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Professor Claudia Pagliari, director of global eHealth at the University of Edinburgh, says sharing data with local public health authorities will improve management of public health crises while also reducing health inequalities.

Dr. Rich Parker, chief medical officer at Arcadia, says the company sends over 1 million text messages in a frictionless outreach to close gaps in care.

Telehealth visits will even out, IPOs will continue and venture eyes will remain on digital health in 2021, predicts athenahealth SVP and Chief Product Officer Paul Brient.

Deep Dive: COVID-19 will remain a challenge in 2021, but the vaccines raise hope that progress is being made in the battle with the coronavirus and countries are seeing a light at the end of the tunnel.

Varsha Rao, CEO of Nurx, talks about the trends in women's health and how telehealth is becoming a first choice instead of a second or third option in accessing care.

Telehealth jumped ahead generations in 2020, says Amwell CEO Roy Schoenberg, who shares what he is excited about for 2021.

Best Buy Health Vice President Sarah Jones makes predictions about what to expect with telehealth, senior care and the regulatory space in 2021.

Healthcare providers are still facing hurdles such as patients' lack of internet connection when it comes to virtual appointments, says Jim Rogers, president of HealthConnect Networks and Mission Broadband.

This week's top stories include fertility app maker Flo Health settling with the FTC over data sharing allegations, states moving forward with second doses of the COVID-10 vaccine and the creation of the Vaccine Credential Initiative.

Lina Shadid, health industries lead at PwC Middle East, says the investment in healthcare over the past 10 years prepared the Middle East to meet patient needs and leverage its digital transformation to help fight COVID-19.