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Innovation Factory’s Alaa Chalabi talks using wearables to detect sleep disorders and snoring habits at WISH in Doha, Qatar last week.

Shakira Brown, CEO of SMB Strategic Media, says that to get executive buy-in for cybersecurity funding, you must focus on business value, such as lowering costs, improving productivity, and increasing revenue.

First announced in March, the program allows participants to pay off the device's cost by meeting daily fitness goals. 

Christiana Care Health System CSIO Anahi Santiago says hospitals have to invest in security tools to stay ahead of cyberthreats. But she adds that it's just as important to focus on people and process as it is on technology.

Virta Health claims to reverse Type 2 diabetes by combining a digital intervention with a ketogenic diet.

Sentara Health VP and CISO Dan Bowden explains how the hospital is preparing for consumerism and value-based care by building apps and tools in the cloud.

Dzulkefly Ahmad, Malaysia's minister of health, says that even if an organization has a good program and system set up, digitizing healthcare will not succeed if there is no clinical buy-in underpinned by training.

John Daniels, VP of HIMSS Analytics, says there is more to digitizing an organization than installing EMR functions, and discusses other adoption and maturity models including AI, continuity of care and infrastructure.

The digital platforms are expected to help customers manage anxiety and depression. 

Jane Miller, COO of Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, says her organization, which reached the elite stage 7 EMRAM, treated EMR implementation as a clinical transformation project, not an IT project.