Duke University

Smart phone and smart watch
Oura and Google Fitbit partner with academia and others to battle opioid disorder
By Anthony Vecchione | 12:43 pm | May 02, 2025
A pilot study will collect data from smartphones and wearable technologies to predict opioid relapse.  
With Blue Cross grant, Duke taps patient partnership app to take on opioid abuse
By Jonah Comstock | 04:10 pm | January 31, 2019
Duke University has received about $500K out of a $2M multifaceted investment from Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina to battle the opioid epidemic.
CDC recognizes Livongo's DPP, eGYM raises $20M, and more digital health news briefs
By Dave Muoio | 03:27 pm | November 21, 2018
Also: Duke freshmen to receive free smartwatches for sleep monitoring program; FallCall Lite emergency fall system supports Siri Shortcuts.
Duke School of Nursing to use Leaf wearable to study patient turning procedures
By Dave Muoio | 05:04 pm | September 13, 2017
Precision medicine will require a lot more than just sequencing
By Jonah Comstock | 11:07 am | December 13, 2016
Apple hires Duke's Dr. Ricky Bloomfield, a HealthKit and ResearchKit pioneer
By Jonah Comstock | 05:39 pm | October 31, 2016
Coaching app Vida helped 58 percent of a UnitedHealthcare cohort lose weight
By Jonah Comstock | 03:51 pm | July 05, 2016
MHN 2016: Duke's Dr. Bloomfield on Apple vs Google, autism study update, what's missing from HealthKit
By Jonah Comstock | 03:03 pm | June 28, 2016
Apple to add support for HL7 Continuity of Care Documents to iOS 10
By Tom Sullivan | 02:53 pm | June 15, 2016
Want to get your health tech startup funded? Know the territory and solve a problem
By Jonah Comstock | 04:23 pm | February 29, 2016