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A recent study published in the Journal of Behavioral Medicine found that when digital tools were paired with a technique called computerized inhibitory control trainings, participants on average lost a greater percent of their bodyweight than their peers. 

While both approaches reduced participants' lower back pain, the company's exercise therapy app was significantly more effective in a direct comparison.

The German firm will provide pharmaceutical insight in a consortium which aims to accelerate discovery and development of new medicines using clinical AI.

Also: Microsoft and Imprivata developing healthcare access management platform; SyncThink pairs with QuesGen Systems.

Fibre optic internet for the NHS and a new unit for health innovation.

The federal government of Australia recently announced that it will invest A$5M to facilitate the implementation of PainChek’s pain recognition app in Australian residential aged care centres (RAC’s).

Health Support group users will now be able to ask admins to anonymously post questions to the group page. 

Erika Cheung recently launched the Ethics in Entrepreneurship venture in Hong Kong and the US to help startups navigate ethics in innovation. 

Also: uBiome's FBI investigation; Better Therapeutics' pivotal trial plans.

Yesterday at The Atlantic's Pulse summit, providers discussed the balancing act of engaging patients through digital tools without losing their personal, human touch.