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Panelists at the Connected Health Conference in Boston spoke about the importance of digital health alliances and learning from countries sometimes ignored in the space. 

Digital services and IT systems in the NHS will have to meet a new set of open standards and existing solutions will have to be upgraded, according to a new policy paper released by the Department of Health and Social Care.

The Israeli telemedicine company offers a suite of connected devices that can be used in conjunction with a telehealth visit.

The Netherlands signs declaration to link up access to genomic databases across the EU, joining 17 other member states already involved in the initiative.

Also: UK ministers to organise roundtable with companies to explore the impact of technology on loneliness and Japanese hospital joins AI research project through five-year partnership with London-based DeepMind Health.

European Investment Bank supports the implementation of Ireland's eHealth programme with a €225m loan.

The Department of Health and Social Care estimates that the WannaCry cyber attack from May 2017 cost the NHS £92m.

Through a partnership with University College London, NHS Digital and other leading industry experts, a new centre has been opened at a hospital in London to transform the use of technology across health and care.

Fondation Botnar and the Gates Foundation are backing Berlin-headquartered Ada's expansion after launching a new Global Health Initiative to improve access to healthcare.

NHS Digital introduces new mental health data hub, Babylon creates new Healthcheck feature, institute launches £3m competition paving the way for a UK-wide infrastructure for health data research and EY releases preliminary findings from survey on digital health attitudes.