AI tools are increasingly making their way into behavioral health clinics to decrease the administrative burden of notetaking and other support tasks. Experts believe that AI tools and chatbots can offer patients benefits short of replacing the human therapist. 

This week, Quidel recalled the Triage cardiac panel due to a risk of false results; Teladoc and Lifebit announced new partnerships; and, a court upheld a false advertising verdict against Natera, but struck the financial penalties.

HLTH is expected to draw more than 9,500 attendees to Las Vegas from 13-16 November.

The world’s aging, increasingly tech-savvy population has created demand for device and digital health solutions that enable people to live longer, healthier, more independent lives. In this first article of a three-part series on Agetech, we highlight innovative telehealth companies that are making impacts by going beyond primary clinical needs to address mental health, quality of life, and underserved patients.