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This week's top stories include the new direct contracting model gaining in popularity, Mass General teaming with YouTube to offer viewers access to credible medical information, and a new study that found gamification boosts healthy behaviors.

HIMSS21 Digital Ambassador Chris Dancy goes on location in Las Vegas to run through some of the highlights of the upcoming HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition.

When it comes to ethical data sharing, the healthcare industry must hold itself to a higher bar than other industries, say Cotiviti's Nicole Neumarker and Sensyne Health's Derek Baird.

In the series premiere of "Workplace Re-Entry in the Healthcare Industry," host Jonah Comstock discusses with guests Sentara Health's Mark Crowe and Tyler Okoren how COVID-19 changed telehealth at Sentara and where they're going from here.

This week's top stories include the VA flagging unreliable IT infrastructure cost estimates for its EHR modernization program, a new Alzheimer's drug that could cost Medicaid more than $2 billion, and Amazon using radar for monitoring sleep.

The cloud is ready for healthcare, says James Millington, director of Healthcare Industry Marketing at VMware, so healthcare organizations are moving their data centers from on-premises to the cloud.

As patients increasingly act like consumers, they have less loyalty to a single health system or a single brand, and they demand a digital-first, best-in-class consumer experience, says Mike Serbinis, cofounder and CEO of League.

Telehealth Connection TV: Improvement is still needed however; professor Rupa S. Valdez shares how vendors and informaticists can boost virtual care accessibility.

It's important that health organizations implement a security awareness program if they wish to lessen their risk of being a victim of a ransomware attack, says Carahsoft VP Brian O'Donnell.

A "virtual-first approach" could be the new norm, says Michelle Snyder, a partner at McKesson Ventures, in this episode of the Virtual Care Paradigm.