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Despite the onset of COVID-19 throughout the world, the first quarter of 2020 were host to healthy digital health investment.

Also: 1Drop's portable diagnostics tackle the final frontier; AT&T, partners look to streamline patient check-in. 

Also: Meru inks commercial agreement with dacadoo and UCSF teams up with Proscia. 

Also: Yale School of Medicine cuts deal to explore VR for cancer patients; UPMC Health Plan rolls out VirtualHealth's HELIOS platform.

Also: Level Ex's CTO comes from Amazon, Microsoft; Liva Healthcare grabs CCO to drive new partnerships.

COVID-19, perhaps still better known as novel coronavirus, is a dangerous and rapidly spreading disease that governments and healthcare stakeholders are working around the world to contain.

Also: EYE-SYNC inks deal with Symmetry Physical Therapy of Austin and Medtronic acquires Digital Surgery. 

Also: Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals deployed LifeLink's text chatbot; Advantia Health inks deal with West Virginia's WIC program. 

In this grab-bag episode of HIMSSCast, Laura Lovett, an editor at MobiHealthNews, chats with host Jonah Comstock about three recent in-person reporting experiences here in the Boston area, where MobiHealthNews is based.

Also: Ancestory.com cuts 6% of its workforce; NPJ Digital Medicine review outlines challenges holding digital health back.