Tag: Apple
Apple expands health insights with Apple Watch Series 11
September 11, 2025HME News Staff
CUPERTINO, Calif. - The recently released Apple Watch Series 11 includes notifications for signs of chronic high blood pressure and new insights into sleep quality, Apple has announced.
Hypertension
How it works: Hypertension notifications on Apple Watch use data from the optical heart sensor to analyze how a user’s blood vessels respond to the beats of the heart. The algorithm works passively in the background reviewing data over 30-day periods and notifies users if it detects...
In brief: O&P finalists, KabaFusion deal, Apple update
August 20, 2025HME News Staff
WATERLOO, Iowa – The Orthotic and Prosthetic Group of America (OPGA) has announced the finalists for the 2025 O&P Woman of the Year Award. They are:
Fanny Schultea, MS, MSEd, CPO, LP, FAAOP(D), executive director, The Orthotics and Prosthetics Foundation for Education and Research;
Lesleigh Sisson, CFO, CFm, vice president & general manager, O&P Insight;
Arlene Gillis, founder and president, International Institute of Orthotics and Prosthetics;...
White House, tech leaders commit to rebuilding health care system
July 31, 2025HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The White House and CMS have secured commitments from major health care and information technology firms – including Amazon, Anthropic, Apple, Google and OpenAI – to begin laying the foundation for a next-generation digital health ecosystem that they say will improve patient outcomes, reduce provider burden and drive value.
“For decades, bureaucrats and entrenched interests buried health data and blocked patients from taking control of their health,”...
Notable Systems beefs up exec team
June 11, 2025HME News Staff
DENVER – Notable Systems has expanded its executive team. Brian Nannie, former chief data officer at Lincare, joins as senior vice president of client strategy & innovation; and Gaurav Nukala, former head of product operations at Innovaccer, joins as senior vice president of product. These strategic hires strengthen Notable System's leadership team with deep expertise in DME, HME and health care revenue cycle management, the company says. Nannie brings more than a decade of executive leadership...
New Apple Watch has sleep apnea feature
September 10, 2024HME News Staff
CUPERTINO, Calif. – Apple on Sept. 9 unveiled Apple Watch Series 10, which among other things, features a new sleep apnea feature.
Building on the intelligent health features already available to track key overnight metrics such as heart rate, respiratory rate and wrist temperature, the watch’s new sleep apnea feature can help identify signs of sleep apnea, the company says, by using the accelerometer to monitor small movements at the wrist that are associated with interruptions...
USITC rules Apple unlawfully used Masimo technology
November 1, 2023HME News Staff
WASHINGTON – The United States International Trade Commission has found that Apple violated U.S. laws by incorporating Masimo’s patented light-based pulse oximetry technology in its products and has recommended a limited exclusion order. “Today’s ruling by the USITC sends a powerful message that even the world’s largest company is not above the law,” said Joe Kiani, founder, chairman and CEO of Masimo. “This important determination is a strong validation...
Masimo sues Apple
September 18, 2020HME News Staff
IRVINE, Calif. - Masimo has filed a legal complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California claiming Apple infringes on 10 of its patents with its Apple Watch, according to news reports. The complaint charges Apple with stealing trade secrets by hiring key personnel from Masimo, including Michael O'Reilly, its former chief medical officer and executive vice president for medical affairs. Masimo claims the Apple Watch, including the Series 4 and 5 models, uses technology...
Apple debuts wheelchair app
June 17, 2016Liz Beaulieu, Editor
SAN FRANCISCO - Among the fanfare during the keynote address at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on June 13 was the announcement that an upcoming free software update for the watchOS will include an app specific for wheelchair users.
“The team has been working hard to enable features to allow more people to use the activity apps, and one group that we've been thinking a lot about is wheelchair users,” said Jay Blahnik, director of fitness and health technologies for Apple,...
"Gain" 100 pounds instantly, lose it just as fast
July 23, 2010Theresa Flaherty, Managing Editor
Editor Liz just sent me a link to an iPhone app (obviously, she is shopping instead of working this afternoon). It's called "FatBooth" and it allows users to add 100 pounds to their photos so they can see how they'd look if they partook of too many Luther Burgers.
The heck with calorie-counting or carb-tracking apps. This could be a true motivator to get or stay fit.
Gotta run. I need to find someone with an iPhone. Stay tuned.
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fatbooth/id372268904?mt=8
Theresa Flaherty