Fitbit Introduces Ready for Work Solution to Help Employers Manage Workplace Health and Safety During the COVID-19 Pandemic
16 Junho 2020 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Helps employees determine if they have signs
of COVID-19 before returning to work using key health metrics from
Fitbit devices and self-reported symptoms
Fitbit (NYSE: FIT) today announced a new Ready for Work solution
to help employers with the unprecedented challenge of returning to
the workplace during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fitbit’s Ready for Work
solution gives employees access to key health metrics from their
Fitbit device along with exposure, symptom and temperature logging,
all within an easy-to-use Daily Check-In feature that provides
employees with guidance on whether to go into the workplace. Daily
reporting and analytics enable employers to quickly assess and
monitor workplace health and safety and provide support for
employees. The solution is available through Fitbit Health
Solutions and aims to help employees and employers combat workplace
spread of COVID-19 and return to work safely, confidently, and in
good health.
“For more than 13 years, Fitbit has been working with employers
to provide accessible and engaging solutions for employees to
improve their health. As workplaces start to reopen, we have an
opportunity to help employees better track their health and make
informed decisions about whether or not to go to work,” said Amy
McDonough, General Manager and Senior Vice President for Fitbit
Health Solutions. “Early action is key to protecting the workforce
and the workplace. Ready for Work enables employees to view trends
in their Fitbit-tracked health metrics next to self-reported
symptoms so they can assess their health and readiness for work
from home.”
A More Complete View of Health
COVID-19 is a complex illness that people may spread without
displaying symptoms, making it difficult to rely on a symptom check
or a temperature screening alone to understand who might be
contagious. The CDC recently estimated 40 percent of coronavirus
transmission is occurring before the onset of symptoms. Early
research shows that resting heart rate data and other key health
indicators from wearables have the potential to identify flu-like
illness before symptoms emerge.
Unlike onsite temperature checks or screenings, Fitbit’s Ready
for Work solution provides a continuous, more complete picture of
an individual’s health. The Daily Check-In feature highlights for
employees changes in their resting heart rate, heart rate
variability and breathing rate alongside self-reported symptoms,
temperature, and COVID-19 exposure. Based on these factors, the
solution provides the employee with daily guidance to help them
decide whether to go to work or stay home.
“Wearable devices are powerful because they measure nuances in
biometrics potentially indicating the onset of illness that cannot
be detected during a regular physician office visit,” said Dr.
Michael Snyder, Director of Stanford’s Center for Genomics and
Personalized Medicine. “When measuring heart rate, even an increase
of two heartbeats per minute could be indicative of a significant
immune system response, which is why wearable devices can be
important tools in assessing the overall health of employees as
they prepare to return to work, especially when evaluating
pre-symptomatic and asymptomatic cases of COVID-19.”
Supporting Employees During a Time of Transition and
Beyond
According to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll, more than
half of US adults surveyed reported that worry or stress related to
the COVID-19 outbreak has led to at least one negative mental
health effect. Transitioning back to the workplace is likely to
further contribute to this stress. Supporting employees through
COVID-19 requires an approach that provides ongoing mental health
and wellness support whether individuals are working at home or
onsite.
As part of Fitbit’s offering, employees will have access to
Fitbit Care’s full suite of services, including weekly webinars,
podcasts, videos and other content from Fitbit health coaches to
help employees learn strategies for adjusting to new routines and
coping with change. Employers can offer their employees the
opportunity to enroll in Fitbit Health Coaching and work with a
Fitbit health coach to understand how stress is affecting them and
access resources and guidance to support their ongoing mental
health needs beyond this transitional return to work period.
Fitbit’s Ready for Work solution builds on the Fitbit Care
platform, which focuses on driving lasting behavior change. Fitbit
Care supports employees by providing health insights and guidance
via Fitbit Premium, personalized health coaching, Fitbit
Challenges, mindfulness tools and content to motivate and help
employees reach their health goals.
About Fitbit, Inc. (NYSE: FIT)
Fitbit helps people lead healthier, more active lives by
empowering them with data, inspiration and guidance to reach their
goals. Fitbit designs products and experiences that track and
provide motivation for everyday health and fitness. Fitbit’s
diverse line of innovative and popular products include Fitbit
Charge 4™, Fitbit Charge 3™, Fitbit Inspire HR™, Fitbit Inspire™
and Fitbit Ace 2™ activity trackers, as well as the Fitbit Ionic™
and Fitbit Versa™ family of smartwatches, and Fitbit Aria family of
smart scales. Fitbit products are carried in approximately 39,000
retail stores and in 100+ countries around the globe. Powered by
one of the world’s largest databases of activity, exercise and
sleep data and Fitbit’s leading health and fitness social network,
the Fitbit platform delivers personalized experiences, insights and
guidance through leading software and interactive tools, including
the Fitbit and Fitbit Coach apps, and Fitbit OS for smartwatches.
Fitbit’s paid subscription service, Fitbit Premium, uses your
unique data to deliver actionable guidance and coaching in the
Fitbit app to help you reach your health and fitness goals. Fitbit
Health Solutions develops health and wellness solutions designed to
help increase engagement, improve health outcomes, and drive a
positive return for employers, health plans and health systems.
Fitbit and the Fitbit logo are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Fitbit, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries.
Additional Fitbit trademarks can be found
www.fitbit.com/legal/trademark-list. Third-party trademarks are the
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Forward Looking Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements, within
the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that involve risks and uncertainties
including, among other things, statements regarding the expected
performance and benefits of Fitbit’s offerings, including the Ready
for Work solution. These forward-looking statements are only
predictions and may differ materially from actual results due to a
variety of factors, including the effects of the highly competitive
market in which we operate, including competition from much larger
technology companies; any inability to successfully develop and
introduce new products, features, and services or enhance existing
products and services; product liability issues, security breaches
or other defects; the impact of the recent outbreak of the COVID-19
virus; and other factors discussed under the heading “Risk Factors”
in our most recent report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements contained
herein are based on information available to us as of the date
hereof and we do not assume any obligation to update these
statements as a result of new information or future events.
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