Population Health

Global health leaders debated over the role and potential contribution of technologies in dealing with the COVID-19 outbreak during a panel discussion entitled: ‘How can digital tools help tackle a pandemic?’ at the Barcelona Health Summit, which was held last week (29 October 2020).

Ian Slade, chair of the HIMSS Chapter Advocacy Taskforce, says there's a huge disparity in health literacy, which affects how people navigate the labyrinth of healthcare.

HealthcareITNews takes this month to celebrate the contributions from digital tech leaders across the UK and Europe, while also reflecting on why black patients are more likely than white patients to use digital health tech 

A new report from the Center for Health Information and Analysis examines the readmission patterns for patients discharged from Massachusetts acute care hospitals.            

Such a regulation would assist providers with implementing medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder in the longer term.

Nonprofit leaders hope that researchers will be able to use the platform to share and access currently siloed patient information.

As Black History Month comes to close, will this mean that the achievements and contribution of Black people in the UK and the need to take action will be packed away for another year, asks Dr Shera Chok, co-founder of the Shuri Network.

Even as massive resources have been marshaled to quickly develop new tools, the pandemic still disproportionately affects the populations who may not have access to them.

CareLinx clients can turn to Doctor On Demand clinicians for acute issues such as infections or chronic care management.