Population Health

Andrew Bledsoe, deputy executive director of Kentucky's Cabinet for Health and Family Services, speaks Tuesday at HIMSS25 in Las Vegas.
By Jeff Lagasse 08:35 pm March 05, 2025
A new initiative seeks to improve the lack of health data sharing among vulnerable youths.
Dr. Sujoy Kar, Chief Medical Information Officer, Vice President, Apollo Hospitals; Dr Sandeep Wadhwa, Global Chief Medical Officer, Health Information Systems, Solventum; and Dr Sangita Reddy, Joint Managing Director, Apollo Hospitals
By Adam Ang 02:51 am March 05, 2025
It aims to assess the population-level impact of its predictive cardiovascular disease risk tool.
Kimberly Blackhorse, tribal health data specialist, Office of Health Equity, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, speaks Monday at HIMSS25 in Las Vegas.
By Jeff Lagasse 09:03 pm March 04, 2025
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment says tribes are independent nations that should have control over their data.
David Winn, vice president of Parkview Community Connect
By Andrea Fox 06:30 pm March 04, 2025
With a chance to avoid the costliest factors of electronic health records, rural hospitals and clinics in Northeast Indiana chose to gain the benefits of better patient and provider experiences as Parkview Community Connect partners.
Meong Hi Son and Seung Woo Park from Samsung Medical Center and Hal Wolf of HIMSS
By Mike Miliard 01:36 pm March 04, 2025
As healthcare information and technology leaders worldwide strive for system transformation and adapt to a fast-changing health ecosystem, they should take lessons learned at the conference back home and put them into action, said HIMSS CEO Hal Wolf.
Tom Leary, senior vice president and head of government relations at HIMSS, and Janet Hamilton, executive director, CSTE, at the HIMSS25 conference in Las Vegas Monday.
By Jeff Lagasse 03:29 pm March 03, 2025
The Data: Elemental to Health campaign has been focused on public health surveillance to facilitate an immediate response to health threats.
Healthcare worker talking to patient in hospital bed
By Susan Morse 05:55 pm February 28, 2025
Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation is using AI and machine learning to gain a better understanding of diabetes and hypertension populations.
Woman asleep in hospital bed with IV in foreground
By Andrea Fox 10:35 am February 20, 2025
At HIMSS25, data experts from the health system will describe how a machine learning model integrated with their Epic EHR gives care teams patient-specific guidance to prevent falls.
EMS technician comes out of an ambulance with patient on a stretcher
By Andrea Fox 11:11 am February 18, 2025
The presence of hospital outcome data on EMS patient care reports in the National Emergency Medical Services Information System database improved in 2024. Data exchange progress is good news for patient care and could ultimately improve health outcomes.
Healthcare worker using touchscreen computer terminal
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By 10:43 am February 18, 2025
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