Population and Public Health

Mylan Pharmaceutical may be getting some competition for its EpiPen, as Israel-based Teva Pharmaceutical Industries announced Friday that it hopes to launch its own generic version of the device by 2018 in the U.S.

Cerner has opened Healthe at Cerner Center at its Manyata campus in Bangalore, India – giving more than 2,200 associates access to the clinic, which offers routine screenings, physical exams and more.

Researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered the Zika virus can live in the eye and have found genetic markers from the disease in tears.

The $8.2 million deal with Moderna aims to accelerate the development of vaccine technology and is expected to be faster than other approaches in developing vaccines.

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, the second largest U.S municipal system, is growing its population health management platform with Cerner’s HealtheIntent technology.

The Democratic Candidate for president on big data, evidence-based medicine, quality outcomes, transparency in the healthcare system, and more.

The hospital appointed a Vice President of Care Coordination and Integration, Christy Kaplan, and involved the work of clinicians, including Susan Tolin, to tie together distinct departments and ensure that patients are working with the right care teams.

A team at Houston Methodist believes it has developed an artificial intelligence software program that can improve mammography readings to 99 percent accuracy by analyzing the free form text of clinical reports.

Mary O’Dowd joins as the academic medical center is embarking on a wide-ranging population health initiative to integrate specialities with more traditional fields.

The top reason for using advanced analytics, especially within population health programs, is enabling interventions that prevent health declines, respondents said.