Population Health

The experience of the pandemic is strengthening the Skolkovo region as regulation changes are accelerating innovation, says Natalia Polushkina, vice president and CEO at Biomedical Technologies Cluster of the Skolkovo Foundation.

The machine learning model, which has been shown to have up to 90% precision, may help clinicians to determine which patients can be sent home safely.

Noncompliance with the new reporting rules "could result in termination for both Medicare and Medicaid," said CMS Administrator Seema Verma.

Whichever way you look at it, many countries across the globe are experiencing a rise in COVID-19 cases coinciding with the start of the Autumn/Winter seasons says Dr Saif Abed, founding partner at The AbedGraham Group.

The latest results from the HIMSS Women in Health IT (WHIT) EMEA Annual Survey found that lower salary, exclusion from decision making, increased workload and fewer public speaking opportunities are the major forms of discrimination for respondents.

Fast and frequently changing technology such as a COVID-19 chatbot can help in the pandemic response, says Mark O'Herlihy, VP at IBM Watson Health & Watson Health Consulting.

Reps. Robin Kelly and Anna Eshoo said that while telemedicine has the potential to expand access to care, it has also highlighted disparities in the U.S. healthcare system.

UK health secretary, Matt Hancock says test error “should never have happened.”

A report from KLAS and CHIME finds that hospitals and health systems are still investing in population health management tools, but many are "becoming less optimistic" about the near-term prospects for value-based reimbursement.

GE Healthcare's Simon Rost discusses the value of technology in improving outcomes and the GE solutions that are helping improve patient care.