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Marianne Larsson, director of new industries and innovation at Innovation Skåne, says digital tools have been widely adopted across the globe during COVID-19, with remote monitoring for chronic care being popular in the Nordics.

Mark O'Herlihy, VP at IBM Watson Health & Watson Health Consulting, says using new, fast and frequently changing technology such as a COVID-19 chatbot can help in the pandemic response.

Dr. David Nace, chief medical officer at Innovaccer, discusses the ONC's ruling and the changing landscape of health data and information sharing.

Simon Rost, marketing executive for GE Healthcare's Digital Health & Artificial Intelligence Portfolio, discusses solutions that are helping improve patient care.

Thryve founder and CEO Friedrich Lämmel says extracting high-quality data can help improve patient outcomes by providing personalized treatments more efficiently via digital solutions.

To ensure effective adoption, health data systems must be based on infrastructure and mechanisms that people can trust, says Dr. Ceri Thompson, deputy head of the eHealth, Wellbeing and Ageing unit at the European Commission.

This week's top stories include a Universal Health Services cyberattack forcing the shutdown of user access to IT applications and Anthem reaching a $39.5 million settlement in a 2015 attack.

Daniel Forslund, chairman of the Innovation and Development Committee in Region Stockholm, says providers and citizens have an open mindset, which has enabled rapid digital transformation to take place effectively during COVID-19.

Vision 2035, a plan to transform Kuwait, aims to strengthen investment in high-quality healthcare, which has already led to increased efficiency, use of innovative technology and a changing culture.

In the debut episode of Telehealth Connection TV, Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden shares why it's important to safeguard telehealth and what he hopes to see in the future from digital health innovators.