Dave Muoio

At an upcoming Accelerate Health digital session, panel members will discuss the challenges of consumer adoption and cross-sector collaboration in the effort to implement connected communities.

The tech company said that it will be pulling its new case and trend data from sources such as Johns Hopkins, The New York Times and Wikipedia.

The Florida startup connects college and nursing students with seniors who need help with tasks or someone to talk to.

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The company said that its tool was "highly accurate" in a 425-participant study conducted across 14 U.S. sites.

Although still a work in progress, the new center will reportedly help coordinate digital health projects within the agency while providing expertise to external stakeholders.

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Contact tracing apps, symptom checkers and other data-driven tools provide tangible benefits, but experts say that more can be done to educate individuals on what information they collect and how it's handled.

Efficient distribution, dissipating stigma and an emphasis on decentralized trials are all working in favor of digital treatments, according to a panel of digital therapeutics executives and industry stakeholders.

A new analysis of published RCTs did see significant benefits among short-term and single-focus app interventions, but noted that "relatively few high-quality studies have been conducted" in this area.