Population Health
The extensive list includes billions in funding for public health data modernization, broadband and 5G expansion, social determinants of health, cybersecurity and more.
While provider customers were largely satisfied with their vendors' response to COVID-19, the report finds some major players stand out and others fall short.
The second phase of the company's Diagnostic Development Initiative will expand to include early disease detection, disease trajectory prognosis and public health genomics.
HIMSS21 Europe
As the region starts to take measures to build resilient health care systems in response to the pandemic, Healthcare IT News takes a closer look at the big digital health investments made in a few key markets.
The Vaccination Credential Initiative is planning to finalize two implementation guides in April, and expects to start integrating the SMART Health Cards spec into an array of consumer-facing apps and systems in May.
The Pittsburgh-based analytics firm will work with the federal government to provide public health officials with information through HHS Protect.
The IT leader discusses how Penn State has managed population health during COVID-19 with help from EHR tweaks, telehealth, data sharing via CommonWell and more, and highlights things healthcare can learn from other industries.
Dr. Helen Riess, a psychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital and founder of Empathetics, and Frank Cutitta, who was hospitalized for 100 days with COVID-19, discuss "institutionalized loneliness" and other emotional aftereffects of the pandemic.
The organizations said the collaboration will use AstraZeneca's AMAZE disease management platform to deliver insights to clinically validate digital health solutions.
The development of PennOpen Pass, a symptom tracker and exposure alert system, offers a lesson on how challenging factors can focus the mind, enabling development of new tools that meet communities' needs.