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At a HIMSS Digital presentation, former ONC Chief Privacy Officer Joy Pritts and Connected Health Initiative Senior Counsel Brian Scarpelli discussed some common misconceptions about the law.

The service, which is provided by Samitivej, is available free-of-charge and all-day from 8 April to 10 May 2020. 

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Certain healthcare use cases are ripe for AI, but still must provide a human touch to truly benefit patient experience. 

According to the new Rock Health funding report in Q1 digital health companies raised $3.1 billion in new investments. However, with the coronavirus hurting the economy, the rest of the year may not follow suit. 

Spearheaded by the Information & eGovernment Authority (iGA), the new wristbands are part of the government’s effort in quickly tracing new cases of COVID-19, as well as keeping track of active cases.

The company will use the money to increase its European presence.

The app requires no accessories or hardware other than the user’s smartphone.  

The new round was led by General Catalyst with participation from F-Prime Capital, Kickstart Seed Fund, Diōko Ventures and Jonathan Bush. 

The company is tripling its physician pool by the end of April, and has launched a new patient dashboard.