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John Hancock will expand its Vitality offerings so that all members will have access to Vitality Go or Vitality Plus. 

UK regulator rules misleading GP at Hand service ads that appeared online and on the London Underground transport network between November 2017 and February this year. 

Also: US Army purchases Fitbits for remote monitoring pilot; VR workouts reduce pain, improve results. 

The Denver-based startup designed an AI system that lets doctors capture their conversations with patients and transfer those notes to EHRs. 

Heart failure patients with left ventricular assist device (LVAD) need sophisticated after-care to lower the high risk of life-threatening complications that accompanies this kind of device therapy, which is becoming more common these days. The international Medolution project is seeking to enhance long-term survival rate of LVAD patients by means of remote monitoring.

There are dozens of PHRs that survived only a couple of years, most famously, of course, Google Health.

We spoke to Ultromics CEO Ross Upton and Ada Health Chief Medical Officer Dr Claire Novorol about the two start-ups' approaches to leveraging AI to improve patient outcomes and access to services. 

Rock Health's latest report highlights that higher value deals, not increased frequency, are driving the record funding. 

Former UK life sciences minister talks about his "horror" after being tasked with the digitisation of the UK's National Health Service with a £4.2bn fund and "no delivery plan".

The technology is widely adopted in developing countries and appears to be a reliable source of health data during crisis, according to researchers.