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Also: UnitedHealthcare's "Motion" incentive program expands to include Apple Watches and Cigna teams up with Happify Health and Prevail. 

Using digital tools helps free up clinic time, makes it easier for patients to access care while improving patient outcomes, says PHR Subject Matter Expert at NHS Digital, Andy Payne.

Optum's blockchain guru describes how the company singles out and pursues the most promising pitches.

Amazon, Change Healthcare and Walmart all made moves worth watching as we head into 2019.

Also: The pharma industry continues to use digital technologies for R&D and diabetes management. 

The regulatory changes also come alongside Pre-Cert Program updates and roughly a dozen noteworthy digital health approvals.

Companies are using blockchain-backed currencies to motivate users to share data, workout and stay sober. 

Yesterday, Shanghai-based insurtech startup CareVoice (who launched their AI voice-based virtual health assistant for insurers and employers in Greater China in May 2018) announced the official launch of StartupCare, the first health benefit and insurance for startups in China.

Emily Vaughn, product development director of Change Healthcare, and Tim Dunlevy, VP of engineering at PokitDok, discuss first use cases and applications for blockchain as well as the process of going from private to public blockchain networks.

Abel Kho, director of the Center for Health Information Partnerships at Northwestern University and co-founder of Health Data Link, says that addressing the fragmentation of data in healthcare is needed to make the most of blockchain technology.