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When Your Activity Tracker Becomes a Personal Medical Device

Dec 13, 20175 min
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Episode description

Fitbit spent its first decade selling activity trackers. With its latest moves, the company is starting to look less like a gear maker selling pricey accessories to fitness buffs and more like a medical-device company, catering to hospitals, patients, and health insurers.

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