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Payors can leverage Smarter Health and Health Catalyst's combined solution in ensuring the appropriate cost of care.

The Abu Dhabi-based company launched the service following requests by patients, it revealed. Starting 15 June, Abu Dhabi will restrict access to public places to those who have been vaccinated against COVID-19, or recently tested negative.

Christen Castellano, vice president of  customer experience channels at Banner Health, will be speaking at HIMSS21 about creating a seamless customer experience in healthcare. 

Telehealth Connection TV: HEALing Community Center CIO Jabari Butler shares lessons other federally qualified health centers can take from the center's virtual care rollout.

Its device for senior folks can now predict a fall by triangulating all the user's data in real-time.

Brian Pelkowski, Genentech's global head of oncology strategy for personalized healthcare, discusses why connecting data points is essential for improving the patient journey and ensuring patients receive continuous care.

Also: Diabetes “reversal” company Virta adds three executive leadership hires, and Insurtech startup Sidecar Health boosts leadership team with six additions.    

The alliance is starting out by supporting research into how social media can be leveraged to increase confidence in and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines.   

The feature lets patients share their user-generated data with clinicians and family members. The team at Cerner says this is one step toward patients controlling their data. 

This week's top stories include UnitedHealthcare re-examining a policy that allows it to deny ER claims, Apple unveiling walking stability assessments for the iPhone, and Mount Sinai catering to patients with limited English proficiency.