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Managing the whole population during a global pandemic is challenging, so we need to share our learning, says Päivi Sillanaukee, ambassador for Health and Wellbeing of Finland and director-general of the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health.

Adding clinical decision support and the capability to see patient activity outside the four walls of the hospital enabled, among other things, a 94% reduction in Dilaudid use at CalvertHealth Medical Center.

Theo Sergiou, a patient speaker and activist, says that although progress has been made in terms of empowering patients at an organizational level, there is room for improvement at an institutional level.

Ran Balicer, chief innovation officer at Clalit Health Services in Israel, says innovative services have been implemented on a patient population level, based on data to identify potential issues to prevent disease.

Google Health Chief Health Officer Dr. Karen DeSalvo says search functions let the public know where to find telehealth options.

Indra Joshi, director of AI at the NHSX, says the NHS AI Lab will help facilitate the adoption of AI into clinical settings, but quality of data is imperative.

This week's top stories include California passing the nation's first law mandating a 45-day supply of PPE, GoodRX filing to go public, and healthcare execs naming telehealth as their top COVID-19 tech problem.

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, hospitals got resources first while post-acute care executives maxed out credit cards buying PPE and staff wore garbage sacks for gowns, says IntelyCare CEO David Coppins.

Digital health futurist Shafi Ahmed says COVID-19 has shown us that users across the globe are now the "change makers" in ensuring that healthcare delivery is more equitable and accessible.

Brig. Gen. (Ret.) Dr. Daniel Gold discusses how Israel's military defense expertise fueled the production of medical devices, diagnostics and other data intelligence tools in response to COVID-19.