Population Health

Dr. Fadi Al-Buhairan, deputy CEO for Saudi Post, discusses how digital systems and communities have been collaborating during the pandemic.

An interview with Taghreed Justinia, assistant Professor, health informatics and regional director for IT services at Technology & Health Informatics, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, who will be moderating at the HIMSS & Health 2.0 Middle East Digital Health Conference & Exhibition.

The initiative is an expansion of a partnership earlier this year to develop face masks and nasopharyngeal swabs that could be printed on production-level equipment.

As part of the new Patient Experience Digital Series, two clinicians explain how a virtual care model is helping more compassionately treat patients in their home communities while improving the provider experience.

Dame Sally Davies, former CMO for England and current Master of Trinity College in Cambridge, UK, says behavioral, economic and movement data must be leveraged effectively to improve outcomes during future pandemics.

The Meaningful Connections Community platform will provide networking opportunities, online training and resource tools.

While "EHRs have known shortcomings," coordinated data initiatives and better interoperability can create a truly effective health IT infrastructure, say technology leaders from 15 academic medical centers.

The aim is to use the technology to track daily patient data and “plan interventional strategies in real-time to avoid complications of the disease,” according to findings from the Future Economy Lab workshop.

Software company Genpact UK has been paid £1.5m for an AI tool that will be used to process the adverse reactions of the COVID-19 vaccines.  

HealthTree founder Jenny Ahlstrom, who was diagnosed with multiple myeloma a decade ago, said policy changes that have facilitated access to virtual care should remain permanent.