New report details Apple's new asthma study with Anthem and U.C. IrvineApple is hoping to help those with asthma manage their condition.
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Apple is teaming up with health insurer Anthem and U.C. Irvine on a new asthma study.
The study will include nine-hundred participants.
Each will receive a Beddit sleep monitor and Apple Watch to collect data.
Reported by CNBC, Apple is teaming up with Anthem and U.C. Irvine to study the relationship between blood oxygen levels and asthma. The study is set to last for two years, and Apple hopes to use the results to potentially build out a new feature in the Apple Watch that could help those with asthma to manage their condition.
Warris Bokhari, Vice President of Digital Care Delivery at Anthem, says that the insurer hopes that the study may help those with asthma manage their condition more proactively, meaning that they will need to use the healthcare system less.
"We know individuals enrolled in Medicaid disproportionately bear the burden of asthma, often resulting in relying on the h...
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New report details Apple's new asthma study with Anthem and U.C. Irvine
