture between Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway, created its first offering in the form of… Read More

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Meet the hacker professor who’s saving lives with smart devices and sonar

Shyam Gollakota has come a long way since his first day as a university undergraduate. “I didn’t know how to… Read More

Twistle raises $16M to automate how healthcare providers talk to patients

Health tech startup Twistle landed $16 million to fund a platform that makes it easier for hospitals to communicate with… Read More

Microsoft and Jackson Lab tackle cancer genetics with ‘human-computer symbiosis’

The rise of therapies that target tumors based on their genetic profile is revolutionizing how we treat cancer. It’s also… Read More

Why Fujifilm SonoSite is betting the future of ultrasound on artificial intelligence

Decades of technological advances have led to a revolution in ultrasound machines that has given rise to modern devices that… Read More

Amazon buys another healthcare startup to boost primary care service for its employees

Amazon has snapped up small healthcare startup Health Navigator to help power its recently-launched primary care program for employees. The… Read More

Microsoft lands another healthcare partnership, this time with Humana to take care of aging seniors

Microsoft has signed yet another partnership with a major healthcare organization, this time with insurance giant Humana on digital health… Read More

Insurance giant Humana invests $20M in healthcare tech company Accolade

Accolade, a Seattle-based company that operates a technology platform to help employees navigate healthcare, landed a $20 million investment from… Read More

98point6 brings AI-fueled telemedicine to Sam’s Club members

Sam’s Club members in three states will soon be able to see a physician right from their phones at any… Read More

Why this Seattle tech entrepreneur is trying to solve health insurance for freelancers in Texas

After selling a startup and leaving full-time work for the life of an independent consultant, Nick Soman stumbled across the… Read More

Geek of the Week: UW’s Justin Chan uses computer science skills to democratize medical devices

Whenever Justin Chan visited a hospital, he was surprised to see the physically large and expensive devices that are rolled… Read More

Accolade uses acquisition of MD Insider to launch doctor-picking concierge

Healthcare technology company Accolade is getting back to basics with a service that helps patients with a fundamental healthcare need:… Read More

Microsoft, Amazon, other tech giants forge ahead on healthcare data sharing pledge

This past August, executives from Microsoft, Amazon, Google, IBM, Oracle, and Salesforce banded together to promote data sharing in healthcare.… Read More

UK’s National Health Service taps Amazon’s Alexa to field common medical questions

The UK’s National Health Service is making Alexa available to millions of patients in another sign that voice technology is… Read More

Microsoft and Providence St. Joseph Health team up to improve healthcare efficiency

Microsoft and Providence St. Joseph Health announced a new partnership Monday designed to bring the healthcare institution’s vast clinical data… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Board games; AI in healthcare; Harry Potter concert; and more

— While next week promises to be filled with parades, fireworks, and picnics, there’s also the chance to play some… Read More

Why this former spine surgeon built an incubator for healthcare startups in Seattle

Dr. Jeffrey Roh started his career as an entrepreneur after creating a method for a less invasive form of spine… Read More

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Can virtual assistants make healthcare more human? Startups create voice tech for doctors and patients

Peek into a random hospital room in the U.S. today, and you might see something that makes you cynical about… Read More

Microsoft-backed universal blood test could start diagnosing disease ‘within a small number of years’

REDMOND — A groundbreaking system that would use artificial intelligence to diagnose several diseases from a single blood test may… Read More

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Paging Dr. Alexa: Hospitals call on voice assistants, envisioning ‘massive’ impact on healthcare

Voice assistants are coming to the hospital. Last month, Amazon Alexa announced a new skill that made the platform compliant… Read More

Amazon is reportedly building a wellness device that senses emotions in your voice

Amazon is reportedly working on a health and wellness device that is worn on the wrist and can read human… Read More

Seattle Children’s spin-out MDMetrix raises $3M to unlock data from medical records

Imagine knowing that all the data you need to do your job better was locked in a system that you… Read More

Virtual reality is helping babies breathe thanks to a project from Seattle Children’s and Oxford

As a neonatologist at Seattle Children’s, Dr. Rachel Umoren knows that every second counts when a baby is born and… Read More

Amazon adds HIPAA compliance to Alexa Skills, opening door for secure health apps

Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant has a new trick: transmitting secure patient information between patients and caregivers. Developers can now use… Read More

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Diagnosing U.S. healthcare: Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer explains the key numbers to track

Special counsel Robert Mueller has finished his investigation, and the 2020 presidential campaign is already heating up. So what’s next… Read More

Amazon’s healthcare joint venture has a name — Haven — and website revealing details on initiative

The healthcare joint venture between Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway finally has a name, and it’s called Haven. The… Read More

Bye bye, Band: Microsoft to end support for fitness wearable device and health dashboard

More than two years after taking its Band fitness tracker off the market, Microsoft is killing off the accompanying health… Read More

Judge allows ex-UnitedHealth exec to join Amazon healthcare joint venture

Former UnitedHealth executive David Smith can keep his new gig with the healthcare joint venture between Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and… Read More

KenSci raises $22M to help healthcare companies predict when patients will get sick and lower costs

KenSci has raised an additional $22 million to fuel growth of its machine learning and AI-powered technology that helps health… Read More