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Moving toward telehealth to empower patients is aimed at utilizing technology and the human factor to improve the patient experience, says Dubai Health Authority’s Dr. Khulood Mohamed Alsayegh.

Dr. Mark Sundrakes, SVP and medical director at Krungthai-AXA Life Insurance PCL, discusses the insurance industry's move from payer to partner and from fee-based to value-based healthcare.

Unveiled today, the new Teladoc Nutrition program was built on the back of TelaDietitian's existing network of more than 100 registered dietitians. 

MobiHealthNews sat down with Amy McDonough, senior vice president & general manager of Fitbit Health Solutions prior to the news that Google was set to acquire Fitbit. 

Omar Shraim, CIO at SapphireHMS, Kuwait, is focusing on the push to the payer-provider model, where the private sector occupies a larger role and patients are put at the center.

Members of the HIMSS Media editorial team discuss the top takeways from the Connected Health Conference in Boston, including the changing role of healthcare payers, the challenges of behavior change, worrying digital health adoption stats and more.

Also: OptimizeRx delivers messaging through NewCrop's electronic prescription software; Novo Nordisk expands collaboration with Noom following strong pilot; Livongo signs its biggest payer yet.

The strength of Infermedica's symptom checker is how it works with organizations' existing software and processes, says Business Development Manager Miłosz Wiciński.

Tej Anand, professor of practice at the University of Texas' McCombs School of Business, explains how blockchain can help eliminate "redundant work, rework and reconciliation."

The online patient community portal will now be incorporated into UnitedHealth Group's research arm, which is focused on health innovation and improvement.