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With artificial intelligence and virtual reality seeping into headlines across all industries – with overblown hype and fears intermingled with the reality of current use cases, benefits and risks – the intersection between emerging tech and the cutting-edge area of surgery is a topic of high interest.

The new product adds night-time alarms, making the low-cost 14-day CGM more useful.

At the North America Healthcare Summit, MobiHealthNews spoke with five companies partnered with the country's business development and growth arm.

New platform EngageRate will let life insurance companies' members track their activity and give feedback, as well as collect userss data for payers.  

Consenting patients booking appointments through Heal may now opt to have their personal health records automatically and securely shared with a house call physician.

In a statement, Dr. Scott Gottlieb detailed his agency’s ongoing cybersecurity efforts, which include the signing of two “significant memoranda of understanding” and discussions to facilitate collaboration across government agencies.

Amazon's Alexa Fund and the Google Assistant Investment Program have both poured money into the LA-based hands-free patient assistant tool. 

Called GYFT Baby, the package includes prenatal vitamin shipments, an education app and a motion tracking wearable. 

UK regulator fines health insurer Bupa after an investigation found "material inadequacies in the way Bupa safeguarded personal data".

While many readers are optimistic that healthcare will make progress on consumerism in one to three years, others said it will take between five and seven to actually happen.