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Startups should work closely with their target audiences in the product-creation phase to recognize the true needs by getting “feed-in” rather than feedback after a product or service is released, says Karolina Korth, founder of the Kuala Lumpur Health 2.0 chapter.

With more than 160 hospitals validated at Stage 6 of EMRAM, Turkey has been making big strides in digitizing healthcare and is continuing that drive. Aniventi co-founder Nejat Unsal talks about how his company is supporting the country’s ongoing mission.

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.

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.

Dr. Manish Kohli, HIMSS' Chair Global Board of Directors, discusses global struggles with access, quality and cost of care and how China has stepped up to those challenges with remarkable speed and level of ambition.

Could distributed ledger technology offer the promise of real-time EHR updates, seamless interoperability and protection from from ransomware? .