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The tech giant also announces a partnership between YouTube and the Kaiser Family Foundation that aims to help organizations create high-quality informational content on topics like mental health, maternal care and health inequity.

Specialty care was significantly more likely to result in concordant diagnoses between telehealth and in-person appointments, compared with primary care.

Receiving opioid use disorder-related telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with lower odds of overdose and better retention using medications like buprenorphine, according to a study published in JAMA Psychiatry.

The company also announced Washington-based MultiCare Health System will be the first to license its tools for Indigo Health, the health system's hybrid urgent and primary care service.

During a panel at the Connected Health Summit, participants discussed the growth of remote patient monitoring technology and how providers can encourage its use, particularly among seniors.

Psych Hub, which offers mental health educational resources, raised $16 million, clinical trial search tool Power scooped up $7 million, and real-world data startup CuriMeta announced it had raised $6 million.

The update comes months after Congressional Democrats urged Google to change search results so users seeking abortions wouldn't be directed to crisis pregnancy centers, which try to dissuade people from the procedure.

According to the World Health Organization, breast cancer survival rates vary significantly between different countries.

Neil Lindsay, senior vice president of Amazon Health Services, said the telehealth service was "not a complete enough offering for the large enterprise customers we have been targeting, and wasn’t going to work long-term."

The startup plans to use the funds to expand nationwide, add virtual primary care services and get its offerings covered by insurers.