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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.
Irth allows Black and brown patients to search for and create reviews of their OB/GYN, birthing hospitals, postpartum care and pediatricians up to an infant's first year.
BlueJeans Telehealth enables one-click-access to video visits between patients and providers and maps user experience to clinical workflows, according to Verizon Business – helping replicate in-person office consults.
The European Health and Digital Executive Agency will oversee the €5.1bn EU4Health programme.