{"id":249435,"date":"2025-07-09T01:07:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T01:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/249435\/"},"modified":"2025-07-09T01:07:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T01:07:09","slug":"samsung-buys-xealth-to-integrate-its-wearables-into-the-healthcare-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/249435\/","title":{"rendered":"Samsung buys Xealth to integrate its wearables into the healthcare system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Samsung is making a bigger push into <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/apps\/medical-record-tracking-comes-to-samsung-health-170011090.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:healthcare;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">healthcare<\/a>. It is buying Xealth, a platform focused on digital health tools and care programs. Terms of the deal, such as the purchase price, haven&#8217;t been disclosed. Samsung <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/global\/samsung-electronics-acquires-xealth-bridging-the-gap-between-wellness-and-medical-care\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:expects;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">expects<\/a> the acquisition to be wrapped up by the end of the calendar year, pending closing conditions (such as any necessary regulatory approvals).<\/p>\n<p>Samsung says the deal will help to advance its &#8220;transformation into a connected care platform that bridges wellness and medical care bringing a seamless and holistic approach to preventative care to as many people as possible.&#8221; That involves creating &#8220;synergy&#8221; between its <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/samsung-galaxy-ring-review-a-bit-basic-a-bit-pricey-130034811.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:wearable tech;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wearable tech<\/a> and Xealth&#8217;s platform by bringing together health data measured on its devices and clinical records at hospitals. Samsung says the integration can &#8220;create a link between home health monitoring and clinical decision-making through enhancements to Xealth\u2019s platform, with the provider-patient relationship at the center of that effort.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Xealth enables doctors to monitor and schedule care for patients at scale. More than 500 hospitals in the US and 70-plus &#8220;digital health solution partners&#8221; use Xealth, which spun out of the Providence health system. All of those will be able to access Samsung\u2019s platform.<\/p>\n<p>News of the Xealth acquisition comes just a couple of weeks after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr spoke of his desire to have every American sporting a wearable within the next four years, a vision that led to <a data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/opinion\/msnbc-opinion\/rfk-jr-maha-wearable-health-tech-americans-rcna215721\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:raised eyebrows from critics;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">raised eyebrows from critics<\/a>. While Samsung may be sniffing an opportunity there, its acquisition of Xealth may have been in the works for some time. In any case, it&#8217;s clear that Samsung is looking to diversify beyond its core businesses.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s more, Samsung announced the Xealth deal on the same day it <a data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/global\/samsung-electronics-announces-earnings-guidance-for-second-quarter-2025\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:projected;cpos:5;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">projected<\/a> a 56 percent drop in operating profit for the second quarter (compared with the same April-June period in 2024). This is, in large part, because of <a data-i13n=\"cpos:6;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/healthcare-pharmaceuticals\/samsung-elec-buy-healthcare-services-company-xealth-2025-07-08\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:poor sales of its AI chips;cpos:6;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">poor sales of its AI chips<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Samsung is making a bigger push into healthcare. It is buying Xealth, a platform focused on digital health&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4316],"tags":[51,32919,105,4348,12,542,16,15,13059],"class_list":{"0":"post-249435","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-gear","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-healthcare","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-samsung","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-wearables"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114820601877067380","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}