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The FDA’s Pre-Cert program has fallen under new scrutiny as the agency received an open letter today from three senators: Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.

Bettina Experton, MD, and CEO of Humetrix, talks about the history of CMS’s Blue Button project and how 53 million Americans covered by Medicare will now have access to their data through an API to ensure patient safety and interoperability.

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.

NASA will now be piloting the clinical decision support tool UpToDate, which gives users access to thousands of clinical resourcers, on the International Space Station. 

The app monitors heart rhythms via the smartphone's camera and uses AI to identify irregularities. 

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.

Also: Biodegradable implant accelerates nerve damage repair; algorithm uses wearables to predict behavior, blood pressure changes.

Over a roughly two-year period, Medscape Consult saw more than 310,000 physician users hailing from 171 different countries across the world.

Singapore-based Mobile Health plans to use Doctorbell's AI capabilities for emergency and tertiary care triage. 

Connected Health Conference panelists will cover digital literacy, health equity and patient-centric design.