Population Health

This week's top stories include primary care doctors saying they're not ready for the next COVID-19 surge and the VA and Philips building what they're calling the world's largest remote intensive care system.

A new JAMIA study suggests it's possible to protect sensitive patient data while developing models to ultimately optimize care.

Move over patient engagement: A positive patient experience is the new imperative for health systems that recognize the value of customer satisfaction.

Providers who e-prescribe birth control through apps and online pharmacies doubt the decision will significantly affect their practices, but they say the mandate is harmful for those who need contraception.

Patients have generally gone to their doctor's offices to obtain remote monitoring devices – but the pandemic is proving they don't have to.

The Oxford University spin-out is also calling on the government to review what data it is collecting on the COVID-19 crisis by ethnic groups.     

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services also announced it would give $450 million to the biotech company Regeneron to manufacture and supply the company's antibody treatment.  

The report offers best practices and advice – around software, data-governance, legal and ethical considerations and more – for four key research areas: clinical data, omics practices, epidemiology and social sciences.

Medicspot has announced a partnership with Asda to offer in-store GP video-consultations in the latest expansion of digital primary care services.

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT found that the majority of centers used a combination of electronic and paper methods to manage client health information in 2017.