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By seamlessly connecting patients, healthcare providers and care teams, technology has the potential to improve access to medical records, update caregivers on how their loved ones feel, monitor treatment adherence and work in countless other ways to aid the improvement of health outcomes.

A Swedish digital health firm is launching its doctor-patient video app in the UK this week after signing two partnerships with NHS GP federations that will see it become available to patients registered with GP practices in North West Surrey and the North West of England - the NICS GP Federation and SSP Health.

The device, called the NightWatch, has been created by a consortium of Dutch academic institutions and will be marketed by LivAssured.

OpenSight, which Novarad claims is the first FDA-cleared preoperative technology to use HoloLens, helps practitioners prepare for operations. 

The smartphone-connected device includes a microphone and ECG leads, and relies on machine learning capabilities to identify irregular heart rhythms. 

Douglas Gentile, Chief Medical Information Officer at the University of Vermont Health Network, discusses how lessons learned from past failures helped his organization figure out four critical components needed for successful data governance.

When taking on data governance projects, David Kho, Chief Medical Information and Chief Digital Officer of ChenMed, says it's critical to consider data quality, consistency, standards and lineage.

The pair plan to develop a machine learning-based algorithm that can screen for a weak heart pump. 

The collaboration hopes to develop battery-free wearables that could help inform personalized skin disease treatments.

Trump invited 21 companies to the White House signing of the bill, including Amazon, which unveiled a new AWS Opioid Crisis Council.