Population and Public Health

URAC is an accrediting body that covers virtual care and recognizes excellence in telehealth and health equity. Dr. Shawn Griffin, president and CEO, explains how four honorees successfully make healthcare more equitable using telehealth.

Hospitals could enhance accessibility by investing in alternative sites of care and virtual visits, report says.

Also, the Department of Health and Aged Care seeks to automate the creation of monthly care statements in residential aged care homes.

Also, the South Korean government is deploying AI to check on solo-living seniors during the upcoming holidays.

The chair of clinical pharmacy practice details how the organization got, for example, racial/ethnic minorities receiving chemotherapy two times higher likelihood in reporting pain compared with non-Hispanic whites.

The National Medical Register streamlines access to updated information on registered doctors in the country.

Shaikh Khalid AlKhalifa, assistant commander of Bahrain's King Hamad University Hospital, talks about how the country is working with Harvard to build a genome bank that will eventually enable treatments based on patients' genetics.

Luca Chittaro of Italy's University of Udine talks about how immersive virtual reality stories can gamify physical therapy to help distract from pain and encourage patients to increase treatment compliance.

CarrotMatch connects patients to top-tier local community-based healthcare providers while considering social determinants of health.  

Also, the Australian government has invested $6 million in four national health data projects.