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Samsung Health Recognized for Connected Care Innovation with Medicare App Library Inclusion and Recognition of Excellence for its support of “Kill the Clipboard”

Latest milestones demonstrate how Samsung’s digital health technology and innovation are advancing company’s connected care vision to enable more continuous, connected health

9/8/2026

Samsung Electronics America today announced Samsung Health was recently accepted in the Medicare App Library, a centralized directory launched by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) that enables Medicare beneficiaries to discover and safely connect vetted third-party digital health tools and mobile apps to their health data.

The inclusion of Samsung Health in Medicare’s App Library follows Samsung’s recent Certificate of Recognition from CMS for achieving general availability excellence in support of its “Kill the Clipboard” initiative—a collaborative effort between Samsung and digital health platform b.well Connected Health to support CMS’ federal initiative to eliminate paper intake forms at doctor’s offices—as well as a multi-year strategic partnership with Lark Health to bring AI-powered health coaching and chronic disease management and prevention programs to Samsung Health users, starting in Q3 2026.

“We are committed to advancing a vision of connected care that can serve people across every stage of their health journey,” said Dr. Hon Pak, Senior Vice President and Head of the Digital Health Team, Mobile eXperience (MX) Business at Samsung Electronics. “Our participation in initiatives like the Medicare App Library and “Kill the Clipboard” is strategically aligned with this vision and reflects the power of collaboration across the health ecosystem. We’re particularly excited to see this vision extend to U.S. Medicare beneficiaries, an important ever-growing community that can benefit from more connected, seamless health experiences from home to hospital.”

With a broad portfolio of connected devices and products spanning mobile phones, wearables, TVs, home appliances and other connected technologies, Samsung reaches millions of consumers around the world and helps connect the experiences that matter most to them. That reach creates a unique foundation for extending health beyond the traditional care setting — coupling health insights and resources so people can make more informed decisions about their health and wellness.

Samsung Health connects everyday wellness and health features — including telehealth, prescription drug coupons, and health records — with more than 77 million monthly active users worldwide. Through Galaxy wearables, mobile phones, AI-powered insights and an expanding ecosystem of health and clinical partners, Samsung is helping bridge the gap between daily wellness and health, through continuous, personalized, and proactive health experiences.

Samsung’s October 2025 acquisition of Xealth complements this growing ecosystem by embedding digital health tools directly into provider workflows and enabling wellness data from wearables to mobile devices to be integrated with clinical information. This helps reduce data silos, gives providers timely context on patients outside of the hospital, and supports more continuous engagement.

For Medicare beneficiaries, these advances come at a critical time, as people increasingly manage more complex health needs across multiple providers, care settings and stages of their health journey. Greater access to connected health information can help reduce friction, support more informed conversations with care teams and make it easier for individuals to stay engaged in their health.

By connecting everyday health and wellness experiences with the broader health care ecosystem, Samsung and its partners are working to make care more seamless, accessible and continuous across aging populations. “Technology has the greatest impact when it makes people’s lives easier and helps them feel more connected. This is true not only in work and life, but in relation to one’s health,” said Dr. Pak. “We’re proud of the progress we’re making to bring health and wellness experiences closer to care, and we’re excited about what’s possible when industry, health systems, and government work together toward a shared vision.”

While many users may know Samsung Health as a daily companion for tracking goals, its capabilities now extend beyond everyday wellness, to include making health information more accessible and useful. With personalized tools designed to improve habits and build healthy routines, it brings together fragmented health data and offers a connected view across activity, sleep, nutrition, mindfulness, and vitals that can help users better understand their health and wellness.

Learn more about Samsung Health at Samsung.com.

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