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Fruit Street Health Selects Validic To Integrate More Than 175 Wearable Devices And Mobile Applications Into Fruitstreet.com HIPAA Compliant Telehealth And Video Consultation PlatformNEW YORK, May 19, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Fruit Street Health (Fruit Street), today announced that it has chosen Validic's digital health platform to access more than 175 wearable devices and applications into its telehealth software, personal health record and HIPAA compliant video conferencing platform. Fruit Street licenses its telehealth software to private practice healthcare providers and health systems, which enables them to do HIPAA-compliant video consultations in addition to monitoring the lifestyles of their patients with wearable devices and mobile applications. FruitStreet's software platform allows clinicians to see a dashboard of their patients and view all of their wearable device data in a centralized location. Validic is the healthcare industry's premier technology platform for convenient, easy access to digital health data from best-in-class clinical and remote-monitoring devices, sensors, fitness equipment, wearable devices, and patient wellness applications. Since launching in 2010, Validic has grown its client reach to over 160 million lives in 47 countries and now integrates over 175 fitness and clinical devices and applications. By using Validic, Fruit Street is able to integrate with more than 175 wearable technologies and apps such as FitBit, Withings, Jawbone UP, iHealth Labs, and Apple Watch. The platform enables clinicians to monitor lifestyle data from their patients such as sleep, exercise, diet, weight, blood pressure, and blood glucose data. The alert system also will send notifications to healthcare providers when patients don't exercise enough, sleep too little, gain weight, or skimp on their fruit and vegetable intake. FruitStreet's centralized patient dashboard allows clinicians to see their full patient roster in a list and view all of their wearable device data with the click of a button. "We are very pleased to work with Validic," said Laurence Girard, Founder and CEO of Fruit Street Health. "Validic is a well trusted brand in the healthcare technology space, and leveraging their industry-leading platform will help accelerate our innovation and efficiency within th digital wellness community." This news comes on the heels of the recent announcement that Fruit Street has launched its Fruit Street Virtual Wellness Clinic solution for healthcare providers. Additionally, Fruit Street recently announced its formation as a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation ("B Corp"), as well as the appointment of leading physicians to its Advisory Board. For more information on Fruit Street Health, please visit www.fruitstreet.com. To learn more about Validic, follow Validic on Twitter at @validic or visit www.validic.com. ABOUT FRUIT STREET HEALTH: Fruit Street Health (Fruit Street) is a new digital wellness and telemedicine platform which helps patients live a healthier lifestyle while enabling healthcare providers to connect with patients using telemedicine and wearable mobile technologies. Fruit Street licenses its software to private practice dietitians, physicians, and other healthcare providers who are interested in doing HIPAA compliant video conferencing with their patients and monitoring the lifestyle of their patients with wearable devices and mobile applications. For more details, please visit www.fruitstreet.com. ABOUT VALIDIC: Media Contact: [email protected]
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