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WellDoc has expanded its BlueStar digital diabetes management platform to include a weight loss feature and a feature for those with both diabetes and hypertension.

This quarter saw a handful of digital health stories regarding payers and their new digital offerings, especially in the area of diabetes care.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt trails new NHS patient app that will feature GP record access, appointment booking, and data-sharing preferences.

Healthy Interactions, a population health company that offers both digital and in-person programs for chronic disease management and education, announced last week that it has added two new programs, for cardiovascular disease and depression, to its portfolio.

HeartFlow, a company that specializes in creating computerized heart models to treat coronary diseases, announced that its HeartFlow fractional flow reserved from CT (FFRct) Analysis will be covered under UnitedHealthcare's plan.

Working with digital diabetes prevention program (DPP) provider Omada Health — and combining that intervention with lab and biometric screenings — lab company Quest Diagnostics reduced risk for diabetes in one-third of a 107-employee cohort.

Submissions for speaking opportunities at the health IT conference are open until July 16, 2018.

This morning Wildflower Health, a digital health platform that helps patients navigate benefits and connect to resources, announced that it is acquiring Circle Women’s Health platform, a startup from the Providence St.

The new Rosalind Franklin Institute is investing £6m in ground-breaking initiatives that will disrupt the drug development process.

Findings from the final report of the Lord Darzi Review of Health and Care indicate advanced technologies offer an opportunity to shift the model of care from 'diagnose and treat' to 'predict and prevent', outlining a series of recommendations to accelerate access to innovation.