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Jim Horowitz, manager at Beresford Ventures, finds conferences such as the annual HIMSS global event and Health 2.0 VentureConnect as valuable places to network and learn.

Researchers at the University of Washington have created a new app that was able to detect fluid in the middle ear in pediatric patients. 

Dr. Robert Louis, director at Hoag, and Danielle Collins, chief experience officer at EMPOWER360, discuss how virtual reality technology can bridge the gap between the knowledge of the patient and the knowledge of physician.

b.well Connected Health founder and CEO Kristen Valdes shares how her company is bringing disparate health data – clinical, financial, biometric, genomic, social determinant and more – into one accessible place.

Using devices and systems that have not been authorized by the regulatory agency comes with a risk.

A study published in JMIR found that a fertility wearable was able to use skin temperature, heart rate, and respiratory rate to help determine a woman's fertility window. 

Carrie Davis, director of patient experience at the Hanger Clinic, shares her own patient experience and how it helps guide her work of implementing more compassionate and human-centric care.

At the Cleveland Clinic Patient Experience Summit, representatives from the two health systems explain how listening to patients inspired care coordination tools, health finance platforms and a patient scheduler. 

Dr. Silvia Perez-Protto, medical director of End of Life Center at the Cleveland Clinic, says providers need to understand and document patients' values and wishes if they are to effectively collaborate with them on their journey.

The health system combines high tech and high touch to improve patient experience — and dramatically increase appointment booking.