Population Health

Virtual care and digital health tools can play a pivotal role – in both urban and rural areas – when natural disasters strike. 

This week's top stories include AstraZeneca being questioned over outdated information in its vaccine trials, Everlywell acquiring PWNHealth, and reports of problems with the VA's new Cerner EHR system.

During the first four months of COVID-19, telehealth visits accounted for 23.6% of all interactions – compared with 0.3% of contacts during the same time period in 2019.

The new technology that has emerged during the pandemic will play a 'key part' in the future delivery of services.

The vendor announced that it was collaborating with New York Life to facilitate and simplify EHR retrieval.

In a recent study, pediatric clinicians referenced patient demand as the number-one factor driving increased use of telemedicine.

The chief information officer shares how LifeBridge Health has adapted its EHR and IT systems for complex COVID-19 vaccine scheduling and administration – and how it plans to capitalize on shifting provider-consumer paradigms.

The product reportedly incorporates lessons learned from the company's initial offering, which ran into high-profile hurdles.

As CMS signals longer-term changes in acute RPM reimbursement and Amazon teams with major providers to push for new policies, clinical and IT leaders should start planning ahead, says one expert. "Everyone has to be thinking about this."

The prototype has cameras and a display screen as well as a waterproof box that can deliver medical supplies or collect tests.