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Jesse Ehrenfeld, former chair of the board of trustees for the American Medical Association, discusses the evolution of digital health adoption over time at HIMSS21. 

This week's top stories include Amwell snapping up digital mental health company SilverCloud Health and virtual care company Conversa Health, the AMA backing vaccine mandates for healthcare workers and the VA suspending Cerner EHR rollouts.

The association has also created a virtual panel discussion to talk best practices when using the tech for telemedicine. 

Advancements in EHR technologies should be exciting the health industry, says Dr. Larry Allen, the medical director of advanced heart failure at University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Motive Medical Intelligence's Director of Solution Development Bette Jane Reese says the first step of helping patients take part in their care is recognizing the difficulty of behavior change.

Dennis Robbins, a member of the AHA's Health Tech Advisory Group, discusses the challenges of separating effective innovations from the chaff.

Data is at the heart of innovation in cardiology, which is greeting health innovation with open arms, says Dr. Robert Harrington, president of the AHA.

Ben Sych, strategy and partnership manager at the AMA, says physicians need data evidence to see value of adopting digital health solutions, no matter how compelling they look to investors.

physIQ Director of Clinical Development Karen Larimer details her company's work to extract raw sensor readings from sensors and highlights the takeaways for clinicians.

Also: Dictum Health and Complete Telehealth Solutions partner up; Washington University School of Medicine study features SilverCloud's digital intervention.