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As the opioid epidemic continues to devastate the United States both state and federal agencies are turning to digital health innovators to look for solutions.

A matter of national security.

Communicating with patients can be tough.

Consumers now have another option to turn to when looking for a  new doctor with the recent launch of mobile provider search tool Welloh.

Amazon, the world’s ubiquitous online store, revealed today it is collaborating with Warren Buffet, who heads Berkshire Hathaway, and the bank JPMorgan Chase to build an independent, nonprofit healthcare company with the goal of increasing user satisfaction and reducing costs.

HIMSS is now accepting speaking proposals for the Precision Medicine Summit, May 17-18 in Washington, DC.

In 2016, Opternative, a Chicago-based telehealth startup offering online refractive eye exams, opened a lawsuit against South Carolina’s Board of Medical Examiners and Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation alleging that a newly passed law restricting online eye exams was protectionist, unconstitutional legislation.

Healthcare compliance analytics startup Protenus landed $11 million in funding co-led by F-Prime Capital Partners and Kaiser Permanente Ventures, bringing its total funding to $19.

Health IT unicorn Outcome Health settled a three-month legal battle with investors, and as part of that deal, cofounders CEO Rishi Shah and President Shrada Agarwal will step down.

Israel-based telehealth provider and device maker Tyto Care has raised $25 million in Series C funding, the company announced today.