Fitbit Moving to Google Cloud Platform for Next-Gen Health Wearables
Fitbit will use Google’s Cloud Healthcare application programming interface to develop consumer and enterprise health solutions for wearables, it said Monday. Using Google’s healthcare API, Fitbit will connect user data with electronic medical records to give patients and clinicians a…
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detailed view of a patient’s profile, with the goal of more personalized care, said the company. The companies hope to help better manage chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension by using services such as Twine Health, recently acquired by Fitbit, they said. Moving to the Google Cloud platform will allow Fitbit to scale its business and accelerate its pace of innovation “to define the next generation of healthcare and wearables,” said CEO James Park. Most Google Cloud products support Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliance, including Cloud IoT Core, they said. Fitbit will also use Google’s artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities, and its predictive analytic algorithms, to help consumers achieve positive health outcomes, it said.