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Ben Sych, strategy and partnership manager at the AMA, says physicians need data evidence to see value of adopting digital health solutions, no matter how compelling they look to investors.

McLean Hospital Medical Director Ipsit Vahia discusses the challenges facing older adults and how data and tech can help with early interventions in conditions such as dementia, depression and loneliness.

Rob Lieberthal, principal of health economics at Mitre, says among the biggest obstacles to reimbursement are the lack of interoperability and patients not owning their data.

HopeLab President and CEO Margaret Law discusses how omnipresent connectivity is having both a positive and negative impact on younger generations.

HIMSS Media's Jonah Comstock discusses personal wellness monitoring, telemedicine and what millennials and Gen Z expect from their healthcare.

Naomi Fried, CEO of Health Innovation Strategies, talks about developing the innovation lifecycle and how to avoid the "operationalization gap."

Di Jiang, team lead for connected health at National Research Council Canada, sees remote patient monitoring and digital cognitive health tools as two big areas of interest in Canada as it seeks improvements to its health system.

Active monitoring can ask questions while a smartphone's sensors can go deeper into mood and anxiety levels, says Rashmi Patel, Fulbright Scholar at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

physIQ Director of Clinical Development Karen Larimer details her company's work to extract raw sensor readings from sensors and highlights the takeaways for clinicians.

The Translational Research Institute for Space Health provides grants to entrepreneurs to help accelerate product development, says Lisa Suennen, chair of the strategic advisory board of TRISH.