Population Health

In a new HIMSS TV series, the Oregon senator highlighted the importance of safeguarding access to telemedicine for mental health services.

Kuwait’s 2035 vision aims to strengthen investment in high quality healthcare which has already led to increased efficiency, use of innovative technology and a changing culture. 

Many European countries are investing heavily in transformation, while organizations are accelerating their implementation strategy due to COVID-19, says Alexander Ryan, Healthcare Alliances and Net New Sales Manager, EMEA, at Hyland.

The new app does not work with a variety of older phones and generated false readings of close contacts in a third of cases.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services may follow through on threats to revoke federal Medicare funding for hospitals that don't meet COVID-19 patient data requirements, reported NPR this week.

The American Telemedicine Association's comments focused on expanding telehealth access, changes to remote monitoring services, and the provision of telehealth in federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics.

Amy Trainor, vice president of IS clinical systems at Ochsner Health, shares how, in the midst of the crisis, the healthcare provider organized, formatted and shared data for a "never again" scenario.

This week's top stories include a look at what the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg could mean for the Affordable Care Act, femtech companies bemoaning advertising difficulties on social media and the emergence of social informatics.

The COVID-19 pandemic presents both challenges and opportunities for real-world data generation surrounding scale, privacy and ethics, says Nigel Hughes, scientific director RWD/RWE at Janssen Research and Development.

The Oregon coordinated care organization lines up care plans, goals and tasks to keep care teams and members on track and on the same page.