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Population Health

By Jessica Davis | 11:05 am | September 08, 2016
Researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered the Zika virus can live in the eye and have found genetic markers from the disease in tears.
By Bernie Monegain | 10:32 am | September 08, 2016
The $8.2 million deal with Moderna aims to accelerate the development of vaccine technology and is expected to be faster than other approaches in developing vaccines.
By Bernie Monegain | 01:19 pm | September 07, 2016
The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, the second largest U.S municipal system, is growing its population health management platform with Cerner’s HealtheIntent technology.
By Bernie Monegain | 12:29 pm | September 07, 2016
The Democratic Candidate for president on big data, evidence-based medicine, quality outcomes, transparency in the healthcare system, and more.
By Bill Siwicki | 08:01 am | September 07, 2016
The hospital appointed a Vice President of Care Coordination and Integration, Christy Kaplan, and involved the work of clinicians, including Susan Tolin, to tie together distinct departments and ensure that patients are working with the right care teams.
By Gus Venditto | 05:06 pm | September 06, 2016
A team at Houston Methodist believes it has developed an artificial intelligence software program that can improve mammography readings to 99 percent accuracy by analyzing the free form text of clinical reports.
By Bernie Monegain | 01:26 pm | September 06, 2016
Mary O’Dowd joins as the academic medical center is embarking on a wide-ranging population health initiative to integrate specialities with more traditional fields.
By Bernie Monegain | 08:01 am | September 06, 2016
The top reason for using advanced analytics, especially within population health programs, is enabling interventions that prevent health declines, respondents said.
By Mike Miliard | 02:06 pm | September 02, 2016
Fewer than one-third of healthcare providers polled for the newest HIMSS Analytics Essentials Brief are currently pursuing precision medicine initiatives – with the majority who don't saying that limitations in funding, technology or expertise are holding them back. But that's poised to change very soon.
By Tom Sullivan | 10:48 am | September 02, 2016
Just weeks ago, the groundbreaking new game was a contender for most successful health app. Now, daily Pokémon Go users are dipping in number and that is troubling for the fate of fitness trackers, wearables and other devices.