Population and Public Health

The subsidy provision that is specific to script tokens was supposed to end on the last day of June.

The guide provides questions to ask in discussing the application of AI in healthcare.

Jean-Baptiste Michon, product marketing manager at Masimo, discusses how patient monitoring can be a vehicle for putting interoperability at the heart of value-based care.

International professors and experts have collaborated to help prevent non-communicable diseases (NCDs) through lifestyle navigators and wellbeing apps.

The vaccination tool was developed through a collaboration between Geelong-based Barwon Health and IT company Circle T.

The platform keeps a record of patients' daily food intake, treatments, prescriptions, and temperatures.

The Asian digital health market is expected to be worth up to $100 billion by 2025.

Also, Indonesia seeks to integrate its citizen's health data to improve the quality of public health.

New ethics guidance cautions against overestimating the benefits of technology.

Despite the widespread adoption telehealth saw during the COVID-19 pandemic, many telehealth deployments still fall short of real user-friendliness and provide less than ideal patient experiences, especially for certain populations that might have less access to reliable Internet or less experience with telecommunications. On this episode, guest host and Healthcare IT News Senior Editor Kat Jercich welcomes Amy Sheon, research director at the Telehealth Equity Coalition, to discuss this important topic. This episode is brought to you by BlueJeans. Like what you hear? Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Google Play!   Talking points: For whom is telehealth not working? Why it took health systems some time to tumble to their equity challenges. Testing devices on the right groups. Community health workers might be the key to reaching difficult populations. The Telehealth Equity Coalition. Other resources available for people making telehealth offerings more equitable. Equity issues around Internet access and digital redlining. What can telehealth vendors do? Policy solutions for health equity. Telehealth accessibility for people with disabilities. Asynchronous communication as an accommodation. More about this episode: To achieve healthcare equity, telehealth must be expanded to rural and underserved communities Telehealth used less in disadvantaged areas, Health Affairs study finds Eliminating audio-only telehealth coverage could put safety net clinics at risk Women are less likely to use video for telehealth care Telehealth may worsen digital divide for people with disabilities Telehealth has enabled wider access during COVID-19 – but not for everyone Could telehealth worsen inequity? 'Not under my watch,' says HHS Sec. Becerra Hims & Hers, ATA, and 10 others launch Telehealth Equity Coalition