Population Health

"My world before COVID consisted of taking care of patients one at a time," says one doctor. "Now, my duty is to serve an entire patient population." Other providers will soon have to acquaint themselves with remote monitoring and new models of care.

The MIT COVID-19 Challenge searches for ideas to fight the coronavirus via hackathons and virtual events.

While European governments look to digital health technology for ways to speed up their containment strategies, the long-term view is that the COVID-19 emergency will generate new approaches to sharing healthcare data once the pandemic has passed.

Its updated Digital Health Implementation Playbook Series offers tips and best practices for making the most of virtual consult technologies.

At the Maine Rural Health Research Center, the goal is to help critical access hospitals find innovative and cost-effective ways to build healthier communities.

The anonymized, aggregated GPS data is collected from mobile devices that have opted into location-tracking services.

Chatbots can help free up health systems and get patients information in their home during the COVID-19 pandemic, says Buoy Health CEO Dr. Andrew Le.

The new maps will be able to look at co-location, movement and social interaction data.  

Also - VISIONABLE recruits Rachel Dunscombe as new CTO.

UnitedHealth Group previously announced $50 million to fight COVID-19 by supporting healthcare workers, seniors and hard-hit communities.