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The goal of Health 2.0, the Personal Connected Health Alliance and other initiatives is to make leading-edge technology work for patients, says HIMSS Executive Director of Health Innovation Kerry Amato.

Sana Health wins the Health 2.0 VentureConnect award for its wearable therapeutic device that uses pulsed light and sound to reduce pain and potentially treat neurological conditions, says CEO Richard Hanbury.

Tech-driven connection to care can help reduce the elevated rates of maternal mortality across socioeconomic and racial lines, says Dr. Joia Crear-Perry, founder and president of the National Birth Equity Collaborative.

Despite data sharing concerns of the past, DeepMind's health team will be merging with Google Health.   

The strength of Infermedica's symptom checker is how it works with organizations' existing software and processes, says Business Development Manager Miłosz Wiciński.

Texas Health Resources has found that patient experience can be a constraining lens as health moves outside the hospital into the community, says Chief Experience Officer Winjie Miao.

At Health 2.0, Dolby Labs' Dr. Poppy Crum painted a future of ubiquitous sensors and data-driven health interventions.

Dr. Charles Alessi, chief clinical officer at HIMSS International, sees this as the year that health tech ideas coalesce toward a real sea change.

Steve Wretling, chief technology and innovation officer at HIMSS, discusses the importance of understanding the "why" to achieve a spectrum of innovation that is about solving the problem, and not just rolling out a tech-driven approach.

The wearable is worn across a user's chest and signals when to turn over using vibrations.