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Digital Health

Gary Loveman, formerly Aetna's president of consumer health, is now co-founder, chairman and CEO of Well Dot, a startup that launched this month and offers an artificial intelligence platform to improve employees' engagement with their health.

Patient engagement is and will continue to be a major priority for healthcare leaders in the years to come, according to the "Top of Mind for Top Health Systems 2020" report from KLAS and the Center for Connected Medicine.

Twistle, a startup offering automated communication, information-gathering and patient education services to healthcare organizations, announced Oct. 29 the close of a funding round co-led by the Long Beach, Calif.-based MemorialCare Innovation Fund.

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American Hospital Association is forming an alliance with Avia, a Chicago-based digital health consulting firm for healthcare providers, to address digital and health system innovation.

The Innovation Studio at Children's Hospital Los Angeles announced on Oct. 21 the five winners of its inaugural Digital Health Lab competition to develop pediatric healthcare solutions using virtual and augmented reality and mobile gaming technology.

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