Analytics

Social Determinants of Health Analytics is meant as a resource to help health systems plan for and implement community programs as part of their population health management efforts.

A report on interoperability this week gave high marks for how those vendors handle outside data, progress notes workflow and other key usability metrics.

Researchers say the new tools, developed using EHR data from the pandemic's first wave, can forecast short- and medium-term risks for patients over the course of their hospitalizations.

Kester Nahen, CEO of Notal Vision, says patients are showing an increasing appreciation for remote diagnostic eye care.

Ed Simcox, who left HHS in February, says it's time to create an information-sharing system that leverages modern technologies – before the next crisis hits.

The Alessi Agenda: Duncan Selbie, former chief executive at Public Health England, explains how data-driven decision-making improves outcomes in the public health setting.

Dame Sally Davies, former CMO for England and current Master of Trinity College in Cambridge, UK, says behavioral, economic and movement data must be leveraged effectively to improve outcomes during future pandemics.

The COVID-19 crisis has led to major leaps forward for telehealth, decision support and more, says Hal Wolf – but big work remains on interoperability, patient ID, social determinants and other building blocks of population health.  

Clinical decision support and hospital resource-management are particularly important as patient numbers begin to increase again, two new JAMA studies show.

Bart De Witte, founder of the HIPPO AI Foundation, says COVID-19 has encouraged stakeholders to collaborate more effectively on the use of data, which he hopes will help reduce health inequalities in a post-coronavirus world.