Population Health

First Databank has adjusted its own editorial practices as evidence of COVID-19 drugs and treatment continues to evolve, says Anna Dover, the company's director of product management.

Also, NHS launches new online support for people with diabetes in this week’s Healthcare IT News roundup.

This week's top stories include CMS giving hospitals guidance in their efforts to reopen ailing service lines, a glitch exposing video of patient consultations and making telehealth accessible to the underserved.

Providers can schedule rides for patients, get real-time GPS tracking and message drivers.

The digital interventions have led to improvements in the numbers of preventable emergency department visits, said experts from the New York health system during a HIMSS20 Digital presentation.

This year’s virtual CogX festival invited NHSX experts to shed light on the rapid strides made in AI and data set deployment during the pandemic.

Central Logic CEO Angie Franks says with the Arizona Surge Line, health systems and state agencies are using her company's cloud-based technology to aggregate EHR and other data to assess the status of critical inventories and get resources to hospitals most in need.

David Smith, executive director for the Medicaid Transformation Project, says vulnerable people are being left behind by the telehealth revolution – and it's vital to address systemic racism, language barriers and social determinants of health.

CNBC is reporting that AmWell is looking to go public in September.

The Exposure Notification Privacy Act requires public health officials to be involved with any exposure notification systems and prohibits commercial use of users' data.