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The consortium's collaboration and partnership opportunities may be the most beneficial to the HIMSS audience, according to James Hury, the Translational Research Institute for Space Health's chief innovation officer.
Although investment slowed for startups, leaders noted several big deals in digital health, particularly among retail players.
James Hury, the Translational Research Institute for Space Health's deputy director and chief innovation officer explains the ways space exploration companies work with healthcare innovators to examine astronaut health and advance healthcare on the ground.
Discovering people's health-engagement activities leads to helping them manage their health, according to Praveen Deorani, senior data scientist at the Singapore Ministry of Health's Office of Healthcare Transformation.
The U.S. International Trade Commission determined Apple Watches with ECG functionality violate AliveCor patents, but an import ban is on hold until appeals wrap up in a case before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Aegis Ventures' John Beadle discusses partnerships between venture capital firms and health systems, the move from direct-to-consumer to business-to-business models and what digital health investment could look like next year.
United Language Group's Leslie Iburg and Abigail Katz discuss the expiration of the federal public health emergency and what is needed to reach beneficiaries, including creating culturally relevant materials in multiple languages.
The execs spotlight the year's rise of home healthcare, drop in digital health investment and expanded use of AI, in addition to the value of virtual care.
The partners said the test kits will first be offered to Blue Cross employees before a broader rollout with Medicare Advantage members next year.
Community Health Network EVP and Chief Transformation Officer Dr. Patrick McGill discusses creating seamless and frictionless care delivery and 360-degree understanding of what it's like from a patient, caregiver or clinical outcome perspective.