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Apple and the 'Doctor’s Office on a Wrist'

09.17.2020 - By Andreessen HorowitzPlay

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with @grapealope @vijaypande @smc90

With Apple's announcing new watches, new sensors, and services for healthcare, are we really, finally seeing a wedge from fitness into data for clinical applications as well? We take an, ahem, "pulse check" on where we are when it comes to the idea of the "doctor's office on a wrist", teasing apart what's hype, what's real and where we are on the long arc of innovation for mainstream wearables.

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