Here's the latest roundup of stories about health IT companies, including Apple, Amazon and Google.
1. Livongo Health, a digital health startup aimed at supporting people with chronic conditions, is integrating its mobile app with Apple, Fitbit and Samsung smartwatches to deliver members' health information directly to their wrists.
2. After raising $73 million in a recent investment round, Omada Health is focused on using digital health to build a "21st-century provider."
3. CommonWell Health Alliance is extending its contract with Nashville, Tenn.-based Change Healthcare to continue its access to the health technology company's clinical interoperability services.
4. Nashville, Tenn.-based Change Healthcare announced June 24 the integration of artificial intelligence technology into its existing claims management solutions to automatically identify claims that could result in denials.
5. IBM and Palo Alto, Calif.-based software company Cloudera have teamed up to expand their artificial intelligence and data management and analysis solutions.
6. Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health Care launched telehealth provider American Well's virtual care platform within its Epic EHR system.
7. UnitedHealth Group has purchased healthcare-technology start-up PatientsLikeMe.
8. Allscripts' healthcare decision analytics and budgeting business EPSi is partnering with the Healthcare Financial Management Association to research how health systems use data to manage increasing costs of care.
9. A San Diego, Calif.-based physician used his Apple Watch on a stranger while having dinner at a public restaurant to help identify whether the individual was experiencing an arterial fibrillation episode.
10. The FBI is investigating whether lab-testing startup uBiome used improper billing codes and performed unnecessary tests for payments.
11. VisualDx, a clinical decision support system for physicians, has joined Epic's App Orchard online marketplace.
12. Google began rolling out an open-source tool this week that allows organizations to share their datasets with other parties without violating the privacy of the individuals included in the datasets.
13. Google Assistant can better detect and comprehend users' voice requests for information regarding prescription medication than Amazon's Alexa and Apple's Siri.
14. Seventy percent of Cerner customers said they would not use the information technology vendor's revenue cycle outsourcing services again.
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