Population Health

Using the Mount Sinai De-Identified COVID-19 database, researchers examined information from more than 52,000 unique patients who sought care between March and May.

Using care-coordination software, the team now can identify patients requiring transitional calls within 48 hours of discharge and schedule follow-up visits seven to 14 days post-discharge.

Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Dr. Daniel Gold discusses how Israel's military defense expertise fueled the production of medical devices, diagnostics and other data intelligence tools in response to COVID-19.

An interview with Prof. Jan Semenza, lead of the health determinants programme, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, who will be speaking at the HIMSS & Health 2.0 European Digital Event that is due to kick off on 7 September.

Stakeholders stressed the importance of a patient-identification strategy in an ONC working session Monday.

A wide-ranging JAMA study showed that early adopters of direct scheduling were more often young, white and commercially insured.  

The Arc Madison Cortland is using virtual care to connect intellectual/developmental disability patients with providers who understand the nuances of that dual diagnosis.

Professor Sam Shah, founder and director of Faculty of Future Health, says the acceleration and increased adoption of technology during the pandemic is a positive takeout, but the digital divide must be addressed by greater investment.

In July, a Maryland federal judge issued an injunction blocking the FDA's in-person abortion requirements for the duration of the pandemic.

The CDC this week issued controversial guidelines saying people without symptoms may not need to seek testing, even if they've been exposed to someone with the virus.