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A quick look at some of the key elements in the Finnish digital health landscape.

According to a paper titled Pain Management in the Elderly Population: A Review published in The Ochsner Journal in 2010, pain may be underreported because some elderly patients incorrectly believe that pain is a normal process of aging.

Caption Health's tool instructs non-expert medical staff on how best to produce high-quality diagnostic images in real time.

Flare Capital Partners Principal Ian Chiang offers practical suggestions for innovators finding themselves in the midst of a transition from fee-for-service to fee-for-value.

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

Buoy Health is launching a new coronavirus feature to help educate patients on symptoms and provide action steps. 

Data from an Aetna International survey also suggest that employers and convenient digital tools could play a role in connecting these potential patients to care.

A group of researchers led by Assistant Professor Shao Huilin at the Institute for Health Innovation & Technology (iHealthtech) located at the National University of Singapore (NUS) is working on the development of a rapid Wuhan novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) detection kit, based on the enVision technology platform which they invented in 2018.

From an investing keynote by Alex Rodriguez to scores of digital health startup panels, HIMSS20 has a lot to choose from.

The new funding round was led by GV with participation from Bain Capital Ventures, Casdin Capital and Define Ventures.