Population and Public Health
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Most Americans own smartphones that can connect to telehealth platforms, and SoNE Health's chief information officer, Renee Broadbent, says virtual visits for wellness screenings and tests can help decrease emergency room usage.
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North Carolina's MOTHeRS Project has provided thousands of pregnant women in underserved areas with specialized maternity telehealth care. Dr. Sy Saeed offers recommendations for organizations seeking to implement similar programs.
Hal Wolf, president and CEO of HIMSS, provides highlights of the upcoming HIMSS25 Europe conference in Paris, including innovations within the European Union and discussions on how the healthcare market is evolving within the region.
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While telehealth remains popular with patients after the pandemic, Scott Wilson, AVP of enterprise care solutions at Teladoc, warns that issues around regulation and payment may present barriers to its continued growth.
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Population health data can help identify groups requiring specialized interventions and guide their treatments, according to Dr. Robert Jarve, Corewell Health's associate chief medical officer and Davies Award recipient.
The health equity component of value-based care always had a primary and preventive care focus. There is movement to include specialists in that dialogue particularly within an aging population, says HSBlox operations chief Lynn Carroll.
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Dan Shields, CEO of digital medicine at Ochsner Health, says the health system has succeeded in engaging populations often considered resistant to technology by providing patients with simple tools and education on how to use them.
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Rebecca Coyle, executive director of the American Immunization Registry Association, says monitoring vaccine data lets states determine where more vaccines are needed when diseases spread through populations.
The company will use the funds to invest in companies that focus on the physical, mental, spiritual and social needs of senior adults.
The COVID-19 information site has been replaced with a page promoting the lab leak theory and criticizing the WHO, U.S. public health officials and the Biden administration.