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The rise of fitness wearables with patients managing their own health to a much greater degree is expected in the future, says Rajendra Pratap Gupta, board member at the International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth (ISfTeH).

Dr. Salman Al-Sabah, president of the Kuwait Association of Surgeons, says among the keys to effectively moving toward a national EHR is to learn from others and collaborate effectively with all stakeholders.

JoAnn Difede, professor of psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College, discusses how her early work on a simulated digital therapy for PTSD patients led to her current work on VR therapeutics.

Yauheni Solad, medical director of digital health at Yale New Haven Health, says creating a robust API infrastructure - a living system where everything is connected so data is available for decision-making – is the current goal.

The Division of Digital Psychiatry is looking at using data to educate patients and predict adverse events. 

Pharmas are becoming more interested in patients' personal experiences and their input, says Kevin Freiert, principal of Salem Oaks Consulting.

The technology envisioned by psychologist B.F. Skinner decades ago is now here with AI and is improving exponentially, says Whole Brain Foundation President and founder Charles Atkinson.

Advancements in EHR technologies should be exciting the health industry, says Dr. Larry Allen, the medical director of advanced heart failure at University of Colorado School of Medicine.

Deep Dive: While the number of women in leadership roles in the health industry continues to grow, equal representation in the field is still a far way off.

Older adults live in a world where they are invisible, so it's time to create one that enables them to thrive, says Dr. Louise Aronson, professor of geriatrics at UCSF.