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By focusing on ways to eliminate uncertainty in the patient journey, health systems can more effectively develop digital solutions that enhance convenience, take the guesswork out of the patient experience, and give patients the tools they need to access care and maintain their health.

No single practitioner can be left with the ownership of patient care. The single point of truth should lie with the patient and their clinical record.

One healthcare AI expert thinks ChatGPT could have dangerous implications for the field if it’s not used with the proper context. People already turn to sources like Reddit and TikTok when they have a question about a medical concern they’re experiencing — Americans putting too much trust in ChatGPT to answer these questions could make this phenomenon a much bigger problem.

WeightWatchers will acquire Sequence, a platform that allows patients to have virtual appointments with a clinician, gives access to a dietitian and fitness coaching and provides prescription medications, including Ozempic and Wegovy. The deal is anticipated to close during the second quarter of 2023, and WeightWatchers will pay the net purchase price of $106 million. 

Non-invasive liver tests provide an accessible means for healthcare providers to monitor the positive effects of patient lifestyle changes over time, reinforcing the positive behaviors that lead to improved liver health – halting or even reversing the progression of liver disease

Merck has licensed global rights to an Opko Health vaccine in development for Epstein-Barr virus. The preclinical vaccine candidate, made with technology that displays multiple viral antigens to prompt an immune response, could compete against programs from Moderna and Valneva.

Public health agencies must chart their courses to modernization, but for organizations that have so many interconnected systems that impact so many stakeholders, it can be a formidable task.

Kindbody's $100 million funding, announced last week, was led by Perceptive Advisors. It brings the company’s total equity and debt funding to more than $290 million and its valuation to $1.8 billion. It will use the money to add 10 new locations.

Through the partnership, patients can find and book appointments with Zaya’s providers via Zocdoc's website or app. The partnership represents the first time Zocdoc will have lactation consultants available on its marketplace, said Dr. Oliver Kharraz, Zocdoc founder and CEO.

Three senators recently introduced legislation that would ban the use of health data for advertising and marketing purposes. The proposed legislation comes amid media reports claiming that data brokers are selling social media companies patients' location data, as well as reports that hospitals and digital health startups are collecting patients’ online data and sharing it with tech giants such as Facebook and Google.