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Dr Sam Shah, Conan O'Neill and Radhika Rangaraju from NHS England argue that a strategy taking into account factors that could enable or inhibit a broad ecosystem is crucial in the digitisation of healthcare in England. 

AXA Hong Kong, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Oxford VR (OVR) announced a first-of-a-kind partnership to pilot a groundbreaking automated immersive therapy using virtual reality (VR) for mental health in Asia including the Greater Bay Area.

A new study published in the Journal of Pediatrics found that patients using a VR system reported less pain when being treated with a needle than their counterparts who received the standard of care. 

Established in the US in 2013, Shanghai-headquartered QTC Care, a healthcare platform that uses AI to streamline treatment recovery and disease prevention, announced that it has raised $7M in series A funding.

Chatbots, symptom checkers and other AI healthcare guidance services should take a page from Amazon and others on to engage users, experts say.

China's Tencent Trusted Doctor, a venture backed by tech giant Tencent Holdings, announced that it had raised $250M in a fundraising round.

A subject's gaming performance results were a predictor in whether or not they had APOE4, a gene linked to a predisposition for Alzheimer's. 

GoCheck will be using the funds to beef up its AI capabilities and facilitate new EHR integrations.

The startup plans to put the money towards additional clinical validation and rolling out the system to large health systems and employers. 

Patients are driving a new shift in health care, with expectations for greater access to personalised, convenient services growing.