Population Health

The president's joint address to Congress focused mainly on job creation and family support, but he also reiterated his backing for a key enabler of telehealth – and called for investments in advanced research at NIH.

The agency is floating new requirements for hospitals to report on syndromic surveillance, immunization registries, electronic case reporting and electronic reportable laboratory results. It also has new plans for quality reporting.

The "Digital Green Certificate" is on track to be rolled out by June.

MHS Genesis has been successfully deployed to 12 new states, said officials in a statement this week.

Researchers from Cambridge University used data from NHS cancer patient samples sequenced through the 100,000 Genomes Project.

Christine Czerniak, technical officer of the WHO Health Emergencies Programme, says new variants highlight the need for genomic surveillance and sequencing across the globe and reinforce the importance of collaboration in the fight against COVID-19.

In recent years healthcare organisations have been constantly targeted by hackers and COVID-19 has made the situation worse.

With the rise of the demanding consumer in the 21st century, effective patient scheduling means self-scheduling.

In a recent blog post, Federal Trade Commission attorney Elisa Jillson offered recommendations for using artificial intelligence truthfully, fairly and equitably.

A new study linked direct-to-consumer telemedicine visits to more downstream office and urgent care visits.