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Leslie Witt, Headspace Health's chief product and design officer, explains how the company's acquisitions are augmenting its mental health offerings and capabilities.

LifePoint Health announced a partnership with Google Cloud to use its Healthcare Data Engine, and the National Institutes of Health will invest $130 million over four years to accelerate the use of AI in biomedical and behavioral research.

Also, Olympus has come up with the third-generation Visera Elite surgical visualisation platform for endoscopic procedures.

The tech giant also announces a partnership between YouTube and the Kaiser Family Foundation that aims to help organizations create high-quality informational content on topics like mental health, maternal care and health inequity.

It can also predict falls by using AI and a deep sensing camera that observes a wearer's movement.

The Series 8 includes two temperature sensors that can be used to retrospectively estimate when ovulation occurred.

Individuals are also less likely to trust AI-suggested interventions than those recommended by humans.

Augment Health cofounders Jared Meyers and Stephen Kalinsky describe their device that aims to improve the quality of life for people with bladder-control issues stemming from brain, spinal cord or nerve problems.

During a panel at the Connected Health Summit, participants discussed the growth of remote patient monitoring technology and how providers can encourage its use, particularly among seniors.

A review of studies published in npj Digital Medicine found diagnostic and triage accuracy varied but was generally low, raising concerns about using symptom checkers as patient-facing tools.