After sharing early data from a study of its wearables’ ability to detect Covid-19 early, Fitbit plans to launch a prospective study with Northwell Health to see if its algorithm can detect illness before symptoms appear.

In May, Fitbit launched a virtual study to see if its wearables could be used to detect Covid-19 early. The company developed an algorithm that would monitor a users’ breathing rate, resting heart rate and heart rate variability to detect the onset of illness before symptoms appear.

Now, Fitbit is putting that algorithm to the test in a real-world setting. It will launch a prospective study with Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research to see if its algorithm could be effective in detecting Covid-19 in hospital employees.

Source: medcitynews.com