“Fitbit is entering a brave new world in privacy as it starts selling devices and data to a new market: employers. Scal says Fitbit is attempting to grow through corporate wellness programs. One of Fitbit’s competitors, BodyMedia, says it is working with insurance companies to get its self-trackers into more workplaces. Scal says Fitbit is running an experiment with one insurer, to see if employees who use the devices go to the doctor less. This, he says, ‘would be the holy grail for a product like this.’ ‘If we could make a direct connection to reduction in medical care costs, then I think the floodgates would be open,’ Scal says.”
Did you like this?
Tip Freedomwat.ch Staff with Bitcoin
Tip Freedomwat.ch Staff with Bitcoin
Related posts:
Fukushima leak is 'much worse than we were led to believe'
Bitcoin Goes to Washington: Monday’s Hearing Is Just the Beginning
Swiss police smash Chinese trafficking ring
Police corporal jailed after assaulting, illegally arresting pedestrian
Many 2011 federal budget cuts had little real-world effect
Gold Fix Study Shows Signs of Decade of Bank Manipulation
Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox hit by $75 million lawsuit
Flight of the RoboBee: Tiny hovering robot creates buzz
Nevada Recluse Found Dead With $7 Million In Gold Bars, Coins In Garage
D.C. Campaign Becomes First To Accept Bitcoin Contributions
‘Robin Hood’ band of ‘left-wing activists’ nabs school supplies from shop
The Troubled Greek Bailout Process Lurches Forward
Exonerations On The Rise, And Not Just Because Of DNA
Huntington’s gene therapy breakthrough may stop disease
Federal Reserve rethinks 2003 move allowing banks to trade physical commodities