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Actions have been taken in the health tech industry to combat the vast disparities that impact UK BAME workers that were revealed by the recent series of events of Black Lives Matter.

The company released three new products today that are available today for preorder on Fitbit’s website and will be sold worldwide in late September.

There are cures for physicians overwhelmed by electronic health record systems, says Dr. Jay Anders, chief medical officer at Medicomp Systems.

CEO Prof. Eugene Kandel says it's relatively easy to collect needs and bring them together once the ecosystem is connected in a single depository.

This week's top stories include AdventHealth lamenting $260 million in losses, a study finding ICD-10 codes may miss COVID-19-related symptoms, and USPS service delays hitting some mail-order pharmacies harder than others.

Dr. Elizabeth Marshall, director of clinical analytics at Linguamatics, an IQVIA company, discusses the data management and workflow challenges during COVID-19 – and describes how natural language processing can help.

During FutureMed 2020, Dr. Anders Tegnell, Sweden's state epidemiologist, said he supports the country's decision to keep schools open with social distancing guidance in place.

Marc Probst, longtime CIO at Intermountain Healthcare and new CIO at ELLKAY, also discusses digital transformation and the cost challenges facing healthcare now – as well as the IT innovation he sees emerging from the COVID-19 crisis.

Dr. Charles Tuchinda, EVP and deputy group head of Hearst Health, offers best practices for those using decision support IT for prescribing meds.

This week's top stories include the ONC offering new funding for HIE innovation, a decline in healthcare M&A transactions and Medtronic's plans to buy a connected insulin pen startup.