Population Health

Bird's eye view of Nashville during the day
By Andrea Fox 10:55 am November 12, 2024
By partnering with Meharry Medical College, the cloud giant says it aims to enhance community care and wellness in Middle Tennessee with AI and clinical applications, spark health innovation and cultivate workforce skills.
Person on laptop at kitchen table with another who holds up prescription bottle for telehealth doctor
By Andrea Fox 10:48 am November 11, 2024
The group expects support for virtual care to continue after the 2024 Election, but urges action as soon as possible to extend pandemic-era telehealth flexibilities past the end of the year.
A doctor in a virtual consultation with a patient
By Adam Ang 11:10 pm November 10, 2024
It will likely adopt the standards of Chinese insurer Ping An for its online family doctor contract service.
Person using tablet
By Jessica Hagen 04:26 pm November 08, 2024
The guidance aims to help countries move toward healthcare digitization through a person-centered point of service system.
Stethoscope resting on tablet
By Andrea Fox 08:19 am November 08, 2024
In discussing social determinants of health data utilization, Dr. Hilary Hatch, chief clinical officer at Phreesia, describes how analytics and patient engagement tools are streamlining workflows and helping providers respond to more patients in need.
Donald Trump
By Susan Morse 04:38 pm November 07, 2024
The expectation is for a new Congress to create policy around AI and cybersecurity, says Tom Leary of HIMSS.
Building of the Royal Adelaide Hospital
By Adam Ang 12:45 am November 06, 2024
This is part of an ongoing project to replace paper-based chemotherapy prescribing across South Australia.
Abstract of lines connected in a mesh over a map of the U.S.
By Andrea Fox 10:32 am November 05, 2024
New data elements related to social drivers of health, such as referrals to social services, improve standards-based information exchange with electronic health records, it says. 
Hands use a Medtronic device on a patient's hand to aid in testing pulse oximetry quality
By Andrea Fox 01:39 pm October 30, 2024
The medtech company says it is the only manufacturer of FDA-approved pulse oximeters to have reached an agreement in a lawsuit against many over the devices' notoriously higher rates of error for people with darker skin.
A nurse talking to a senior patient in a wheelchair
By Adam Ang 12:01 am October 28, 2024
Subsyndromal depression is said to be five times more common than clinical depression among Singaporean seniors.